Walden, a game

For the most part I really enjoyed this game. It requires no skill; I don't think you can actually starve or freeze etc. There is nothing to fight, besides exhaustion (*shakes fist*). It is a simple, slow, and quiet escape into the woods. Picking berries, fishing, hammering nails, reading books. I really liked the "inspiration" aspect in particular: if you're not getting inspired by finding new things or reading or spending time relaxing, the colors of the world begin to literally fade. Its inspired me to read Walden again, and I'm sure I will revisit the game in the future.

精致。特别。有意境。是对原书很好的改编。

lovely game

Relaxing and inspiring worth it if you want to relax and/or have time on your hands.. Or even when your born. I mean bored haha.

it not gud

meditative and gentle. Love how reading is incorporated into the game. Certain things are annoying in traditional game sense, but to remove them is to lose the spirit of HDT. Turns out living in a cabin (no matter how often your mum does your washing for you) is still quite hard.

After many times reading Henry's works it was such a pleasure to experience Walden mixed with the scenery and music the the area I have visited several times. No doubt this is a game for Thoreau enthusiastic as well a a helpful tool for teacher's trying to explain his Majesty as well as his never ending insights. GET THIS GAME.

Walden has a great theme, story and artwork. I found it difficult to figure out how to keep Thoreau fed, warm, clothed and sheltered, while trying to accomplish all of the other tasks. I finally figured everything out the day before his experiment ended. Now, I can't work on the tasks and it keeps asking if I want to leave the woods. I guess that is how it ends. A bit disappointing.

Someone said they had to play this for school so I guess it's based off some non-fiction boring mandatory history class stuff. another said, it was on display at a famous museum. If this game doesn't put me to sleep it'll be a miracle. Well, here goes nothing. Just kidding, I'm on meth.

The writings of Henry David Thoreau are elegantly incorporated into this beautiful walking simulator. The world of Walden Lake and its environs (including Concord and Emerson’s house!) is a joy to wander around. This is a game about looking, and really seeing, and about the relationship between walking and thinking. It’s not an exaggeration to say that it’s changed the way I’ll look at the natural world: I long to know the names of every tree, plant and natural phenomena I see. Alas, pent up in the city, as I am, I don’t see much, but the sight of a flower peeping up from concrete is a richer balm to me now. It’s perhaps ironic that it’s a piece of electronic technology that’s instigated this desire to reconnect to the natural world, to notice more deeply the changing seasons and our lost place in complex ecosystems. In terms of gameplay, you play as Thoreau during his year in the woods (although the game allows you to stay beyond the year he spent there). You walk around the gorgeous lake - the art is stunningly beautiful, every screenshot I took is like a Dutch Golden Age landscape - and listen to his writings (the voice acting is superb). There’s also some light crafting and farming, activities which help establish a rhythm to life in the woods. The game also acts as a kind of introduction to, and (auto)biography of Thoreau. It all feels like it’s been immaculately researched. I love this game very much, and will return to these woods whenever the city has got too much for me. There’s so much more to say about this game, but I’ll stop here. PS I’d never read Walden; or, Life in the Woods before, but I will be soon.