Steven added a feature to the game that allows the player to meditate to gain spiritual powers. He required an effect that would express a zen state.

David was pressed for time. Our deadline was over a year away, but there would be much pixel art to complete. Animating trees per pixel is tedious work, especially since Steven's wind code would require multiple variants for each of the then static images. They approached me, hoping for a shader solution; that they might save time.