Hedgerow Havoc

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Hedgerow Havoc

Trim an overgrown garden hedge that grows back once. Trim back a wall of overgrown hedges in a walled country garden at dusk with pixel Charles Darwin. Slide the garden plank with the mouse, a finger or the arrows, bounce a horse chestnut into the leaves, watch for hedges that grow back and catch wild orchids in this free brick breaker game.

Twist: Trimmed hedges grow back once, 8 seconds later with a little sprout; only the second trim is final.

Parody. Charles Darwin has no involvement in making these games and does not endorse them. The character is an original pixel-art caricature.

How to play

Move the garden plank with the mouse, by dragging a finger, or with the Left / Right arrows (A / D). Click, tap or press Space to launch the horse chestnut.
Every hedge you break grows back once, 8 seconds later, marked with a little sprout (its spot flickers just before it returns). Break it a second time and it is gone for good; clear every hedge in sight to finish the wall.
The chestnut bounces off the plank at an angle: hit it with the edge to send it sideways, with the middle to send it straight up.
Each hedge is worth 10 points or more (higher rows pay more, and a regrown hedge pays again). Catch falling orchids for 25 points. Clear the wall for 100 points and a faster new wall.
You have 3 chestnuts: one is lost each time it falls past the plank. M switches sound, P or Esc pauses, and you can share your score at the end.

Top 10 high scores

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The story

After a long summer away, pixel Charles Darwin comes home to find the walled garden behind his country house swallowed by greenery: yew, box, ivy, hawthorn and brambles have grown into one thick wall, and his notebooks are on the bench on the other side. Armed with a sturdy garden plank and a shiny horse chestnut, he names the evening's experiment Hedgerow Havoc.

Being a naturalist, he soon notices something remarkable: a freshly trimmed hedge does not give up, and eight seconds later it sprouts right back. Only the second trim is for good. Wild orchids drift loose from the leaves now and then, well worth catching. Lose the chestnut three times and it is too dark to carry on. How much of the garden can pixel Darwin win back before nightfall?