We make interactive experiences that engage and inspire.
Hidden Garden
Our first software, Hidden Garden, is an educational mobile game that turns real-world plant discovery into a playful adventure. The app is designed to help combat plant blindness.We believe learning about nature should be both fun and accessible, so we collaborate with botanical gardens to bring their collections to life through interactive quests and beautiful illustrations.
Transform your space
Looking to create an engaging, interactive experience for your business or institution?Minteract helps organizations like botanical gardens, museums and cultural institutions bring their spaces to life with innovative software that captivates visitors, encourages learning, and leaves a lasting impact.Let us help you transform your ideas into immersive, memorable experiences.
Joakim Mellergård
Founder & Creative
Meet the developer
With over a decade of experience in the games industry you can rest assured that the quality, design, and stability of the app are in good hands.Find me on LinkedIn!
Contact
We’d love to connect and explore how Hidden Garden or other experiences can be tailored for organisation.Email: [email protected]
Your Edition of Hidden Garden
Designed to highlight your garden's living collection,
educational mission, and visitor experience.
Co-Development
We create unique editions for botanical gardens, arboreta, and outdoor museums.Each edition is built in close collaboration with the institution’s team, ensuring both scientific accuracy and engaging storytelling.
Co-developing your edition of Hidden Garden is a collaborative journey.
You provide the vision and knowledge of your collection and we translate it into an interactive experience that reflects your garden’s identity. Minteract manages all creative and technical work and lets you focus on what is important - the education about plants.Together we can work to help combat plant blindness!
What's Included
Unique content – quests designed around your collection.
Game modes - have the experience adapt to multiple audiences.
Seasonal content – to encourage return visits.
Interactive map – linking gameplay to your garden's real locations.
Educational alignment – developed with your team’s input and goals.
Branded experience – your logo, tone, and institutional identity.
Availability – Android and iOS compatibility
Multilingual support – local and visitor languages included.
A living experience – ongoing content refresh & difficulty tuning
Ongoing technical maintenance & support.
Your experience and educational goals may also require new special features and we are eager to develop these together with you.
Early Partner Invitation
We’re currently opening a limited number of collaborations for early partner gardens who wish to co-shape the next development phase of Hidden Garden.Join as an early adopter and help shape the future of Hidden Garden.
We’ll co-develop your own edition and you decide its value after launch.
Process
Define the scope
Together we outline your edition - the species to feature, educational objectives, and any new game features to be developed.Development & content creation
We handle the heavy lifting: software implementation, art, writing, and integration. You’re welcome to review content continuously as it’s created.Testing & delivery
Once the tailored version is complete, you’ll receive a preview for internal testing and feedback before launch.Launch & communication
Your edition of Hidden Garden goes live.
Minteract provides branded materials such as posters, roll-up designs, and digital graphics to help you promote the experience locally.
The Garden leads its on-site communication, while Minteract can coordinate digital promotion and shared storytelling through social media and newsletters.Transparent work report
A document is provided detailing the total hours delivered and how they were spent (software development, content creation, implementation).Value review
Within one month after delivery, you review the experience and decide what you feel it’s worth. Based on your assessment, we issue the invoice. The payment schedule can be adapted to your budget cycle (for example, your next fiscal year).Seasonal content (optional)
Before each new season, you can choose to add new content helping attract return visits and keeping your edition fresh.Maintenance & renewal
Maintenance is included for one year (hosting, software updates, bug fixing).
After that, you can choose to renew. The renewal fee is shared equally among all gardens using Hidden Garden.
Example: if total annual maintenance costs for Minteract are €2,000 and 5 gardens are active, each pays €400. The amount is recalculated at each renewal. The renewal fee is capped at maximum €800/garden.
Why we do this
This model allows us to collaborate closely with pioneering institutions while ensuring transparency and fairness.It also helps us understand how Hidden Garden creates value in different contexts in this early phase of the project, from public facing to university level education.
