Your session, and the questions after it

Before you start

1. Start Dendrite Bloom fresh. Do not look anything up, watch a video or ask anyone. Working out what the game teaches badly is the whole point, and getting stuck is a result, not a failure.
2. Put the controllers down and play with your hands. If hand tracking struggles, more light in the room usually helps.
3. Play for about 20 minutes, including the short tutorial. Breaks do not count.
4. Finish Level 1 and take a screenshot of the LEVEL 1 COMPLETE screen at the end of your first session. That screenshot is the proof of play. A short clip is welcome but optional.
5. If you are stuck at any point, ask on the Discord. The developer will walk you through it, and it does not affect your payment.
6. Then quit the game completely and open it again once, so we learn whether your progress and your network of connections come back.

The questions

Answer in your own words, in a sentence or two. Most questions need at least 15 words, and one-line answers like “it was good” are sent back. There are no right answers and nothing is scored: “I didn’t realise I could push the paper from behind, so I kept poking the front” is worth more to us than a paragraph of praise.

1. What did you think you were supposed to do first?
2. Where did you get confused, and what did you try next?
3. How did folding the paper, punching holes and pressing CHECK with your hands feel? Describe anything awkward or satisfying.
4. What was your most satisfying moment?
5. Was there a point where you wanted to stop? What caused it?
6. Did you experience discomfort, hand-tracking trouble, difficulty reaching the paper, unreadable text or technical problems?
7. Would you voluntarily play again? What would you want to learn or do next?

The screenshot

The proof of play is one screenshot: the LEVEL 1 COMPLETE screen at the end of your first session. Twenty minutes is plenty to get there, and if it isn’t, ask on the Discord server.

1. On the completion screen, turn your right palm up and pinch to open the Quest menu (the same gesture on your left hand opens the game’s own Settings instead), then open Camera and choose Take photo.
2. Open the Meta Horizon app on your phone → Gallery. The screenshot syncs over Wi-Fi in a minute or two.
3. Share it from there to Google Drive, Dropbox or any image host, and paste the link on this page. A link anyone with it can open is all we need. A clip goes the same way (YouTube as Unlisted works well) if you want to add one.

If you get stuck

Ask on the Discord server. The developer will walk you through whatever has you stuck. That is useful feedback in itself, it costs you nothing, and it does not affect your payment.

Submitting

Everything is submitted here: your answers, the screenshot link, and the PayPal account the US$10 goes to. You have a week from receiving access. Payment is sent within 48 hours of your submission arriving, whether or not you liked the game. If something is missing you will be emailed exactly what, and you can come back and update your submission with the same reference and email.