Humble Reeds has announced its next title, cozy simulation adventure game Heidi’s Legacy: Mountain Calling. The developer created one of my favourite games of 2024, froggy wildlife preservation game Kamaeru: A Frog Refuge. One look at Heidi’s Legacy, and I yelped in excitement because the artwork was all I needed to know that Humble Reeds is behind it. It is…
Due to ongoing health concerns, I am unable to provide full coverage for most showcases this June. However, Wholesome Games’ Wholesome Direct is so darned… wholesome… that it couldn’t be left untouched. This is the showcase’s fifth year. To date, it has featured 375 games and raised over $200,000 US…
Get ready to tidy, tinker, and play with your food in Umami,…
It was only a few weeks ago that heartfelt game Hanako’s Flower…
Humble Reeds has announced its next title, cozy simulation adventure game Heidi’s Legacy: Mountain Calling. The developer created one of my favourite games of 2024, froggy wildlife preservation game Kamaeru: A Frog Refuge. One look at Heidi’s Legacy, and I yelped in excitement because the artwork was all I needed…
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Due to ongoing health concerns, I am unable to provide full coverage for most showcases this June. However, Wholesome Games’ Wholesome Direct is so darned… wholesome… that it couldn’t be left untouched. This is the showcase’s fifth year. To date, it has featured 375 games and raised over $200,000 US…
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Get ready to tidy, tinker, and play with your food in Umami, the debut game from indie developer Mimmox. Each stage in a large, 15-course meal contains a handcrafted and hand-painted diorama to which you affix wooden blocks to the 3D board. Rotate, tinker, and test each block’s placement. The…
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It was only a few weeks ago that heartfelt game Hanako’s Flower Shop was announced with a release window of April, and today a specific launch date was pinned down for late this month. The game follows the titular character, a young woman at a crossroads in life. She decides…
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It’s nearly springtime in the Northern Hemisphere, and in a month nature will be well on its way from brown and muddy to green and blooming. What a great time to launch a game about flowers! Hanako’s Flower Shop is a shop management visual novel about running a flower shop,…
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When someone asks me about my favourite games, whether in recent memory or of all time, Wylde Flowers is up there. I’ve played it to 100% several times over — beginning when it first launched on Apple Arcade before also playing on PC (my review here) and Nintendo Switch (twice)…
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Caravan SandWitch first caught my eye because it was colourful and filled with places to explore. But the story and the gameplay loop is what got me hooked! The game is nearly stress-free: there is no timer, death, or combat. In the game, Sauge has lived away from her home…
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I have been intensely craving a cute, cozy, stress-free management sim for months now. I’ve played games with some of those elements, sure, but nothing has really captured my attention or had every element. I’ve had my eye on Kamaeru: A Frog Refuge for a while now; it checks all…
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Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly catch-up news feature, the catch-up coffee. With each issue I will bring you the best news that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and our favourite news anchor, Dee Dee)!…
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I’ve become weary of Early Access games, and I know I’m not the only one. There have been a lot of… not great… games released in Early Access that don’t actually improve over time, but I am hopeful that Cozy Caravan will fit not into that category. The developer has…
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