Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library!

This is the game that brought the “Tidy Up” genre to the front of all of our minds and sparked the influx of AI slop games of this nature popping up in the store quicker than chicken pox. Despite that, I personally really enjoyed this game. The actual organizing and cleaning up was satisfying and the powers/perks were balanced. Having the keys to unlock powers hidden around the room for you to find as you leveled up/explored was a great feature. I didn’t really mind the other modes needed to 100% the game, I honestly don’t care if I have to put each item back with no power (I’m insane). But the satisfaction of the special stage once you complete the game is quite satisfying to end with. Now the only real issue I have is the usage of AI in the game. I don’t mind the usage for the UI component as I can’t really comment on that. But I do think the usage of it for “three landscape paintings used as wall decorations” was a bit lame. The wall decorations really didn’t add or subtract anything from the full experience, so they honestly could have just been scrapped. Or since the whole premise was that the Library was torn up, the frames could have been empty on the wall. Then they could have either used no AI to generate paintings or they could have done really crappy/easily rendered damaged paintings to put something there if they truly insisted on having decorations. Overall, a satisfying game that I’d recommend checking out if you enjoy collectathons and cleaning.

certainly a game with merits that loses all of that when you understand that ai was used during the creative process. ai has no place in game-making, and it strips away any heart which could have been present within. i would have loved for there to be a modicum of depth to the world we see, perhaps a small blurb or passage which unlocks upon completion of a shelf. unfortunately, this is not a game with depth, nor thought, nor creativity.

I never thought a game about cleaning a library would be so good. If you like tidying activities with a handful of upgrades, check this game out. I didn't explicitly notice AI content, and performance was fine with my computer.

This game is absolutely wonderful. It is so satisfying and relaxing to play. I look forward to future updates!!!

Such a fun and relaxing game. Nearly 30 hours worth of game play. Didnt use any of the spells just really enjoyed sorting manually. <3

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As a few other reviewers have noted, the AI disclosure for this game was added later, leading people who otherwise would not have supported this game to purchase it. 1) That's trashy as hell. 2) There is no reason you needed to use AI at all in this game. I'm not gonna be like some others and assume you were lying about the extent, so assuming you were honest, you could have easily done those things without relying on generative AI. The concept was good, the gameplay was good, some of the book titles were extremely funny, and yet you decided 'just a little' genAI was fine? That's like baking brownies and thinking adding 'just a little' dog poo was fine. Do better.

autism activated. 20/10. i need MORE