Fossil Corner

I actually really love this game. I played it, forgot about it, came back to it, remembered how to play it again, and also found a super helpful group of people in the Guides and Discussion. I actually really enjoyed separately breeding lvl 8 / mineralised of every group without help, and it became my favourite thing to do. Some of the designs of the shells are truly beautiful, and you end up very beautiful fossils and shells in a simple, visually pleasing game. There's some small UI things, but compared to some of the much larger, well-funded games I've played lately that have been clunky or broken, this let me play comfortably right through to the end! This would be fun to play from scratch again, and I really appreciate the hints in the puzzles. This is an unpolished diamond in the rough, it's a shame I can't make those shells real! :D

very cute, nice small game to play through. very relaxing. it's a nice game to have some tea over and play for a little while & just chill out. if you're the type to achievement hunt though, I wouldn't recommend it. for some reason the last achievement is locked behind the sole time-gated feature in the game, which is a ridiculous choice, especially since said feature is also heavily randomized and so specific in what it asks for sometimes it feels impossible. this feature is time locked AND random AND all the prizes require you to buy them with in-game money, which all three together feels like a punishment instead of a fun thing to try and finish. my game time is extremely long for what the game actually is because I've been sitting here, refreshing it every *ten freakin minutes* to try and get the last achievement and at the time of this review I'm only halfway through. the game was nice enough but not being able to just refresh it at whim is killing the goodwill I had for it.