![]() Key points can easily be visited as each of the main characters has a bio including conversation logs and all previous documents are archived. Narrativeīeginning as a simple tale about a plant shop owner, Strange Horticulture’s narrative evolves into a layered occult mystery featuring murder, cults, an ominous being known as the servant as well as an eclectic range of characters – some more likeable than others and each with their own individual stories! The intriguing narrative is delivered at a satisfying pace through exploration, dialogue, documents and puzzles in smooth conjunction with the gameplay. Once full the protagonist loses their mind and the players must solve a jigsaw puzzle of a broken object in order to heal them. Negative experiences whilst exploring, as well as mistakes made in the shop (giving a customer the wrong plant for example) result in an increased sense of ‘Rising Dread’. These clues, along with a number of items, including a ‘Bryer’s Disk, a coin, and a device to reveal hidden messages, are used to add variation to the puzzles, make for satisfying gameplay and ensure players are not solely identifying plants. Other such documents can be obtained via the mail that arrives daily and from visitors to the shop. A lot of these documents will contain clues to find further points of interest. Through exploring, new plants, book pages and other documents can be found. In hindsight, putting the plants in alphabetical order from the beginning would be advisable.Īs time passes the player will gain ‘The Will to Explore’, once the meter is full an area on the map can be visited, this can be sped up by watering plants, an activity that is otherwise redundant. Once identified the plants can be labelled however the space in which to store them is quite limited and, especially in the latter half of the game, finding specific plants can be somewhat time-consuming. The book is fairly empty at first but additional pages can be found by exploring they can also arrive in letters or be gifted by customers. In order to meet their needs, the player must find and identify a grand total of 77 plants.Ī ‘Strange Book of Plants’ contains small descriptions of the plants’ appearances and effects and can be used to identify collected specimens. ![]() Some will know the name of the plant they want, some will know the effect they need, some will just explain their problem. The main task is to serve customers as they visit needing specific plants. However, after some slight initial confusion things quickly become clear enough. Players are thrown into the deep end a little bit as Strange Horticulture begins without much guidance or any tutorial. Somebody needs to do something to stop that beast.This game is being reviewed as part of the Indie Game Collective (IGC) showcase. Everyone's talking about the Sisterhood and the Servant. I've lived in Undermere all my life and I've never seen the people as worried as they are now. Well he was a villain who deserved what he got as far as I'm concerned. ![]() I heard a rumour he got involved with a cult and they sacrificed him but I don't know if that's true. There was a hateful man who I used to see around town. Yesterday, I saw him bending down as though to pet a stray dog but instead he punched it as hard as he could. There is a hateful man I sometimes see around town. Letter from the Wanderer about the River Esk There was no address provided, just 'The Hortcultrist', spelled wrong. This letter was delivered in an unusual way. There's a bunch of 'em chanting outside Pulliver's right now. ![]() Don't know much more than that but those Seeds of Redemptionists have got all excited about it. They're saying the Sisterhood has been attacked. ![]() There are all sorts of oddballs in Undermere but that's certainly. There's talk around town of a woman who wears a green mask made of jade. People round here don't seem too bothered but it's got them panicked down Foxfield way. They say it slaughtered half his flock as well. I heard a shepherd got killed by some wild beast up near the Swinside stone circle. Letter from Verona Green about Grizedale forest Letter from Amos Duncan about Great Gable I know a lot of people don't trust that Sisterhood but it seemed to me the Arda always looked out for the less fortunate. Lake Undermere is looking fine in the sunshine today. Bloody awful weather out there today! Good for the plants though, eh? Got a letter for you. ![]()
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