Garden Ink

(I don't do reviews & I am a huge rambler so forgive me if this is a bit everywhere & long, haha!) I originally downloaded the demo forever ago & got stuck playing 4 hours of it and had a blast and I ended up playing 6 hours of it straight today apparently. I loved the artstyle and calm vibes - there are a lot of fun plants which I adore & I overall enjoyed a lot of the aesthetic of the decor personally. it's just a really pretty game that I think has lots of potential for decorating up really nice! Unfortunately I ended up chaotic and messy towards the end as I was getting impatient to have everything unlocked & to know the extent of the tools first; but that's my own fault TvT The palette unlocking as you go, and being set, makes for some creative thinking as well as ensuring it all fits nicely. The variations between them are really decent. I did on rare occasion wish for just a *few* more colors or variations but tbh it has pretty much everything you need & despite it I'm actually really quite pleased by the options and it makes me go out of my own comfort zone with how I tend towards color styles so I don't really think it's an issue at all. I also really enjoy the way a lot of the mechanics are made to fit into being a game like the move tool for characters/games being the arrow-y vines and how some of the characters are also part of this. A personal favorite is the cat. Them swatting everything to "flip" items & having a little yarn toy to teleport them around was cute. I did eventually end up very slightly laggy though I was also running a bunch of streamy stuff as well while a bunch of items were scattered to use but it was still quite playable even then. The floor flower you can make from the terrain-guy only let me color a single part of it but using a pearl on it did randomly fill in the rest of the colors which makes me feel like it maybe was slightly bugged on that bit? As well as one singular window on a house that wouldn't let me color the glass-panes when most everything else was colorable making me question if it was also slightly buggy. I did find it very fun & distractible (in a good way!) to have to do a lot of it myself at first but I did also eventually get annoyed with fixing the colors while merging/unmerging or bigger quantities spawning in uncolored. I would try to use the color-bird and occasionally the pearl to help but even then it still lost some of the spark. The engraved rocks being colorable like the signs but lacking the rest filled in was, if I'm remembering correctly, the biggest issue with that but I couldn't place them near the birds to get them to color the new spawns because they'd make the engraved rocks neon orange and then they'd spawn in neon orange. I just wanted pretty shrubs & rocks without hand coloring the mass quantity I was using. I'm not at all trying to complain or say it needs fixed as I generally like the mechanic though! I think I'm just impatient, haha. I spent a lot of time just organizing the objects for the bird to color & waiting for things to spawn but I did eventually manage to fill in all of the items. I have not yet messed with the spirits & tbh I deleted them right after because I was slightly laggy and after playing 6 hours straight I just wanted to be done so I could have a break. Writing the review also made me realize just how little explanation, lore, words, or even names is really available to you as well which I honestly think is fun. It makes the game feel incredibly exploratory and low stimulation overall. It also had tons of cute little details that I enjoyed. Making the characters kiss each other on the cheek, the noises and sound effects are easily just adorable and made my brain happy, and generally it's just a cute lil decoratin' game that I quite enjoyed!

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So charming, so relaxing, so addictive! I love every second I'm spending in this world. The mini games are so diverse and cute, I'm always excited when I see a new one on my screen. I'm in love! <3

I love this little game :) Everything from the sounds to the visuals to the tiny animations is cute, silly and so unbelievably charming. It's so relaxing that I could keep on playing this forever.

Very cute game! Issues (?) & things i liked: Tutorial is clear, but it can block part of the screen (no idea if you can hide it, but it's not really a big issue). They also let you figure things out yourself, which I like. Beginning can get a bit overwhelming for some, but once you know what to do, it's fine. Sometimes if you click too fast while merging, it won't merge, but instead place the objects next to eachother. Love the coloring feature that can go into details. Soundwork is amazing too! Love the minigames! The little creatures are also cute and silly :) Can't wait to explore more of the game!

I played the demo in a Steam fest. It was like if someone made one of those phone-app coloring books into Doodle God. I wanted this immediately. I bought Doodle God as a coloring book. 10/10 got exactly what I wanted.

Relaxing game about bringing life to a blank page mixing trees, plants, flowers and rocks to make up to 150 combinations, and each one can be painted. Lots of small cute creatures, mini games and music.