Hot Springs | 温泉 (Onsen)

Having recently gotten into the chill games genre I will say this one is a fun addition to the collection. If you're a fan of Chill Corner or decorating games then this is right up your alley (especially for the price). One thing to note is it's still fairly new so there has been some bugs, but the dev team is active and typically any issue I have will be fixed upon the next time I log in. There are also some small technical things that I feel would fully benefit the game. Pros: 🤍 Super cute visuals and relaxing music, follows the trend of it's predecessor Chill Corner in that aspect 🤍 The day and night system is a nice touch, it also has elemental changes so it can be raining then sunny later. 🤍 The money system is a bit iffy for me, generally it's a leaf currency per minute and with some of the nicer items to place in the garden being around 200 to 300 points it was a bit taxing at first. Yet a nice work around for this is planting a garden and collecting fireflies during the night cycle. Plants in the designated veggie/fruit garden need to be harvested every 20 minutes or so (haven't accuretley counted myself), and each time you harvest the plant you get a leaf point. So there's no limit to what you can make. Cons - or just things I hope to see improved in the future: 🤍 There's no locking grid system for placing items. This becomes especially frustrating when trying to place things in a straight row such as a fence. You have to spin your camera throughout the whole process in order to see if you misaligned the fence or item which then could cause you to have to start over if you have massive OCD like myself. 🤍 Which leads me to the next point, the camera angle. It's a bit annoying at times having to use the Q and E, as well as WASD to move the camera. On top of that you can only zoom in and out slightly, but not get a nice flat view of the garden. That becomes bothersome when trying to place items and looking for a different angle to see how the object is placed. 🤍 After playing about 11 hours of this in the background and working on the garden off and on, I have about everything I need and am satisfied with my layout. Which leads me to hope for an update to come to allow for more than one garden at a time - perhaps something similar to what Chill Corner already has. I don't want to undue the progress I have now in order to make something new, since as I stated the lack of a locking grid is very frustrating to work with at times. But I also want to be able to make new designs and spend my in-game currency on something since I'm at a point where it sort of stagnates. 🤍 The last thing I wish to point out for hopes of future improvement is the faulty community aspect. There's the option to join someone else's hot spring garden either as your character or a fish or cat. Which in general sounds fun but it has yet to work for me. Every time I try to either host a room or join someone else's I get an error stating there isn't anyone hosting. Which makes no sense if I'm trying to host myself. Overall it's a cute relaxing/decorating game and for only 3 dollars currently why not.