Quite Contrary

by chelc

co-authored: @bobo-games, @fernando-puig, @omi-kun, @onlyallygrace, @paragonraptors

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.64

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.16

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.19

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.94

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.09

Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.00

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.19

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary; How Does Your Garden Grow?

Tend to your garden, keep your flowers alive, and decorate to your heart's content! You never know what you may find as you develop your peaceful backyard!

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Click around the backyard to play. Make sure to order your daily seeds from the journal and check back from time to time, you might've made a new discovery!

Tags: #backyard, #birds, #cat, #fairies, #gardening, #guidebook

Genres: simulation

Tools: Unity

Comments20

despdair20 Apr 2020, 09:15

you should put a tutorial to how to play, I don't get it

cptdustmite20 Apr 2020, 12:09

Relaxing game. Nice illustrations and concept. Couldn't figure out how to use the fish food. Also noted small bug where in full screen mode you can't click on the other tabs in the journal because they click on the sun dial instead. After awhile I wasn't sure if there was meant to be progression or an end goal, perhaps there wasn't intended to be.

chrissimas20 Apr 2020, 22:29

It took me a while to figure out what to do, but the art is amazing, the sound was very relaxing and overall a very good game! It's like stardew valley zen edition. (I needed to zoom out my browser screen to be able to see the game screen and play)

Milestone Games20 Apr 2020, 22:31

Re-posting my comment on your blog post: This a game I didn’t know I needed. The ambience, music and playful exploration is so delightful. Thank you and the team for making it! I actually enjoyed trying to figure out what I could and could not do!

Tad21 Apr 2020, 05:13

Such a lovely experience. Really beautiful (and very calming). Well done!

Jenny Bourke21 Apr 2020, 05:26

This game was super sweet and made me really happy! I loved getting all the little friends, especially their little pictures in my notebook! I ran into a bug where I dropped the cat food on top of the bowl and couldn't pick it up again, but besides that I had a super awesome time playing it! Great work!

Pabricka21 Apr 2020, 05:26

Thanks for this lovely experience! Really made my day better

Ryan Ackermann21 Apr 2020, 05:26

Great game to relax and tend to some chores. I like this kind of game that encourages you to take it easy and not rush.

PHPGator21 Apr 2020, 05:30

Things I liked: Cool Art, consistent theme
Things I disliked: Couldn't figure out what to do. Never could get any visitors to my backyard.

PerpetuumMobile21 Apr 2020, 05:51

The idea is great but it's hard to figure out what to do, and sometimes it seems like items get stuck? But the art is gorgeous, and the audio is very well done and helps to deepen the experience. It's really cute when you start getting all the visitors, you successfully conveyed the feeling you wanted, and that's really important!

rosypenguin21 Apr 2020, 19:42

Cute game! Took some time to figure out the mechanics but happy with how my garden turned out! Found 12 or so garden friends; how many are there total?

Some feedback: The scissors should cut after you let go, not just on collision. I accidentally cut multiple plants while I was rearranging them, as they had moved over the scissors. Overall very nice work!

cjgammon22 Apr 2020, 02:47

nice, more instruction or guidance would be a little helpful. love the mood, visuals and music. is very relaxing to play with. well done!

DemKimos22 Apr 2020, 03:17

Double post. Sorry :3

DemKimos22 Apr 2020, 03:19

This is a lovely game. Very chill and relaxing. The art is good for the atmosphere it brings and the visitors :eyes: I want to get to know them all. There is a problem with overlapping sprites where you can't select one of the two which is a tiny bit limiting but aside from that, it's all good. Thanks!

Emperor Eagle22 Apr 2020, 05:39

Sooo nice! 5/5 for both audio and mood! Great game that is just sooo peaceful! Enjoyed it and found it relaxing, even (accidentally) left it open while I found more games, it was that good! I like the way your backyard grows. Some improvements could be some slow animation, some more obvious instruction, and more of a goal (it is fine as it is however). Overall, well done, it's good!

ThomasLebel22 Apr 2020, 12:33

Such a lovely game :)
Got 15 little friends hehe
Too bad you can't purchase any other pot though :x

HelmiSetsuna22 Apr 2020, 14:07

I like the idea of this game. It's so relaxing and i loved how the animals appear randomly inside the garden