Artisan: Going Home Again

PLAY THE DEMO FIRST! So unique and clever! The art and music make it a joy to play. The mechanics combine aspects of time managment, product selling, skill growth, and social relationships. You can do more than just Art (write a book, creating outfits for yourself to boost stats, ect.)

After playing the demo my sister and I decided to buy the game... And we weren't disappointed. We really liked the game’s art and music, but above all else we just loved the relationship between the characters. Their personalities are well developed and their stories are quite engaging. We’ve enjoyed all the endings we’ve unlocked till the moment (the hidden dress is a very nice touch). Right now we’re kind of stuck trying to unlock ending number 8, 9, 11 and 15 (by the way we’ll be really grateful for any hint about how to get them). Do we recommend this game? Absolutely! We liked it a lot and we'll be definitely looking for other projects from this developer.

... The paid version is not different from the demo. If you finished the demo, there's very little left for you to do... with increased stats, it's much easier to breeze through the game content. I think my game is bugged or something, I finished 2-3x but I didn't get any ending... and the ending gallery is still completely empty. Please help.

This game is sweet, cute, and fun! You guide or heroine through her new life as an artist-for-hire. It isn't really like Harvest Moon or Stardew Valley at all. There is no time limit or even a time component at all really, you go through the days of the week but the months are not even seperated. That's a good thing is this game's case - the pretty arwork along with the really sweet music make this one of the most relaxing games I've played in months!

I decided to buy the game right after playing the demo because I wanted to know what would happen at the end! The game is well organized and a little repetitive, but it's required to build up on stats and practically every game is repetitive so I guess it's to be expected. I love the art and the music (it's very cute), and the story was also well thought-out. The format of the game is similar to an otome game, but the purpose isn't as romance-driven and you are given a little more control over the character's life. Although I was completely not expecting a moral lesson from this game, it also gave me an insight to the responsibilities I would have as an adult and how I would have to balance my life in the future through the character's need for sleep (for health), inspiration, experience, and social points.

Игра меня привлекла ещё на стадии разработки в Гринлайт. А именно художественным стилем, который разительно отличается от типичной анимешной попсы (да простят меня гурманы). В игре нет пантсу ракурсов - это ещё одно достоинство Artisan. Нет, эта игра не симулятор свиданий (хотя мы встречаем довольно милых библиотекаря и уличного художника). Цель игры - развить талант нашей альтер эго, и заработать денег чтобы выкупить родительский дом. Денег надо достаточно много и время ограничено (вроде бы речь идёт о 50000 за месяц). Жаль игра не переведена и смысл некоторых моментов ускользает. К тому же, родное разрешение всего 800х600, и при переходе на полный экран качество картинки и шрифта не улучшается. Геймплей у игры продуман и исполнен замечательно. По сути - это гринд, т.е. наша художница развивает свои способности выполняя несложные головоломки и квесты. Нам предлагают на выбор три вида упражнений для повышения мастерства: сложить цвета по памяти, сложить лоскутный пазл и рагадать слово. Кроме того, есть ещё дополнительные задания, успешное выполнение которых напрямую за висит от уровня прокачанности того или иного навыка. Также ей необходимо посешать библиотеку, музей и парк. Поначалу будет сложно. Однако, я не советую стремиться всё сделать "запоем". Эту игру лучше проходить по полчаса-часу в день, чтобы не надоела сразу. В общем и целом, очень приятная и красивая игра. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=844005073

I love the crafting system.

Love this game! It's a lot of clicking, but it's really immersive and there's always the option to switch things up when you've had enough of any particular mini-game. The multiple ways to achieve "the end" means there's a lot of replayability, too. Just wish it were more clear how to get all the endings - nobody's put a cheat guide up yet :-)

It's okay. As a management game it's pretty decent. Working at night gives you a "Midnight Oil" buff which really fills up the progress bar a lot. But the trade off for that is a really high stress gain and the pretty much 90% chance of getting sick if you don't spend the following day sleeping for 24 hours. And if you get sick, you're forced to sleep in anyway. It's a really decent trade off that makes you think twice about pulling off those oh so useful all nighters but sometimes the punishments get annoying, especially since there's no way to subvert it (like unlocking a dress that allows for it or at least lessens the stress gain from not sleeping. if there is one, i have not seen it). The social stats and friendship candidates are really interesting. It's pretty diverse in its choices though I wish you had a second female choice rather than just one with two male choices. Overall, it's really good for the price and general experience of the dev. Solid management game. Looking forward to future works.

Want to play a game but dont want the stress of a FPS or RTS? Well I enjoyed this game a lot because of how calming it was and enjoyed the story telling