Strange Horticulture

游戏一旦沉浸了就好好玩！但我能说中文字体就是一坨吗？本来玩儿的就是字体，你给我写个第一天看着和第一开是要怎样？这种字体存在么我说？而且很明显First Day这得是仿宋题吧行不行啊？ 只好玩英文了，也行吧

Creative take on a puzzle game. Not my usual genre but I enjoyed it! The artwork is gorgeous.

This game was recommended to me for its "puzzle" aspect and I really enjoyed it. The artwork is pretty, I felt challenged, and was left wishing there was more to find. I'll be honest - I definitely had to use that hint button a time or two. Well done!

Perfect game for a quiet and rainy day indoors, sitting in bed whiled coddled in blankets. The game has unsettling, creepy vibes, yet still manages to be a great cozy game. If you enjoy thinking puzzles, you would appreciate this. Plant identification does take some thinking/reading, investigation, and deciphering clues - not unlike the type of thinking you'd need to do when playing puzzle games and escape rooms, and you also solve a riddle each in-game day for more clues for plant identification as well. While it does have a story, it's a bit more in the background, despite the fact that sometimes your choices do influence the end. Still, I think the only caveat is that even though there are multiple endings, it doesn't feel like the the ending really mattered at all. You're kind of just going with the flow and not at all really invested in the ongoings of the town. And there's not much replay value even if you're going for all the endings, which would make subsequent playthroughs more tedious than anything. Still, it's a very enjoyable experience the first go-around, and it was a very relaxing game overall and well worth your time.

The puzzles, with a couple exceptions, require just enough thought to be engaging but not so much thought as to be hard. Clear story progression and goals! I liked it.

The story was fascinating and the game does a great job of revealing new plants and entries when you need them, which also tells you pretty clearly if you're dumb or if you shouldn't be able to solve the puzzle yet. The puzzles are a great design too and the answers made sense after a bit of thought. Overall, compelling story and I feel accomplished after finishing it. Kind of wish the end-game where you identify the rest of the plants wasn't a quick rapid-fire and you had to do some routine horticulture business for a more natural reveal of the remaining plants but eh, the beauty is in the main story. Would recommend to people who like cozy mysteries. Fits well in my library next to Little Witch in the Woods and Potion Craft.