
You're a retired paleontologist. Collect fossils and solve puzzles in the calm of your old garage!
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In Fossil Corner, you're a retired paleontologist, collecting fossils and solving evolutionary puzzles in your old garage.
Grow your dream fossil collection! Countless species are possible
Solve chill, tactile, procedurally generated puzzles
Decorate your room & display your fossils any way you like
Retirement hasn't been easy. Use your old computer to email your friends. Maybe that'll help
Stare out the window. Watch the leaves blow by and hear the sounds of fall
Features an original soundtrack by Dylan Payne & Bobby Volpendesta!
Collect randomly generated fossil shells, trilobites, and crinoids. Countless species are possible! Share with your friends with your fossils' Species Code.

Each puzzle is a box of procedurally generated fossils that form a complete family tree. Unscramble the family trees by looking at how the species changed over generations.
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Languages: English
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This is a really cozy puzzle game that any fossil enthusiast would love!! A lot of the sorting is exactly how it would be for a real paleontologist analyzing the progression of the fossils. I remember seeing a similar exhibition in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, so I got so excited seeing it as a game. I enjoy the rarity of the different fossils and how they are shiny. It works great on my iOS laptop without a mouse (only using the pad). No complaints as of yet! Been playing for 3 hours already!
Have you ever gone into a rock hound store? In Nederland Colorado there is one called "Natures Own" and they have a lot of gemstones, but I think they also have some fossils. Also up in Wyoming there are a lot of museums that have fossils you can buy. And the Natural History Museums - like there's one in Denver and one in New York City and one in Washington DC. Anyways... all those fossils didn't just appear out of nowhere - somebody was running around out in a field somewhere or in a river bed or other known places to look for fossils. I once dug for hours trying to find petrified botryoidal wood in the Blue Forest in Wyoming, but no luck. And now I won't go out in the sun because as you get older your skin doesn't recover as fast as when you're young, so skin cancer is almost unavoidable. Wear lots of sun screen, or better yet cover yourself with a mask and long sleeves. OR you can just play this game! This game sort of reminds me of the card-game "Set" - you're trying to find patterns of changes between strata that the fossils belong in. It's sort of an introduction to cladistics, only it's very casual and simplified. And there's a "help me!" button if you get stuck too. There are a lot of "flavor" emails and jobs and photography too, and some of them are pretty funny - especially if this is sort of your thing. Very nice game!
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oh yes. this scratches the logic puzzle itch
I enjoyed this game quite a bit! I love to see games centered around a dev's interest - and this game is very much a labor of love for that interest. I haven't seen genealogy explored as a minigame too often, so this was a very refreshing playstyle. The only downside is that it really taps into that "gotta get them all" part of the brain, which left me wanting more of everything: more fossils, more colors, more traits, more shelves... Everything!
A simple and delightful game about collecting fossils (right up my alley from the start). The puzzles were engaging, I loved displaying my fossils, and the small extra challenges and light narrative gave you plenty to do throughout most of the game. Really zen and relaxing.
This game is a great choice if you want a relaxing game that doesn't require much brain power but still has plenty for you to do. I love how much you can customize your workspace and it's not difficult or time consuming to complete quests and unlock different items/abilities. 10/10!
bought today and I am hooked! Played for hours really enjoyed the gameplay and decorating of the room. Simple game doesnt try too hard to be difficult but still a puzzle game that makes you think. Cant wait to continue! :)
This is a cute little game, but it feels to me like there should be a couple more kinds of fossils and some slightly deeper puzzle mechanics. The game focuses on an interesting kind of puzzle I've never seen before (arranging objects in trees with only one trait changing between generations), though there are often puzzles that require guesswork because there can be multiple possible paths that seem possible, but aren't correct. Lovely procedural shells.
cute puzzle game where you get to keep one of the pieces and display it. its not too difficult and enjoyable if you need to kill 15 minutes to an afternoon.
I love this game! I am so happy to have found and purchased this game. I can spend hours playing it and have an endless amount of fun and genuine excitement playing this game. Its a bit simplistic however I find it to be an interesting, wholesome and unique kind of game. A little part of me wishes there was even more things I can do in the game however I think that's because the game is great and I see the potential for it to expand even further.
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