Epitasis
At this point I cannot recommend this game.. It’s beautiful but very strangely organized. There are also a number of technical problems, which you might or might not encounter. They have brought me to a point where the game is essentially unplayable. Your experience might be different.
Totally mind boggling what many reviewers have said about playing the game in two to four or more hours. I have explored and struggled and experienced many, many unnecessary crashes at the middle stage of the game. Lately whenever I click on a glowing object, the cursor gets stuck. There seem to be two different pointers, one belonging to the mouse, one thrown out by the game. Often in trying to disengage from the stuck point, the game becomes unplayable. Swings from high to low screen resolution and often crashes (“minimizes”) down to the taskbar icon. Generally the position is “saved,” but what saved means is open to debate.
– Real player with 53.7 hrs in game
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Summary: Loved the aesthetics, music, and gameplay, puzzles were trivially easy, don’t get it if you want any challenge.
This is Talos Principle for kiddos. It uses a similar world system as Talos, where you can explore a beautiful world and 2-3 puzzles are contained within each world. Sometimes the puzzles overlap which is cool. The way the game uses colors is really fascinating and advanced, so if you’re after effects and aesthetics, you’ll love the hell out of that aspect of this game. There’s also dynamic weather! This works for the beauty of the game but can make navigating a bit confusing because levels at certain times of day do not look anything like they do at other times of the day. Loved the color and the natural design, simplistic but pretty. The soundtrack is amazing as well, it really added to the whole experience and is one of the better ambient game soundtracks I’ve heard.
– Real player with 5.5 hrs in game
Nanuleu
The consensus of both positive and negative reviews is that the game is simple. Whether that’s a positive or negative for you depends on whether you’re looking for a challenging grand strategy or just something mildly challenging to unwind after a long day.
I certainly enjoyed my time with it. There is something to the core mechanics that is incredibly compelling and you’ll find an hour flew by just like that.
Regardless, I still feel there’s a little bit of missed opportunity here. A Nanuleu 2 with some additional buildings, enemies, maps and maybe even Workshop Support could actually become a force to be reckoned with. It already has that casual, easy-to-pick-up feel to it, but it also needs a bit more depth to it so that it becomes hard to put down.
– Real player with 6.0 hrs in game
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Puzzle game, tower defense, minimalistic, short, resource management like in an RTS game (the resource management from M.A.X. is the most similar I’ve seen), some army management.
Nanuleu focuses on the formula at the core of some tower defense and most realtime strategy games: Balance economy with warfare. Invest too much in your economy and you’ll get overrun, invest too much in warfare and the opponent will eventually out-produce and overrun you.
Everything is reduced to almost the absolute minimum: graphics, sound, variety in the gameplay mechanisms.
– Real player with 5.3 hrs in game
Nature And Life - Drunk On Nectar
First time ever making a review and it’s for an unassuming, obscure little Early-Access game called Drunk on Nectar. I feel it’s fitting; I love insects and arachnids ever since I was a kid and I’ve always wanted a game like this to come into fruition. Now that it’s finally here….
I LOVE it. A lot.
At this current point in time, the game has three modes to choose from.
Creature Quest issues challenges for the player to complete in as quick a time as possible for a spot on the leaderboard.
– Real player with 43.4 hrs in game
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This game is a pretty accurate simulation of the life of an insect. Of course, the game isn’t perfect. It doesn’t have a huge team developing it, but it is still one of the most accurate insect simulators you can find. Heck, even the flora have a crude lifecycle! There are educational elements to the game as well, though nothing like extra homework or anything, just explanations of what is going on with the insect at the time, or what the game mechanics represent. This game is very smooth for its version, and definitely has re-playability.
– Real player with 29.6 hrs in game
Quiet as a Stone
The game is well done and though super simple and even limited in the actual gameplay (can’t save maps you’ve developed, no!real goal other than just clearing the landscape searching for magical stones). But despite the games limitations, it’s easy gameplay and simplicity are actually addicting. Tried it for the first time today and when I’d stopped it was 3 hours later! LOL Only three downfalls I see are that you can’t save maps, can’t create a map from scratch, and there needs to be a gamma control as the game is predominently dark and its difficult to see the landscape clearly. Hopefully the developer will add some updates. I would definitely recommend this to anyone looking for a relaxing experience that only costs pennies.
– Real player with 43.0 hrs in game
Love the concept and the calm vibes, its very beautiful and relaxing! I do wish there were more variation in landscapes though, I imagine it gets same’y quite fast. Different climates and plants would have been fun! It is also much too dark, with no way to adjust the lighting up (as far as I can tell). Sometimes I cant see whats going on at all, its literally just pitch black, lol.
