Garden Witch Life

Genuinely confused about the bad reviews as this game is super cute and relaxing, especially if you love gardening/cooking aspects of games. I haven't personally dealt with any severe bugs, just a couple small things that had no impact on my game.

The story is pretty slow-going, as you require certain plants or foods that can only be grown in specific seasons in order to do some quests/make certain meals or objects, and sometimes I did get a bit confused on that, but that's entirely my fault for being impatient and not checking the tutorials lol. It also takes time to build your relationship with all the towns people by gifting them things and seeing what they like. You'll get quests from some of them, or unlock more store items, once your relationships strengthen!

There's tons of customizing you can do both inside and outside of your house, and all the crafting objects are super cute. The people complaining about not making money quickly enough clearly did not do enough planting and cooking, as this made me so much money, so quickly! Just simply try new recipes, put them in the community box, and wait until the next day to see how much money you can get for it -- continue making those more complex recipes to gather coins quickly! Or make a ton of simple recipes. It is very easy to make money, it's also super helpful to know that the starter ingredients you get in the beginning from May to make cake batter are available daily for you to gather! That's five free ingredients every single day. I rarely had to buy any of those!

Overall this is a great game to zone out with, and I highly recommend it if you like cute crafty games.

This is such a fun game! While there are some bugs and glitches, that is to be expected as it is a new game and still in progress. I can tell the developers have worked extremely hard on this. The plot is great, the characters are great and it is so cute! It is so relaxing to play!

I really like the game and think it has a fair price. There's so much to discover and it's fun to see how the garden slowly takes shape.

In the beginning, I went through a phase where I didn't have so many “tasks”. This gave me time for my own explorations, so that the game kept picking up speed. However, there is still room for improvement here and there.

The graphic elements are great and there are countless items with which you can decorate your farm.

I spent most of my playing time experimenting, exploring, enjoying the interesting story, developing the garden and interacting with the people in the village. If you enjoy decorating, you'll get a lot more playtime out of it.

This game should've had a playtest. Instead it is unfinished and still a work in progress.

---{Additional Opinion}---
I had high hopes for this game. The gameplay seemed relaxing and the graphics are really nice... But nothing could be further from the truth.

My experience with this game is that rather than relaxing, it stressed me out. The missions are not very intuitive and every now and then I had to look for guides to advance (if I could find them, because they were not always available). The gameplay gets boring, having to keep skipping days where there's not much to do. The translation (in the case of Spanish) leaves a lot to be desired... The map and the characters are quite basic... It pains me to say this but I think the price of the game is not compensated with the content of the game and I feel like I'm playing an early access game.

If one day they update the game improving these aspects, I would give it a second chance. At the moment, my personal opinion is that it's not worth playing.

---{Gameplay}---
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Nothing special
☑ Bad/Boring
☐ Just dont

---{Graphics}---
☐ Masterpiece
☑ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Awful

---{Audio}---
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☑ Decent
☐ Bad

---{Story}---
☐ Doesnt have (Not counting historical stuff)
☑ Something is nothing I guess
☐ Not great
☐ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ Will make you cry or smile a lot

---{Difficulity}---
☑ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Not so easy
☐ Difficult

---{Game Time}---
☐ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☑ Depends on you
☐ Endless

---{Bugs}---
☑ Never had any
☐ Connection errors
☐ Few bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ Ruining the game

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Oh this game is way too cute, the movement is good, graphics are great, I even like how you switch items and use tools and items. It gets slow after the first couple of quests but I think its far from over. Absolutely adorable and I love it. I look forward to the many updates I predict will be coming forward from this Dev.

Caution: There are a lot of bugs. Mostly camera going all wonky or my character getting stuck.

That being said this is such a cool game. My favorite part is watching the green grow as you heal the land and I just had my first animal show up. So precious. I really feel like I'm gardening for a purpose!

I have not run out of things to do and I am not bored. The quests are unlocked through both exploration and gifting the NPCs. If you're ever stuck the Discord has some amazing guides. The graphics are so cute. I love the NPCs. Cooking is super fun.

