today and every day, i become a chinese new year bonsai

This miniature browser piece asks you to wake a hand saw with rapid mouse movement, then use that restless gesture to prune a Chinese New Year bonsai assembled from the creator's own photographs.

What is today and every day, i become a chinese new year bonsai?

The title sounds like a diary entry, and the game keeps that intimate scale. Its central trick is a no-click control: shake the mouse until the saw comes alive, then guide the pruning with the same physical motion. The credited images come from the creator's body and a solitary New Year walk near a family village, so the bonsai feels less like a generic plant model than a collage of remembered place and self. A familiar song credit and the rough, direct instruction complete the mood of a handmade game poem rather than a polished horticulture simulator.

What you can do there

• Shake the mouse rapidly to activate the hand saw
• Move the mouse to prune the bonsai

Why we picked it

A single strange gesture carries both the mechanic and the metaphor. The piece turns fidgety mouse movement into a form of care, while its personal photo material gives a very small game an unexpectedly specific sense of memory and ritual.

How to get the most from it

Open the browser build and move the mouse briskly from side to side for several seconds to rev the hand saw. Once it responds, keep guiding the mouse to prune. If audio stays silent, the creator notes that some browsers may first require a click.

Good to know

This is a short experimental GameMaker piece built around mouse movement, not a conventional gardening game. The live build was not executed during research, so mobile support, keyboard alternatives, performance, and the complete interaction arc still need editorial review.

Who made it, and when?

deimos is the credited creator or organization.