The Great Tree (walkthrough)

The game has many bonuses and each one is a different symbol and color. You
receive these bonuses whenever you free a Swee or randomly when you destroy an
enemy.

Mega Pollen – This is a larger square piece of pollen that automatically fills
your ponytail and gives you a bonus multiplier on your score.
Freeze – Resembles a blue snowflake – This freezes all enemies (except
background hazards… more on that later) for a brief period of time. You will
see a countdown “clock” appear around the pollen drop-off site that tells you
how long the spell will last.
Magic Attraction – Bright Pink flower-like symbol. This makes all the pollen
on the screen cluster around you, making it much easier to collect.
Mega Lightning – Blue Triangular Symbol. This sends multiple bolts of
electricity that zap and kill all enemies on the screen at once. NOTE: Does
not affect Background hazards.
Hearts – These add a health point to your meter in the upper left corner
Star Burst – Orange Star. This sends five bursts of energy out in all
directions and zaps anything in its path.
Aura Shield – Bright Yellow Round Symbol. The aura shield surrounds your fairy
in a big yellow bubble that zaps anything that comes in contact with you. You
will see a countdown “clock” appear around the pollen drop-off site that tells
you how long the spell will last.

Enemies
The enemies in this game are diverse and many… When an enemy hits you, you loose
a health point and all the pollen you were carrying, but if you scramble, you
can usually get most of it back. I’m sure there are names for all of the enemies
but I have no idea what they are so I will describe them instead:

Small “Beetles” – Easy to Avoid
Large “Beetles” – Easy to avoid, they carry symbols needed to free the Swee.
“Gnats” – These tiny bugs fly in groups of four (in a line) in a wave-like
pattern across the screen.
“Wasps” – These bugs fly up and down across the screen and track your movement
so they tend to fly into you. Harder to avoid.
Red “Dragonfly” – Larger that the Wasps, the dragonflies fly in the same
manner as the wasps and are even harder to avoid.
“Flies” – I actually am not sure what these bugs resemble because they zip
very quickly in a beeline across the screen (Hmmmm… Maybe they are bees). They
fly super fast and appear at anytime, making them practically impossible to
avoid if you are in their path.
Ixie “Spiders” – The evil little four-armed elves don’t appear until later in
the game. They hang from one leg and dangle like a spider with arms
outstretched. If you land on one, they snatch you up and you fail the level
and must retry. The good thing about this game is that you get unlimited
retries because by the time these guys show up; you are too busy avoiding too
many things. Plus, their mono-toned bodies make them blend easily into the
stunning backgrounds at times.

Star Power Attributes
As you free the Swee, you earn Star Points. These Star Points are used to
increase your attributes below.
Agility – Determines how fast you fly around the screen
Health – Determines how much damage you can take
Strength – Affects your ancient fire power and bonus. As your strength grows,
the radius of you ancient fire grows as well.
Magic – Determines your chance of getting a power up when enemies are
destroyed

Wings
As you progress through the game, you will also earn new sets of fairy wings
that will give you special powers.
Birth Wings – These are the wings you start out with. They have no advantages
to them.
Wings of Strength – 1 Star Point is added to your existing Strength
Wings of Revenge – When you are hit by the enemy, you’ll still take damage but
the enemy will die.
Wings of Luck – These give you a 1 in 3 chance to dodge an enemy.
Wings of the Wind – 1 Star Point is added to you existing Agility
Wings of Life – Slowly recharges your health
Wings of Wisdom – 1 Star Point is added to your existing Magic
Dragon Soul Wings – These wings create a radial spell that kills all
surrounding enemies whenever you are attacked. So far, these are the best
wings (in my opinion).
Wings of the Undead – Replenishes half your health when you only have 1 health
point left.
Wings of the Elders – 1 Star Point is added on to your existing Strength,
Agility and Magic
Soulfire Wings – Creates a radial spell every time you deposit pollen into the
Transient Star

Levels and Background Hazards
There are a whopping 100 levels in this game that are broken down into two waves
that take place on 10 different visually stunning backgrounds. In the first wave
if the game, you must complete 5 levels on each of the first 9 backgrounds. When
you reach the 5th level, you will see a new addition to the background that will
cause you harm if you interact with it.

