Shinehill

Short but really cute game. I 100% it and i completed it in almost 18 hours and since i always say 1 euro per hour played i would say that the game is absolutely worth the price tag it has. It does have the things you would expect from a farming sim. Farming, romance, pets, foraging, mining etc but i wouldn't call it a stardew valley dupe since it playes very differently. Some things i found a little bit difficult to locate, especially since there isn't a whole lot written about the game online but it was a joy to figure everything out. Farming: It works exactly how you would think. Some seeds you can buy and some you will need to forage for. There are no sprinklers in the game so you will need to water everyday but your watering can waters a 2x2 area and never runs out of water so that's neat. You do need to till the ground everytime you want to plant a new crop but I didn't find it annoying at all. Mining: There are two normal caves and three special caves that you unlock as you progress the story. You don't really need to mine everyday since you only really need the materials for the bulletin board or story/friendship quests. So no need to feel forced to go visit them everyday. Fishing: Like all other games in the genre there is a fishing mini game. It's basically you just need to use WASD to match the arrows shown on screen. It's super chill unlike the struggle you can have in t.d. Stardew Valley. I am unsure if you can turn the mini game off since i never looked. Friendship/Romance: All the characters have a backstory which is super nice! You do tho get much more lore on the romancable ones, once you've progressed past a certain point in romancing them since it unlocks a dialogue option called ''PAST''. You can talk to everyone once a day, give them a gift and eventually also hug them. If you're romancing someone then you will also be able to kiss them which also gives you points with them. You can freely romance everyone since the game doesn't have a jealousy system but you can only marry one person. The absolute best way to increase friendship with people is to give them their favourite foods but you can also do it by completing bulleting board quests. Decoration: You will gain access to a few items that you can place around your farm but not a lot. You can only place these items outside on your farm. You can also talk to the mayor where you will have a few options to purchase like colour of your house, roof colour and how you want the interior to look. This is not free. Pets: There are four different animals that you can keep as pets. Three you can catch and one you can buy. You can keep a maximum of three of each colour in your barn and they give you materials once daily when you go to pet them. A little tip on how to best make a lot of money and fast (it does break the game a little bit since you will be able to just buy most things). I will mark it as a spoiler since i not everyone might want to see it: [spoiler]To the left of the forest you will run into a huge snail. After you've completed his quest and he has moved you can cross over to the other side where you will find a bunch of bee's. You can either kill them or feed them flowers which will make them drop honeycomb and sometimes honey. I personally killed them since it's a great way to level up and i am stingy with my materials. The honeycomb alone is worth 70g each but when you combine (cooking) them into honey (it requires 3 honeycombs) it's worth 220g. If you spend a whole in game day killing them you can easily make 10k in one sitting. Way more when you get stronger and are able to kill them faster.[/spoiler] You can really tell that the developers have put love into making the game and i hope to see more from them in the future.