Gourdlets

The style is very cute but there really aren't that many decorations, or even color options... I played less than an hour and already felt pretty limited by what I could do, even as someone who usually enjoys decoration games. This combined with lack of any direction led me to just refund the game. I feel like it needs at least one or the other (a lot of decorations or some sort of direction).

Gourdlets is a sweet little game to build relaxing spots for your little inhabitants. Do I like it? I'd say 50/50, but more leaning towards negative when it comes to the unlocking part of the items. For a while, I built and decorated, called in new villagers, and collected new decorations. The unlocking part of new items is linked to your little new friend's ability to gather experience through interacting with items you placed. In the beginning, I didn't pay attention to it and just built and had fun watching them stroll around in their own space. Now that I am fully satisfied with what I have built, I just wanted to collect the remaining furniture and the last achievement. Well, the game thinks it needs to take a looong time just to get there. I sit here with at least five remaining furniture items, and they barely collect any XP even though I got over 30 and have now locked them into a spot with just activities and a small space to walk. Fun for people who want to decorate a bit and watch it play out, but not for people who like to unlock everything without it taking unnecessary hours.

Recommended for cozy game fans who enjoy decorating and making cute little scenes. The art style is adorable and relaxing, but there's not much gameplay beyond decorating, so I got bored after a few hours. Great if you're looking for a short, chill experience, but don't expect a lot of content.

I like the aesthetic, but I would not call it a game. Just a virtual pet, maybe even not that, because there are no interactions. If I wanna see it as a sandbox game still lacks items. It's relaxing in the beginning, but then it gets boring in a couple of hours. Cute dynamic wallpaper but not a game :(

非常可爱的小岛城镇建设模拟器，不用担心居民饿死也不用担心金钱，新手教程只有几秒钟，真的很适合懒人。画风清新简单，对眼睛很友好。但感觉不能点开社区看别的玩家的截图，容易导致攀比心理而违背了轻松游戏的初衷lol

It's a cute game, but there's no aim or sense of progression at all. Gourdlets have no needs or preferences. There's no money or resources to manage, so you're just waiting around for Gourdlets to grow up so you can get more decorations to decorate your island. It's kind of just a pretty game to look at and decorate I guess, but the Gourdlets don't really do much, they're not creatures you can interact with or get attached to, they don't form relationships with each other. So you're sorta just creating a town for creatures to scutter around in, which is tbh not very motivating for me.

TLDR: not worth the money. I could definitely extract a handful of hours of gameplay from this but It wouldn't be satisfying at all... It doesn't look nerly pretty enough. The pixel art is shallow and generic and the gourdlets are lifeless... If there was at least dynamic lighting it would look decent at night. There's no interactivity between anything, and for no reason there's a couple dozen of props locked behind some kind of randomized gourdlet xp. It's not even like there are many props.

Right game for someone, but I don't think its for me. I love pixel games and decorating games in general - this one just feels like we are 2 years from the release date and I've played it for less than an hour and get the gist. Very few exterior and interior decorations compared to something like town to city which was immersive and expansive for 40+ hours for me...but the real pro is that this is a pure sandbox where you can enter every single building and decorate however you want, so if that appeals to you and you have internal storytelling or decompression in mind then this game is ideal!

Cute game, nice to play when feeling low key. The design is adorable and I love having reachable goals.

好玩，不用费劲解锁新家具这个设计很喜欢！ 就是电脑不太带得动，一打开风扇就狂转，而且对设计废稍有点不友好——你们的岛咋能做得那么好的！ 无屌之作，制作人也是女性，真好！