Buy Hyacinths

lots of fun, a nice place to explore. well recommended :)

故事有头有尾，音乐流畅不腻耳，麻雀虽小五脏俱全。对于一只威尔士绵羊，缺憾的大学生活和圆满的团聚。笔下搞怪，威尔士情调。

Top Notch game. Warm and funny with a great soundtrack. I wasn't blessed with a way with words but the person who wrote this game was. Get the game, be the sheep.

A pleasant little contemporary adventure as serious as it is humours. Raw in their artstyle but no less charming, the visuals are bright and colourful. There is clear effort behind them with how the characters sprites and portraits change through the years for example. The music fits the setting and the sound effects are a little goofy which is equally as fitting. Most of the gameplay consists of walking around and interacting with people and the environment. Additionally there are two mini-games where you manoeuvre through a maze to get something. Each maze has slightly different obstacles though they are equal in difficulty as well as short enough to not become frustrating even if they take a few tries to complete. A great emphasis is put on exploration to find everything the game has to offer, but it’s not required to see every little piece of dialogue to get to the end. There is some replay value with the few choices you can make, but this too is not inherently necessary as the overarching story beats stay largely the same. The biggest part of the narrative is the friendship between Sheepy and the other characters, which is written quite well. Their interactions from talking about the events on campus down to some disputes feel very believable. Even though the setting is the UK, it works for multiple places really and some of the commentary is as relevant as ever currently, especially with the blond bad guy that briefly had me forget that this is set in the UK. All in all this is a fun and cute narrative game, which even manages to be a little deep at times if only with a coat of whimsy on account of most of the story taking place as a retelling of the past in a dream.

A short, free, sincere game about the decline of your university (literally and figuratively) and the rippling effects on your small community. It might not be everyone's cup of tea - the thrown-together quality and humour might not always be a hit - but there's definitely something deeper to experience here.

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Игра "Buy Hyacinths" - это тихое, медитативное приключение, которое приятно удивляет своей простотой и глубиной. Вы играете за человека, чья задача - выращивать и продавать гиацинты. Геймплей зациклен на внимании к деталям: нужно следить за влажностью почвы, температурой, и вовремя применять удобрения. Несмотря на кажущуюся монотонность, в игре есть свое очарование. Графика выполнена в приятной, пастельной палитре, создающей атмосферу умиротворения. Музыкальное сопровождение ненавязчивое и идеально подходит для расслабляющего времяпрепровождения. Однако, стоит отметить, что "Buy Hyacinths" может показаться скучной для тех, кто ищет экшена или динамичного развития. Здесь нет сложных механик или захватывающего сюжета. Это скорее цифровой дзен-сад, предлагающий отрешиться от суеты и насладиться неспешным темпом жизни. Если вы хотите расслабиться и немного побыть наедине с собой, то "Buy Hyacinths" - хороший выбор. В противном случае, стоит поискать более динамичную игру. В целом, "Buy Hyacinths" - это уникальный опыт, который стоит попробовать, если вы цените медитативные игры с акцентом на детали.

This is a well-observed point & click rendition of recent life at an English uni, and includes making friends, going to the pub, arguing from absolute moral standpoints, purity testing statues and dealing with the consequences of baffling arbitrary decisions from the centre. The game contains a wealth of content, including several mini games, most of which is optional, and much of which will be seen on a second playthrough. References range from House of Leaves to Columbo, with some very educational visits to the art gallery.