On the name 'Hanaa' (aside from the fact that naming things isn’t exactly my strong suit).

In Finnish, 'hanaa' can be taken to mean 'press on it.' The name originally had an exclamation mark, but I dropped it — this game isn’t fast-paced enough to justify it, even ironically. Plus, special characters are just asking for trouble down the line.

At least the name gave me some design direction — 'hana' also means 'flower' in Japanese, which led me to a flowery ’70s aesthetic (definitely not the dull ’60s). Inspired, I created all sorts of flowers in Inkscape to decorate the game’s backgrounds.

With my rather limited visual talent, I had to seek out some good references:

• An excellent tutorial on creating flowers in Inkscape
• And ideas for fascinating color palettes.