Really other then the bugs it's a great game. I am hopeful the Devs will squash all the bugs and then release more content too. They said on the Discord that was the plan. If you don't like any bugs then wait, but definitely come back around and check this game out eventually.

I really do like this game. It's a slow chill game. I do mean slow. You do see changes over time from the ground getting more green as time goes on, to new animals popping up on the property, but in all fairness I can't see this making a good game to stream. That could change in the future, because the Devs do seem to be listening to complains and doing changes fairly quickly. I hope this game finds it's feet soon because I really do enjoy it.

I was very excited for this game, I get the vision I get where they're trying to go , I see the potential BUT it's just not there. It started off great, i like the character customization, got i snippet of an interesting story and then BAM! no guidance , no real help. I played for 42 minutes.. 38 minutes was spent wondering around trying to figure out how to get the items i needed for task and seeing if i could explore the map and meet some neighbors... I will keep this in my wish list but won't try to purchase it again until it's almost ready for full release.

10 out of 10 would not recommend.

Bugs on top of bugs followed by more bugs. The art is amazing so I had high hopes for this game. All that happened was I was let down when I encountered my first bug 10 min in. Not worth the price and it should have been released in early access because this game is anything but fixed. May re-buy later if all the bugs are fixed.

I have found absolutely nothing to do. All I can think of is to try to earn enough money to upgrade a tool and maybe open up a new area, but there is no story, no dialog with NPCs. Just a whole lot of nothing... I wish I could get a refund.

There is so much potential, i love the cooking aspect, its really such a shame. Hopefully they update it and work out all their issues. I refunded the game for now due to being unable to progress in the game with a bugged quest, maybe it will improve in the future and i'll buy again

BEAUTIFUL game, the graphics are good and the game has a very cute, cozy vibe but outside of that it's just pure frustration.

Thankfully, the devs removed fatigue but the issues regarding lack of direction is still there. The NPCs are soulless and don't offer much in terms of conversation or story advancement - unless you befriend them with gifts to unlock their stories and other items to purchase.

Of course, you wouldn't know this unless you're in the discord server and going through discussions. There's a tutorial in the game but it's not very...good? The dev has also posted several guides within the server to alleviate this, but guides explaining things that should be basic enough is rather disheartening.

I don't know if I'll ever come back to this one. I was trying to better the soil quality but there's no indicator regarding exactly how long that will take. Is it a season, a year? No idea.

Cooking is fun the first few times but after dicing 20 tomatoes individually it loses its charm. NPCs will also randomly teleport from one spot to a short distance away.

I know there's quite a few people that are enjoying the game, and I'm happy for them. I just wish I could enjoy it as much as they are.

Great game bugs or not!!

This game is a bummer.

I encountered a lot of bugs, such as transparent floors and strange inventory glitches. The map is almost entirely useless, which is made worse by how confusing the layout of the town is. One of my very first quests was bugged and became impossible to complete. Some of the music sounds suspiciously like a lazy rearrangement of pieces of the Lord of the Rings score.

There’s not much good to say about the game, beyond the cute aesthetics and Tumblr flavored characters. This genre has been so over saturated sadly.

When a game says that it is magic, gardening, AND decor, I get really excited. This game just falls short of the better titles out there. I didn't have any bugs, but I agree that the quests should be made so that you can actually see them and given more to do in the start. Why would I want to talk to a NPC if they don't have any quests or fun things to say. (only one that I like is the Capybara and even then they say the same stuff. The town could seriously benefit from a bulletin board. This game gives me game cube vibes in the worst way. A forest filled with nothing but plants. Where are the animals? Aside from a swarm of frogs just hanging out. There just seems to be a vast emptiness of space.