There are also some minor issues, like street lamps cant be picked up again once you place them.
– Real player with 7.6 hrs in game
SereNest
Have A Calm Space to Make You Feel Comfortable.
Sit in a comfortable chair and enjoy the atmosphere.
Here are five places with musics where you can feel at ease.
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Arctic Night
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Sandy Desert
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Calm Lake
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Rainy Jungle
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Snowy Pond
Interaction
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Touch the light switch.
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Touch the audio switch.
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Grab the small objects.
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Open the door & windows.
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Turn rotate with right thumb.
Blacksmith Village
Let’s pay off the debt by running the smithy left behind by my grandfather.
Healing game to grow a small forge.
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Collect recipes and make various equipment. Equipment can be crafted without a recipe.
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Let’s accept requests from customers visiting the forge and receive rewards. If intimacy increases, may something good happen?
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Send your pet to the dungeon to get the materials you need to make equipment. If you’re lucky, you might find a hidden treasure?
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Let’s enjoy a healing life while feeling the little happiness of decorating the smithy.
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When you pay off your grandfather’s debt, various events occur.
driftwood
It’s one map in Unity. You make no sound and move at one inch per minute. The poems are ten words long, they don’t rhyme and they have no rhythm. The eponymous driftwood is perfectly rectangular. Otherwise it’s good.
– Real player with 0.3 hrs in game
There is almost no content in this game and it should be in a group of other games for the same price.
– Real player with 0.2 hrs in game
Earthtongue
This review is an analysis of how the ecology functions and entertains you. It will point out quirks that you will learn as you play for hours on end. It covers the base game-world, but the resources that you manipulate in the game has patterns and limitations, and will appear in any game module.
Working with the game ecology and finding the in and out of sustainable systems, i want to say the ecosystem is flawed, and the 2d nature of the game is part of the reason. The game life finds local maxima to survive and will burn out over time. Life in this game works like wild fire burning dry trees, leaving behind ash for the next generation to regrow. Maybe this fire analogy is an accuracy way to expect how life will NOT continue to thrive without considerable maintenance by the user to ‘fuel the fire’ of this system.
– Real player with 475.1 hrs in game
I feel funny reviewing this, since I bought it with leftover money from my Steam Wallet, but after some thought and looking at the truly nice levels that both come with the game and as fan addons I decided what the heck.
Like the game, my review will be to the point. This is an ecosystem puzzle game, and the best game your not playing yet. Yes, it has pixel graphics and not much apparent complexity. But if this digital simulation where quite as simple as it looks, I would have taken it back by now. Keeping every organism alive in any level long enough to get its journal entry is actually pretty tough. This takes tactical thinking and a degree of patience, the lucky thing being its not the kind of patience required to play a Sims game or an RPG with two much time spent going from A to B. I’d call it tactical patience, and a slight tolerance for things not going as planned. After all, if things get really hairy with that fly overpopulation, you can hit them with an asteriod.
– Real player with 72.1 hrs in game
New Colony
ant
– Real player with 0.5 hrs in game
Not very good. You will constantly be getting stuck on and in things and it’s very buggy. Just a terrible experience.
– Real player with 0.4 hrs in game
Paperbark
This is already one of my favorite games of the year just because it’s such an enjoyable and relaxing experience. Now, there is a part where it does seem like the cute little wombat is in some serious danger and while I won’t confirm or deny that or what happens, I will say I was still very happy with the outcome of the game.
My favorite part of the game was trying to find all the little bug collectibles. There’s birds and stuff to find, sticks to break, flowers to eat, dragonflies to catch, etc. Lots of good little stuff here to keep you or your child busy for a little while. There are some neat little hidden achievements that I really liked as well.
– Real player with 3.9 hrs in game
If you’re a normal person, like me, you’ve probably spent a good deal of time wondering what it might be like to live the life of a wombat. Well, friends, I am pleased to inform you that your time is at hand. For the low one-time price of $8.99, you too can now experience life as a member of the esteemed family of Marsupialia Diprotodontia Vombatidae.
Slowly plodding through the forest, foraging for tasty grasses and flowers, Paperbark lets you immerse yourself in the idyllic existence of this majestic creature. You’ll instantly get caught up in the excitement as your wombat slowly emerges from his burrow and sets off through the forest at a leisurely pace. Snuffling about for food, the thrill of adventure is thick as Mutton Broth Soup as you encounter various insects and birds on your journey. There are even occasions where you must summon all of your ferocity to claw your way through small piles of sticks and other challenging obstacles, highlighting the dangers these valiant warriors face as they fight for survival in the harsh Australian wilderness.
– Real player with 3.3 hrs in game