If you’re interested in becoming one of our early partners, we’d love to hear from you.Contact: [email protected]
Visitor Donations
– 100% to the Garden
The app can include gentle, optional donation prompts for visitors who wish to give back. These are shown to the player when completing quests or after completing a session.Even small contributions can add up to something meaningful.We see this as more than a product, it's a way to help your garden grow.
How it works
It's a Platform
One app, many experiences. The visitors only requires one app to engage with many different experiences. We have developed tools to handle the complexity.Smart Location Detection
The app automatically detects which garden the visitor is in and loads the corresponding edition of the game.Lightweight & Efficient
All content is dynamically loaded from the cloud, keeping the app fast and lightweight with minimal storage requirements.Accurate Species Recognition
We integrate PlantNet, a leading plant identification model, to help recognize species from visitor photos.Continuous Quest Optimization
We track anonymously how visitors engage with each quest and fine-tune the difficulty, ensuring the experience stays fun, rewarding, and just the right level of challenging.
Hidden Garden isn’t available on your device just yet...
We’re working hard to bring the experience to your device very soon.
Something went wrong...
You could not be redirected to the store for some reason. At the moment you can access the app on the Google Play Store.
Support
Common issues and answers below:
| Issue | Answer |
|---|---|
| The game presents the message "No internet connection". | Make sure your mobile data or WiFi is active in your phone's settings. |
| The game loads no content or the wrong content for your location. | If you are inside a support botanical garden, try restarting the game. Sometimes the GPS will for a brief moment think you are in a location that you are not. |
| The botanical garden I am inside is not supported. | Sadly we do not support all botanical gardens. Reach out to the staff at the garden and ask if they are considering partnering with Minteract and Hidden Garden. |
For questions or feedback, please write to [email protected].
Privacy Policy for Hidden Garden
Last updated: September 16, 2025This privacy policy explains how Joakim Mellergård, operating under the brand name Minteract (“we”, “us”, or “our”), handles your information when you use the mobile game Hidden Garden.Information We Collect
We collect limited, non-personal information to enable core functionality and improve the user experience.
1. Anonymous User ID
When you launch the app, an anonymous user account is automatically created using Firebase Authentication.
We do not collect your name, email address, or any directly identifiable personal data.
2. Location Data (GPS)
The app uses your device’s GPS to:
Detect which botanical garden you are visiting, so the game can load appropriate contentProvide location-based clues during gameplayThis location data is used in real time and is not stored or transmitted outside the app.
3. Camera Use and Plant Identification
You can take photos of plants within the app. These photos are:
Used exclusively for plant identification through PlantNetNot accessed from your device’s photo libraryNot stored or retained by us after submissionYou initiate this manually, and photos are only uploaded when you use the plant identification feature.4. Gameplay Analytics
We use Firebase Analytics to understand user behavior and improve the game. This includes:
Quest progression and completionSession duration and frequencyGeneral app usage patternsAll analytics data is aggregated and anonymous. We do not collect personal identifiers.
5. Donation Links
The app may occasionally display donation prompts inviting users to support a partner botanical garden. These may appear as:
Informational text (e.g., “Consider making a donation at the reception to preserve this beautiful place.”), orA button that links to a secure third-party payment pageDonations go directly to the botanical garden.
We do not collect or process any personal or payment information and advise users to review the privacy policy of the donation platform.Data Storage and Security
All data is handled securely using Google Firebase.
We do not store plant photos, precise locations, or personal data, and we do not sell or share any user data.Children’s Privacy
This app is designed for general audiences, including children.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has submitted personal data, please contact us and we will remove it.Third-Party Services Used
The app uses the following services:
Google Firebase – for authentication, content delivery, and analyticsPlantNet – for real-time plant identification from photos taken in the app.
The image-based plant species identification service used is based on the Pl@ntNet recognition API, regularly updated and accessible through the site https://my.plantnet.org.These services are governed by their own privacy policies.
PlantNet API Privacy PolicyContact Us
If you have questions or concerns about this privacy policy, please contact:
Name: Joakim Mellergård
Brand: Minteract
Email: [email protected]Changes to This Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Changes will be posted here with an updated revision date.