Strange Horticulture

I found some of the clues to be a bit vague (like I would be a square off in a direction) but overall they were a nice challenge - not all easy or too difficult that it interfered with the game. I found the plant species to be quite interesting but didn't quite understand why you could learn about each customer, as it didn't have any real significance to the plot. Art style was lovely and I really enjoyed the story overall, but I wish you weren't punished for trying to explore the map outside the clues. The timer refill was brutal when there were no customers but I wanted to finish a clue before the next day. Yes, you could occasionally get a boost while watering, but it was every 5-6 plants, so unless mail came, I was just sitting. Overall, a well designed game, and I loved the option to write the name tags yourself or have them automatic - I just wish you could change the colour of the tags. Oh! And I wish you could identify the plants without a customer request. Like being able to drop the plant onto the page.

Interesting gameplay and the plot was fun

Atmospheric and cozy. Very pretty and detailed graphics. Love the storylines. Not too challenging, though the puzzles require a little thinking/deduction

Very fun, with many puzzles and critical thinking elements, in addition to creative mechanics and style.

Was addicted to this game. It's definately a more challenging puzzle game and I had to look up walkthroughs a couple times but overall it's an amazing game that is a really nice balance between creepy and cozy, highly recommend! Only wish it was a bit longer.

This is a cute game, and I enjoyed playing it. I liked the story, I liked that you could get the same endings to the story with different characters being alive/dead/in other states, and I liked the overall puzzle mechanics. I really like cute visual details like the candles being blown out when the day ends. I do wish this game was further developed. It feels like a great start to something that just wasn't finished. Once you complete the main story, having all of the plants left being catalogued through one long social interaction feels cheap. I wish there were a few days "epilogue" for those trying to identify all plants, with customers coming in for the remaining plants. Nothing against Simone, but maybe if she came in with one book question per day, it would feel less like a quick grind at the end to get completion. I also wish certain mechanics were used more. Many puzzles kind of give you the answer, I wish we had more "????" plant prompts, either due to Latin name use, or visual/purpose description being the clue. Many things like that are introduced, and then occur only once or twice throughout the game. I really liked that different endings had you brewing different elixirs. I wish that was expanded a bit. I wish each route had a few more things exclusive to them, to make it feel like you're diverging more than just a few actions in the last few days. Similarly, I wish you could decline customer requests. Not only would that feel more realistic if you're playing a certain route, like "ooh I'm an evil cultist this time, I'm not going to help the sister" but also just because the Elixir of the Damned customer breaks my heart. I'm aware that this would break the game, as the rewards for filling requests are how one progresses, but I wish there were alternate ways to go forward. Overall this was a good game, it just feels simple/unfinished. I bought it at a steep discount, and it was well worth what I spent on it, but if I had payed full price for it, it wouldn't be worth it, in my opinion.

Mt Baum.