Recent reviews by ghostnextdoor

Overall, I really enjoyed this game. It reminded me of the top-down Zelda games I used to play, and the world/lore they created is extremely cool. Game play easy to understand, rebinding the attack and shield button is a breeze, and the UI is easy to navigate. I'm a casual gamer, and I handled combat on easy mode just fine! I failed a couple bosses, but nothing too demoralizing. I played through this in about 5 hours, with a break to fold laundry in the middle :)

I thought the character and creature design was delightful! The music is fun, and the levels kept me really engaged without getting totally lost. My only gripe is that some of the plot points seem a little contrived, but that's purely my opinion and it's still a fun story!

Heads up to my fellow impatient gamers: There is what feels like a TON of slow, click-heavy dialogue at the beginning, and they really control the pace in a few other spots, which got frustrating to me. I think it's worth it to fight through, but be warned! It's aaaalmost enough to keep me from playing again, but not quite!

Highly recommend if you like wholesome games! Reminds me of A Short Hike, Lil Gator Game, Haven Park, etc - short, sweet, and wholesome.

PROS (if you're into that)
- Cute/pretty/fun aesthetic, fun character design, and funny dialogue
- Satisfying, not-too-difficult platformer and collect-a-thon
- Interesting story, engaging side quests
- Maps are a ton of fun to explore
If you give extra love to games that let you customize your character... come get these mushroom caps bb!

CONS
- Just one: It's short! You can play through it in a few hours.

Please keep this lil game coming! Smushi needs more to explore 🍄✨

This is a lovely, story-rich game that had me thinking about big life questions. Highly, highly recommend if you enjoyed Lost Ember, Omno, Journey, A Short Hike, etc - those pretty titles that might make you cry, but are pretty fun to explore! Disclaimer: While I missed most bugs other players found, the camera could use some love. I still 100% recommend ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It's worth it.

PROS (if you're into that)
- Story/lore, visuals - Story-rich as hell!!! Beautiful pictures. I took approx. 1 zil (zillion) screenshots and drew some fan art. Obsessed.
- Exploration, collect-a-thon - Climbing and finding things was really fun for me
- Characters, creatures - Really interesting, fun characters and critters, fun side quests
- Customization - If you like clothing customization options, this game is for you!

CONS (for me)
- Camera frequently flipping through terrain and characters
- Some glitchy-ness with bike physics

Please keep developing this game <3 I love it so much!

A great puzzle game! Aesthetically pleasing, easy to understand, and fun to navigate. The achievements are just challenging enough to keep me working, and I haven't hit a level that seems impossible yet. Highly recommend if you like games like Dorfromantik, Panorama, Squarefarmer, etc!

I love this game! For me, it's a great combo of relaxing and challenging, with a great aesthetic and chilled out soundtrack. Someone else already said it, but the art for the sky is gorgeous!

The controls are pretty easy to gain a sense of mastery over, and the challenges on each track keep me engaged - my partner and I have been playing this together to decompress after work and we're not sick of it yet. I'm hoping for more content and more wildcard levels :)

It's still a bit buggy, but nothing has kept me from playing every track multiple times. The biggest bug I've encountered is being able to go rocketing off the map and watch my high score tick up to a completely unreasonable number that I will never be able to reproduce lolll

Anyway, it's worth the money and I hope the devs keep adding more!

Sweet, fun game with charming characters and an entertaining story. All I want is more content T~T
PROS
- Really cute design all around - from characters to houses, everything was nice to look at!
- Fun level design - everything was engaging without being stressful, and nothing felt too easy or broken
- Rewarding story - love a good "help the community" story! It felt rewarding to help all the characters
- Easy to play - low to no learning curve if you have touched video games before
CONS
- Game play is good, but occasionally buggy! Some quests cleared out early, had one freeze n crash
- Display controls are a little nightmarish right now, and they often bug out (v hard to find right resolution)
BUY IT ANYWAY, this game is way too sweet and the creators deserve it!

This game is lovely, and feels a lot like A Short Hike or Haven Park. The story is fun, the characters are charming, and the message is wholesome as heck. If you like mental health/therapy qualities in your games, this game has a really solid, healthy representations of some tough concepts I learned through therapy! It had me thinking about my childhood and what I wanted/received from the relationships in my life 🤔💭 TLDR: This game is fun, really lit up the young, adventurous parts of my brain, and can be as deep as I want it to be. It took me about 3-4 hours to play through - not a long game, but plenty of content and totally worth the money. Highly recommend if you need some brain scrub or want to let your inner child out for a bit.

I enjoy tile-placing games and Stardew-likes, and I really enjoyed this! The farming, buying, and befriending processes are really easy to understand, and it didn't take me too long to start feeling like I was pretty good at the game. The end of the game feels unfinished to me - the whole experience was fun, but I wanted some resolution, especially after obtaining full friendships with everyone and buying all upgrades. Not sure if that's planned, but that's how I feel! I hope we keep seeing updates on this one :)

I really like this game! I love Dorfromantik and this scratches a similar itch for me. I find it to be a bit easier, but still aesthetically pleasing, and you can still level up your placement and optimization if you care to. I only have about 7 hours on the books, but it's still got plenty of replay value for me - I'm really hopeful its development continues :)

If you're looking for a low-commitment, calming game in which it's easy to gain a feeling of mastery, try this one!

I really enjoy this game! It's like Stardew + A Short Hike + Calico, in my opinion.

Pros for me:
- Fun story and character design
- Pretty animations and sounds (love the "success" animation when brewing potions!)
- No punishment if you stay out too late and are transported to your bed!
- The challenges of collecting materials feel pretty well-balanced to me
- The mechanics are fun, easy to play, easy to feel proficient

Cons for me:
- The controls! I might have missed a way to change this, but it uses Z and the arrow keys primarily, which was frustrating because I don't use a standard keyboard (no built-in arrow keys)
- It's hard to verbalize, but the game needs a LOT of clicking/tapping to get through dialogue. Every dialogue seems like it has 5-10 "lines" to get through, just to buy something or deliver an item, and I found it annoying.

And the ultimate con: Not enough content! Really looking forward to more :)

Oh, and I actually don't think I ran into any major bugs!