Blossom

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Blossom - The Ultimate Focus Garden

Transform Your Productivity into a Living, Breathing Forest.

🥈Equinox Vancouver Hackathon Second-Place Winner

Stop scrolling and start blooming. Blossom is more than just a focus timer—it's a high-performance productivity sanctuary that turns your work sessions into a beautiful, growing forest. Designed for students, professionals, and anyone looking to reclaim their digital wellbeing, Blossom makes "staying on task" feel like playing a game.

🌳 AN INTERACTIVE GARDEN AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
Dynamic Grid Expansion: Start with a small, manageable plot and use your focus rewards to expand your garden. Watch your territory grow as your productivity hits new heights!
Zoom & Drag Navigation: Navigate your forest with smooth mouse controls. Zoom in to see the fine details of your growing trees or zoom out to admire your entire domain.
Precision Planting: Every tree is yours to place. Design your perfect zen garden by positioning trees exactly where you want them on your custom-expanded plot.

🌲 UNIQUE TREE SPECIES & REAL-TIME GROWTH
Watch your trees evolve through multiple visual stages as you focus. No placeholders here—every tree is a work of art.

- 🌸The Blossom Tree: A delicate starter companion. (Yield: 1 coin/min | Growth: 60 min).

- 🔥The Fire Tree: A blazing, lava-hardened tree for intense sessions. (Yield: 2 coins/min | Growth: 120 min).

- 🍓The Glowberry Tree: A radiant magical tree with luminescent berries. (Yield: 5 coins/min | Growth: 300 min).

🚫 SMART DISTRACION BLOCKING (STUDY MODE)
Advanced Blurred Overlay: When your timer is active, distracting websites are automatically blurred and locked with a premium "Glassmorphism" overlay.
Stay Focused Reminders: Real-time focus updates appear over blocked sites, reminding you how much progress you’ve made.
Easy Domain Management: Quickly add or remove sites from your blocklist with the intuitive Settings Pane.

🎧 PREMIUM USER-EXPERIENCE
Cool Sounds: Earn rewards accompanied by the satisfying sound of coins clinking.
Sleek Aesthetics: A modern, premium interface that looks stunning on any screen.
Lightweight Performance: Built to be fast and efficient, Blossom won't slow down your browser.

📖 QUICK START TUTORIAL: HOW TO BLOSSOM
Getting started is simple. Follow these 4 steps to your first forest:
Manage Your Blocklist: Click the block 🚫 icon to add the websites that usually distract you (like Social Media or Video sites).
Plant Your First Seed: Click the "Start Timer" button. Once the timer is running, click anywhere on your Garden Plot to plant your chosen tree.
Stay Productive: Your distraction blocker is now active! As long as the timer is running, your tree will grow through its unique stages.
Collect & Expand: When the timer ends, you’ll earn coins based on how long you focused. Visit the Shop to buy new tree species or expand your garden!

FULLY OPEN-SOURCE! (Suggestions/bug reports welcome)
GITHUB REPO: https://github.com/stickmanned/Blossom
❤️ Made with love by William Wen and Paya Maroufi 
☕️Buy William a coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/williamwen

Stay focused. Stay productive. Start blooming your time management today with Blossom.