
A colourful narrative adventure game. You're one of the first sheep to attend university. Roam the campus, attend lectures by day and enjoy friend-time at night. Discover campus truths, and sniff out secrets. Live the life of a campus sheep, but beware: not everybody wants to see a sheep graduate!
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Buy Hyacinths is a game about making friends, making art, otherness, and The Past. As Sheepy, one of the first sheep to attend a human university, you explore the campus and check in with students and faculty over the course of three weeks - one for each year of Sheepy's studies, taking place in the mid-to-late-00s. There's a surprising amount of (mostly optional) content; it's packed to bursting with hidden dialogue wherever you look, and there's a fairly large and varied cast to interact with across the fifteen days. It's an extremely characterful game in both writing and visuals, and the quirky cast and offbeat dialogue complement the game's melancholy main storyline perfectly. In amongst the onslaught of well-written jokes (ranging from witty to silly to full-on surreal), there are some real moments of quiet beauty to be found. The original soundtrack is fantastic, too, and lends a lot to the game's rather unique atmosphere. I helped beta-test this game (so, disregard my relatively low playtime for the Steam version), and I really loved it! It was funny, thoughtful, sad, and often all three at once. This is the solo dev's first game, and I'm very keen to see what they'll do next. 5 pieces of wool out of 5.
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This narrative game is simply superb. When I first heard about it I immediately wanted to play it because it's about a sheep going to university, of course I did. But there's so much more to it than that. The novelty of the player character being a sheep never wears off, but I didn't expect the other range of emotions I got from it. The story is engaging and often sad, and the bonds you form with the other characters are meaningful and genuine. You can feel so much of the author's experience in it, which isn't something I often get from narrative games. Despite the some of the themes being sad, it's still a very funny game. The jokes veer from blink-and-you'll-miss-it witty asides to full-on surreal minigames as you rush to obtain the World's Best Pope mug without being caught by the angry geese. I was delighted to learn the plural of 'hurdy-gurdy', and frustrated not to uncover the mystery of the Breakfast Chicken... although perhaps there are more clues to hatch on my second run. There's so much content in this game that it needs at least a few goes, my first run has only scratched the surface. Although it's free on Steam, you can also pay what you want on Itchio to support the author. I added a little extra tip so that Febby can get some nice new jumpsuits. TYB (thank you Ben).
A nice journey, Made me laugh alot
Really lovely game! I can't wait to see what Cow Games has next in line :P Genuinely a lovely story based game that I recommend people give a go. This indie game goes hard alongside the cult-following indie games like Night in the Woods.
Renkli bir anlatımlı macera oyunu. Üniversiteye giden ilk koyunlardan birisin. Kampüste dolaşın, gündüzleri derslere katılın ve geceleri arkadaşlarla vakit geçirmenin tadını çıkarın. Kampüs gerçeklerini keşfedin ve sırları ortaya çıkarın. Kampüs koyununun hayatını yaşayın ama dikkatli olun: herkes bir koyunun mezun olduğunu görmek istemez!
Lovely narrative game - really heartfelt, great story and funny too
A joy! Such sadness and sorrow encapsulated in a small cloud whomst adventures in a lost realm. Bonus for fart sounds and art history.
truly amazing experience, the graveyard made me cry. I can't believe that this was free.
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