Played through this with my roommate and it is a lovely little puzzle game with an amazingly charming art style. The puzzles here all center around tidying and organizing things. While a lot of the puzzles are thought provoking and satisfying, there are some that feel a bit frustrating. In some cases, it feels like you have to guess where you are supposed to place things and it feels more like a chore rather than a game trying to figure out where everything is supposed to go. That being said, the hint system is very welcome, and I enjoy how it is done. The hint system lets you essentially choose how much of the solution that you want to see by covering the solution in scribbles and having you erase how much you want to see. You also have the ability to skip levels although this wasn't really needed for me as when I did get stuck the hints were enough to figure it out.

Some of the puzzles are great though! There are plenty that I spent a good amount of time on before giving up and looking at the hint, only to realize how painfully obvious the solution was. I especially love the puzzles that have you organizing a variety of objects into some space. These are the hardest puzzles, but they are intuitively obvious as to what you have to do, satisfying to complete, and still make you think a bit. I think the puzzles are a mixed bag of extremely easy, just right, and unintuitive. That being said there are a lot more good than bad levels!

The art direction in this game is also fantastic. The pastel colors and almost paper like texture of things is so charming and pleasant to look at. The warmness of the art also helps to distract from some of the more frustrating moments which is nice. Although I didn't really notice the music until the ending, the score by Justin Karas is very pleasant. Speaking of the ending, there's a great ending here that satisfyingly closes the game in a very fitting and beautiful way. Was really pleasantly surprised by that!

PS - I love the cat.

Reviewed on Mar 01, 2024


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