On the second wave of the game, you must go through five levels on each
background with the additional hazard present at every level. This is also when
the Ixie Spiders show up so each level gets more difficult.
The different backgrounds and Hazards are:
Ancient Castle Wall – Two tree frogs will hit you with their tongues to take a
health point and scatter your pollen.
The Broken Giant – A Venus Flytrap will eat you if you fly across it and force
you to retry the level.
The Stillness of the Serpent – A large snail will release toxic gas from its
shell if you disturb it too many times. The gas will cost you a health point
and cause you to lose all the pollen you are holding. NOTE: I’ve noticed that
the toxic gas will follow you from time to time.
The Frozen Mermaiden – A large green ant will squirt droplets of green poison
in an arc across the screen. If you’re hit, you’ll lose 1 heath point and all
the pollen you carry.
The Petrified Goblin – Three Venus flytraps across the bottom of the screen
will jump up and bite you, causing you to lose 1 heath point and all the
pollen you carry. Since these guys move, you need to keep a greater distance
from them.
The Slumbering Fungus – This is my favorite one! A giant mushroom with a face
will wake up and follow you with its eyes if you disturb it. If you get too
close, it will suck you into its mouth and force you to retry the level.
The Looking Branch – Three purple flowers will squirt what looks like blood at
you causing you to lose 1 heath point and all the pollen you carry.
Guarded on High – A giant caterpillar will zap you repeatedly with red
lightning, if you disturb it, causing you to lose 1 heath point and all the
pollen you carry.
Lycan’s Den – A big ugly frog (that looks vaguely skull-like) will eat you if
you disturb it and force you to retry the level.
Ixie Lair – This is the final board and each level alternates between easy and
hard. On the hard levels, a lizard dominates the bottom half of the screen and
can stretch it’s tongue all the way across the screen to grab you and force
you to restart the level

Tips & Tricks
These are little things I picked up along the way. You may find your own
strategy that works better (and if you do, PLEASE SHARE!) but this is what
worked for me.

A little sacrifice goes a long way – Once you get in the upper levels and the
Ixie start showing up, it’s damn near impossible to complete a level unless
you wear the Dragon Soul Wings. When the screen if full of Ixie, hit a bug on
purpose and kill as many Ixie as you can. Sure, it will cost you a health
point but you are bound to pick up random bonuses from the bugs you destroyed
and you’ll have a few free seconds to collect more pollen before the Ixie
return.
At the beginning of each level, the pollen shows up before any enemies do or
hazards are activated. If you fly around the perimeter of the screen in those
first few seconds, you stand a good chance to fill up a ponytail of pollen
before any enemies enter the screen.
Earning mega points – Once you get your bonus multiplier all the way up to
x10, hover near the pollen collection center and grab the pollen one or two at
a time. Sure it takes longer to clear the board but you’ll get 1000 points for
each piece of pollen and your bonus counter will never diminish unless you get
hit.
Mega Pollen - If your ponytail is nearly full when you get a mega pollen, drop
off all your pollen first before grabbing it or it’s a bit of a waste. For
example: If you need 10 pollen and you have 9, mega pollen will only add one
more piece of pollen, but if you have 0 pollen and you need 10, Mega pollen
will give you all 10.
Aura Shield - As soon as you get this, fly around and destroy everything you
can as quickly as possible. Drop off pollen when you can but concentrate on
zapping as many things as possible. This usually unleashes many of the other
bonuses and can allow you to clear the board quickly.
Ancient Fire – After you unleash your ancient fire, you can still deposit all
the pollen you collected into the Transient Star, however, you will not fill
up your pollen meter as much as you would if you deposited the pollen without
unleashing the Ancient Fire.
Try using the Soulfire wings on the last level. The lizard forces you to stay
near the top of the screen anyway and it’s easier to grab one piece of pollen
at a time and zap all the Ixie Spiders.
If you are having trouble clearing a level, try readjusting your abilities.