10 ideas about alien plants (in games)

1. take a real world plant and add glowing parts to it
2. combine two different real world plants into one
3. a distinct, characteristic color palette in contrast to the earth
4. pulsing is good, makes things feel crazy and alive
5. inspiration can also come from the microcosm of the earth (mites, tiny fungi, etc.)
6. pollen can be used wonderfully to make a scene feel more alive
7. don't make it to different, or else people won't recognize, but make it different enough
8. some plants could have tentacles like the honeydew plant, to consume organic matter
9. it's important that everything in an ecosystem is linked logically and audio-visually together
10. inspiration can also come from creatures of deep sea (crazy structures, glow, live from chemicals)