Box Bakery

Cozy game with a long story. it's amazing !!

Box Bakery is extremely addictive and surprisingly touching. I wasn't expecting to like it as much as I did, but it's ended up being one of my favorite cozy games. It's a baking/bakery management game, though much heavier on the shop management side than the baking side--you have to try each recipe yourself the first time, picking ingredients, mixing them, and baking/freezing/cooking them according to a recipe, but your trusty assistant will take over after that and supply you with 58 taro cakes or what-have-you with a few clicks once you've figured it out. Doing things manually is usually an option, but the game automates the more repetitive systems pretty quickly, which is definitely welcome! Besides restaurant management, there are a bunch of other things to do: I really enjoy arranging all my stickers and keepsakes for each character, for one. The gameplay loop is simple and forgiving enough to be relaxing while still having some interesting puzzles and complexities if you like to optimize things. There isn't a huge amount of customization in how your bakery looks or functions once you've unlocked the largest display case (this doesn't take long), but it is fun to replace the torn-up floors and broken windows of each bakery you open with new, pretty versions. There is also a pseudo-gacha element (sticker collecting), but that part uses only in-game currency, so it gives you that dopamine rush of collecting without putting any real money at risk. The thing that most surprised me, though, is the writing. This game really doesn't skimp on story--you'll often get multiple story segments in each in-game day, even stacked up so that several little animals visit you in a row. And the plot...well, I wasn't expecting these little animals to move me, but they genuinely did. Each one has an individual story, and many of them touch on everyday problems, dealt with gently, with love--and a bit of humor. A jellyfish (who visits your bakery in a little fishbowl on wheels) works much too hard and feels like they can't comment when their community's attempts to help save their reef go awry. A rockstar frog harbors guilt about how things ended with his old band, but is afraid to approach them after so much time has passed. A tiny, angry bunny is a better friend than you'd expect, and his boss, a turtle detective, is a weirdo who just can't get enough of your muffins. There's this thread throughout the game of accepting the bittersweet reality of being an adult, of the difficulties of working for a living and finding that sweet spot where you're at least somewhat happy and all your needs are met, of caring for people who pass away or leave or just don't like you quite as much as you like them...your player avatar, Box, is always there with a supportive ear and their favorite treat to help them out. There are also a ton of little bonus interactions if you call up one character while someone they know is already in your shop, letting you create fun little moments between friends and rivals. My only real complaint is with the translation: I wish they'd brought on an English-language editor to fix errors and help make the text sound more natural. The English can almost always be understood, at least--though I'm sure we're losing some nuance. But the biggest issue to my mind is that all the characters--none of whom have stated genders in the story (which is really easy to do in languages with genderless pronouns and a real pain in more gendered languages like English) use the pronoun "it" in the English version. It feels jarring to have sentient characters called "it" rather than using "they" or some other workaround. Still, despite the roughness of the translation, the writing still manages to convey plenty of charm and humor (big story beats aside, there are some pretty funny translation easter eggs where the translator complains about having to describe too many mostly-identical desserts or stickers). And honestly, I'm pretty sure this is was created by a micro-studio, so I really can't blame them for having some issues getting their game published in another language. Seriously, if you like cozy games at all, I can't recommend this one enough. ...And now that I've said all that, I wanna go play some more. But no, my jellyfish friend will be disappointed in me if I slack off--better get to work!

i cant stop playing lollll

wonderful relaxing cute

好评如潮

超乎预料的上头，很好玩！预购的但是一直搁置，打开发现比demo要好玩多了，内容也很多。适合看故事&喜欢可爱画风、喜欢自己装饰手账的玩家。整体是很治愈的剧情，小动物之间有很多互动，适合慢慢玩。有单机的抽卡因素（抽手账贴纸），但第一个小镇后期爱心是能基本实现自由的，所以也还好（就是最爱甜品的贴纸概率太低了。。） 感受到的缺点：经营元素不多，每天主要是完成小动物的要求触发剧情，基本全是任务导向。第二个影响体验的是卡等级，迁移功能解锁后其他任务都完成了只有20级，但要求25，中间感觉很坐牢。如果优化一下流程，解锁迁移功能之后不久就能开新图，想全收集还能随时回第一个镇玩，体验应该会更好些。

Such a great comfy game to play! You can tell so much thought and work went into making this game.

好玩爱玩喜欢玩

竟然有抽卡元素，并且基本只需要鼠标点点点

好可爱呀！