After making a crash landing on Fruit Galaxy...

We met another star-maker named Ed!

Our station's stardust levels were dangerously low, but these two helped us out!

While solving puzzles, we learned about a new block called "wait for"...

Using "wait for", we can tell bots to wait for a specific event before continuing to the next line of code.

That helped us restore the station! With the stardust levels back to normal, we repaired our spaceship and took off again.

But as soon as we landed here, I felt someone watching us...who could it be?

Hellooo...? This is the Garden Galaxy station, right? Where is everyone?

I'm telling you, if we want to make a lot of stardust then we should make stars shaped like roses! Everyone likes roses!

Huh? Says who? I like dahlias better, and a lot of my friends do too! We should make dahlia stars!

No no no, we've done enough flower stars! We should make cactus stars instead, they're the best!

Um...hi? We're here to help...could someone show us around?

My favorite plant is the best plant!!!

...Maybe we're better off exploring on our own, Luz.

Yeah. I can't shake the feeling someone's watching us, though...

Same here. In that case...

HEY! Whoever's following us, show yourself!!

Eeep!

Did you hear that? I think they're hiding in this potted plant!

EEP! I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to scare you! Oh, stars...

Who are you? Why you were watching us?

M-my name's Jazmin, I'm a star-maker here. I saw your spaceship land and I was curious about who it was, but...

I'm so shy, I ended up hiding!! I totally missed my chance to greet you...and now I've ruined everything!!

Hey, chill. Nothing's ruined. In fact, you'd help us out if you can explain what's going on at this station.

Um, okay! Ever since the Wolf incident, we've been trying to get our stars back to normal...but no one can agree on what kind of stars to make!

Everyone just wants stars of their favorite plant...I don't get it. A garden can't thrive with just one kind of plant. A garden needs diversity!

True. Have you tried telling them that?

No...I want to help make peace, but I get so scared talking to people. What if they hate me, or think I'm weird?

Well...you're talking to us right now, aren't you? And everything's fine.

...OH! I guess I am! Maybe because it's just the two of you...I don't think I can confront my whole station!

Here's an idea. What if we work together to restore some of your station's regular stars? 

If you get used to talking with us, you could work up the courage to talk to the rest of your station.

You want to work with me?? Then, maybe...maybe that could work?

I'll take that as a yes. Can you show us to the old star-making systems?

R-right! Star Transformer, make me a star!

Here we go. I see the Starpad for this puzzle is up in the top left.

Yep. I guess we can start by coding that Grabber bot.

O-okay! Let's figure out the right sequence!

Sequence? I think I saw that word in the bot manual somewhere...

Oh! A sequence is a set of steps carried out in order. I read about it in the bot manual, too!

For example, bots always read code in order, from top to bottom.

Makes sense. Let's start from the top, then: what should the Grabber bot do first?

Hmm...maybe pick up the cube at position D?

That could be it. We might need to make it wait for cube tray C first, though.

Maybe it needs to go to button A first?

Sounds like we're not sure. Let's try some things out, then.

My idea didn't work. The bot can't pick up the cube at position D yet because this bridge is off.

Same. I tried adding "wait for C" as the first line, but I didn't have a way of turning on cube tray C.

So looks like the only thing the bot can start with is go to A. Jazmin was right.

Yeah. When the bot is on button A, that turns on this bridge here. That gives us a path to get the cube!

Hehe...I'm glad I could be helpful.

How'd you figure out the first step? Process of elimination?

That's one way of doing it! But for me, I understand a problem by looking at how the hardware is connected.

Hardware? I think that's another word from the bot manual...

Oh! Sorry, I should explain! Hardware means the physical parts of a computing system, like a bot or a button.

Then there's software, which is the code that tells hardware what to do. The bot code is an example of software.

So if you're stuck on writing the software...try looking first at how the hardware connects, starting from the goal!

The goal? So we should start by looking at the Starpad?

Yeah! We know reaching the Starpad is our last step, so we can trace the path we need to take backwards from there.

Let me try. Working backwards from the Starpad, we know this bridge needs to turn on.

And to do that, we need to flip switch E. I know by looking at the wiring of the hardware.

Right! So keep working backwards from there! To flip switch E, we need this bridge to be on...

...Which we can do by turning on cube tray B. That's in a part we can't reach, so the bot will have to do that.

Right. So the bot needs to turn on cube tray B by getting the cube at position D. 

