Spirit City: Lofi Sessions

I absolutely love this game. I'm autistic, and I've used all kinds of focus apps or pomodoro/lofi type Youtube-videos for many years in order to be able to focus. Now that I found this game, I basically don't use anything else. Spirit City is just an absolutely superior experience compared to anything else I've ever used. Because I have tinnitus I always need background sounds for when I'm working, and this game has so many sounds. Also love that you can adjust the volume for every sound, and choose your own music via Youtube. The detail of how certain sounds create different visual effects are also amazing, so fun! There are so many ways to customise the space for your character as well! I own all the DLC's that are currently out, and love them all. The only thing I maybe wish for are more options for the views surrounding the garden, like a snowy winter garden, a tropical garden or a more Halloweeny type of garden. But it's not that big of a deal tbh, I love it anyway. To me this game is more that just "lofi-girl in a video game", it really motivates me to work more. This is my first ever review on Steam I believe, and I just had to write it because I really love this game just that much. For me it's a 10/10. Thank you so much developers, you make my workdays much easier!

As an adult with ADHD, this game actually helped me a LOT with scheduling things that needed doing, helping me set timers to make sure I got everything done, and not let me forget. All while being entertaining and relaxing, and honestly just fun to dig into. It's exciting to unlock the new Spirits, and the new DLC content helps add a little more to the game. Being able to customize nearly everything is wonderful! From outfits to decor, it can be changed to match your mood or the season! I'm grateful to the developers for everything they've put into the game so far, and that they still give it love now.

Unfortunately, the more I use it, the more I feel the limitations of this game and more generally, it feels like it's not gonna improve in the way(s) I'd want it to. Like, sure, adding new places / spirits / clothes is always nice, but it doesn't change the fact that I still have to reopen all the widgets I need every time I start the game, that I can't even customize the widgets aside from the background color, that I can't, say, integrate the widgets in the room's decor, that I can't even position the camera differently to switch things up, that I can't randomize anything, that I can't have more than one pet out at once (so basically, I end up with always the same one, making me wonder why I even bothered finding the others), that I can't resume an ongoing pomodoro if I close the game, that I can't delete several tasks at once, that I can't associate a soundscape or a spirit companion with a given decor, and so on and so forth. It feels like like the development focus is more of the superficial aspects than on the things that really matter when it comes to this game/application's goal, which should be to help the user get things done. I've bought the kitchen and train DLCs because I wanted more variety, but at the end of the day, my issue is with the user interface, so while I'm still using the application (hello sunk cost fallacy), I'm not planning on purchasing the garden one because there's seemingly no change on all the things I've just listed.

[h3]// DATA_LOG: Spirit City: Lofi Sessions[/h3][hr][/hr] [i]"To be its partner is the most magical moment I can summon during my daily ritual. And I would without hesitation, continue my spell casting throughout the day into the evening, just to visit the [b]City[/b] more often. But in my pursuit of doing so, I've only shown that I'm not much of a wizard at all. Yet still I try, as I am always the student, no matter how much I enjoy the teaching. The magics used during my [b]Sessions[/b] have always been well worth the price of admission and tonight is no different. Just outside our [b]Bay Window[/b], the [b]Night Forest[/b] dances into view, flying through the air on its melodic and thoughtful wings. The first notes of [b]“In The Zone” by No Spirit[/b] gently echoes [b]Lofi[/b] out of the radio, leaving me perfectly speechless. This is our time. No other words need to be said. Just moments existing in perfect spiritual harmony while [b]Catsudon[/b] approves."[/i] [hr][/hr] A vibe enhancer, mood shifter, Lofi playlist, mediation mastery course, creature collector, sound machine, interior decorator sim, all disguised as a “focus tool”. The app you don't know you need until you give in to the idea of it. The premise is so simple I almost missed it at first. Just start it up, change a couple of things to your liking and let the music drift into your life. I discovered Lofi music many years ago and at first I thought I needed to think about it, to curate it and you don't. Years later all I do is hit play and let it work its magic. Discovering Spirit City included "Sounds", was the day it really became one of my all time favorites. When I need to tune it all out, sometimes that's the opposite of focus, I just put on the Bose noise canceling headphones and choose brown or sometimes pink. Magic. To also have the choice of Japanese Cicadas, together with Night Forest and be able to change their volumes? Yes. For those who need distraction in their lives like myself, Spirit City is love at first sight. Also, earbuds and a Steam Deck make it an on-the-go dream come true. To sum up my review I think there's only two words to fully describe my experience with Spirit City: Lofi Sessions.. "Thank You." [hr][/hr]

In love with this game so much! My only "complaint" if you can even call it that, is i wish there was a jewllery option for earrings, rings or braclets. thats it. I love how cozy this game is and every single option i can wind down with, while i enjoy a hobby myself. <3 thank you for making this game! :)

BANGER ALERT. As a person with ADHD it's been an absolute lifesaver to have on a second screen while I work. Simple gameplay with a satisfying loop, I would totally recommend! Thanks for making my freshmen year of undergrad much more manageable.

虽然啥工作都没考上，但是真是谢谢了，，注意力集中太困难了，用这个的话会感觉好很多。希望能考上工作吧，祈祷······

一部优缺点都很明显的作品。本体OK，DLC慎重，轻薄本慎重！！ 优：1.室内布置好玩，在同类型作品里自由度算高 2.非常喜欢本作的收集幻灵玩法，趣味性up 3.ui设计的不错，番茄钟备忘录日记习惯养成基本刚需功能都有 4.办事动态丰富，交互感强，音效可叠加 缺：1，很难捏出传统美型人物，角色丑丑的 2.占用内存大（因为这个有过不好争议） 3.DLC价格过高，大促打完折还是超过本体，本人入了厨房和列车DLC就花了60左右，如果加上庭院和本体，打完折110，不打折140左右，这个价格可以入一部大作了，然而这个游戏的体量显然不值这个价。 总：鉴于目前在这个游戏上花费92.8RMB，且市面上超多可替代品类，不做推荐。

Everything about this game that is good is packed in it, but all of the issues are with the absolute garbage Epic Games web system. From AI slop sneaking in to remote lists to excessive connections to a remote server and jank af web helpers that don't proper exit (I'd bet that's intended, since it's Epic who makes it, and they are foul enough to make me miss EA) when you close the game. I'd love to see this with the online junk removed, or shifted to a free DLC so people who want it can keep it but folks who want quality content and no BS aren't stuck with it, because pretty much every problem I have with this game is not with this game but with the "extras" that are shoved into it. I didn't buy a game, and pay for three DLCs, because I want internet freebies and YouTube inside my games. I want quality included packaged content offline and local. Also, it seems to trigger some sort of interaction with servers on unlocks, which can crash the game for me, I'd unlocked the same spirit three times because it would crash every time it unlocked. If the internet is totally blocked and everything is in offline mode running from a cache things work great. Let it see, or touch, the Internet and things go wrong.