For that, we need this bridge on. Which, looking at the wiring, we can do by putting a cube in cube tray C.

And we just figured out that we can get that cube by turning this bridge on, which is connected to button A.

And the bot can press button A right from the start — so that's the first step in our sequence!

We can figure out the rest of our sequence by tracing back the steps we just talked about.

   Got it. So first the bot turns on button A, then we move the cube to cube tray C... 

Then the bot can pick up the cube at position D and drop it at cube tray B...

Then we can flip switch E, which lets us cross over to the Starpad!

So then the order of the bot code is: go to A, pick up at D, drop at B?

Sounds good. Let's try it and see.

...The bot just fell into space. Whoops!

Hmm...that seemed like the right order, but the bot went through the steps too quickly.

If a bot did something too fast for us, it usually means we need a "wait for" block somewhere.

But where in the code should we add it? Let's think a bit.

When sequencing "wait for", it helps to ask ourselves: which command did the bot do too quickly? 

Whatever the answer is, we should put the "wait for" before that line to give ourselves more time.

In this case, the bot went to pick up at D too quickly. We didn't have time to get the cube and put it in cube tray C.

So let's add the "wait for" before "pick up at D."

And we'll want the bot to wait for C since that's what turns on the bridge. That makes it safe for the bot to pick up at D!

Now let's run our revised code and see what happens.

Great! Now that the bot's waiting, we have time to get the cube.

It worked! Now all we have to do is flip the switch...

And cross over to the Starpad!

We did it! Thanks for all your help Jazmin. You said you're shy, but you taught Luz and I a lot just now.

Agreed. I hadn't thought about working backwards from the goal before. That helped us sequence our steps correctly.

W-wow...you're both so nice...reading the entire bot manual 20 times was worth it for this moment!

Did...did you just say 20 times?! I've only read the first couple chapters...just how powerful are you?

Hehe...I just wanted to be prepared in case the bots ever stopped working! Plus, I like to read!

Oh, cool! Tell us more about you like while we keep restoring stars.

...Okay!! I'm gonna tell you all about my favorite plants!! 

(Hmm. She seemed timid at first, but she's actually pretty brave.)

(Now if we can just get her to realize that, she can settle this station's arguing once and for all!)

...And that's why ladybugs are my favorite bug! They protect your plants by eating common garden pests!! 

...Wait, we restored this many stars already? Time just flew by!

Yup. Hearing about your interests was fun! Now that you're more used to talking with us, and we have enough stardust to make a new star...

You're ready, Jazmin. Go talk things out with your station — don't worry, we're right behind you.

O-okay...okay! I can do it...here I go!

Ugh, we're getting nowhere. Dahlia stars? Cactus stars? At this rate, we're not going to have any stars except for the ones shaped like Wolf!

Um...can I say something?

Huh? Jazmin? It's rare to hear you speak up...go ahead.

I think...I think people like gardens with a lot of variety. A diverse garden attracts more wildlife, improves the soil, and looks beautiful!!

So...can't we just make stars for everyone's favorite plant? This is a space for all of us, right?

...

...Jazmin's right. Why are we trying to only make ourselves happy? We should share in each other's interests!

Yeah...we were being selfish. Sorry, Jazmin.

You're...not mad?

While we were arguing, you and your friends gathered all this stardust for our station, right? How could we be mad?

Yeah! With all that stardust, should we try making a new star together? What do you think, Jazmin?

Let's do it!!

What a pretty [bouquet] star! You did great, Jazmin!

Luz, Valeria...thank you so much! Talking with you two gave me the courage I needed.

But, before you leave...um...oh, I'll just say it! Can...can I join you two on your adventure???

Fine with me. Is it okay with you, Luz?

Definitely! Seeing you be so brave, Jazmin...it gives me courage, too.

On that note...Valeria, I'm sorry we drifted apart the last couple years. It was my fault. I felt like I could never reach your level...in anything.

Luz...no, I'm sorry. I wanted you to see for yourself how capable you are...but I ended up pushing you around. 

Can we be close friends again...?

Of course!

Hehe...so nice to see everyone getting along.

Yeah. Looks like everything's good here, so let's head to the next station. Are you two ready to go?

Yes!!

Alright, we're approaching our destination...

Hang on. Is that...a giant claw?

And it's heading right for our ship?!

EEEK!