The cooking becomes VERY tedious, and I was excited to have a cooking mama type cooking system, but it gets old FAST. Imagine trying to make 20 dishes to sell but it takes you about an hour to do so, it seems to loose the magic. Maybe have a machine that chops things for you (I didn't get super far, just Summer but I didn't hear of any type of thing)

It makes me feel like the developers gave up when it came to any story. My water was pink and I had no idea that it wasn't a bug, and was part of the story. I had to ask of the Discord because nothing said anything about the water until the 20th of Spring for me, and I had to look for it/talk to the right character but even THEN it doesn't tell you that. You just get thrown into the game and not much to do after the beginning. What I like about farming games is the vast majority of things to do isn't JUST farming, early on you just water and sleep because you already explored most places that you can with the tools, I always find myself getting bored of the same thing.

Tool upgrades are expensive, crop seeds are expensive. Early on in game can make that a challenge, and you're forced to scrounge and even then you aren't always selling anything you get. This game needs a lot of work, I'm just not sure it should have been released in this state. It feels very much like early access.

fun

It is a beautiful game. Remainding us how beautiful life can be hhen we appriciate the little things in life, How important is to slow down sometimes. Live life step by step. Managed to build a cosy, optimistic garden and really enjoy calmness that game giving me.
But, as other mentioned, it is not a finished game. lots of bugs, glitches, plants in the air, missing stuff needed to complete quests. Problems with controller, impossible to ride the brum with controller for example, but ok with keyboard and mouse... well... okeish :)
I really like the game, so do not want to write a bad review, as I said potential is huge. Just hope for quick patches and updates, so please hurry up :)

Absolutely adore this game! Its is very slow paced and I didn't start making any coins until 2nd year. The game is very glitchy, however there is still a lot to do. Can just wait for patches. Not very many quest, which I'm fine with. You can just free roam and do what you want throught out the day.

This game is absolutely beautiful. I love it! I know that there are bugs and I hate that I have cute snails in my garden and no food to feed them, but I will be waiting patiently for the update that fixes that and a lot more. This can easily become one of my favourite games once the issues are fixed. Now a few things that I don't particularly enjoy;

The town feels so empty... It doesn't feel lived in at all. I don't see NPCs walking around and the cafe is always empty which just feels wrong.

The NPCs have way too few dialogue options. I would like if each of them at least had one or two different lines depending the time of day you talk to them, the weather, or the spot they are at.

The things you need to buy are too expensive (or it's too hard to make money, at least in the beginning of the game)

Well that's pretty much it. But even with those problems I still am in love with this game. I hope it gets better in time though.

Thank you for making it!

What I hate the most about this game is that fact that it has so much potential. I want to love it. Like other people have said, it needs to direct the player better. Maybe give a quest or a hint on how to progress the story because it won't tell you. However, that wasn't what killed my enthusiasm for this game because I was just having fun building my farm and watering my plants. No, it was the bugs. I can't finish a quest because the whisk won't work and I haven't found a way to report the issue. This makes me eternally sad because, again, I want to love this game.

I was incredibly hyped for this game, but it's riddled with bugs. The in-game experience doesn't live up to the promises made in the ad at all. There's also a serious lack of tutorials or explanations.

"A FULLY Released game... should be finished"

I have been waiting for this game for a long while & was so excited to finally get to play it. So, you can imagine my disappointment when something as simple as cooking has become tedious. A simple return function so that ingredients can be returned to your inventory when you make a mistake while trying to learn to prepare a meal, or tool tips that work when you're using a controller, not just a mouse, or even dialogue that happens to explain things like planting ... Are all missing.

I'm not sure why this game was not released as early access? There are things that players could have offered to make playing a more satisfying experience.

I never take time to review games negatively but I had to say something.

I'm hoping that future updates will take these things into consideration. Then I will be able to change my recommendation.

I'm sorry dev's - this game needs some more polish.

The demo for this game was super fun, however the game in release form is very lack luster. There is basically no direction in the game. It leaves you to figure out how to do almost everything, only providing small quips about a few topics such as how to get a planting bonus or how to eat food. You literally have to craft everything to see if you unlock more things. There is basically no passive health regen. If you get injured you better eat some potato soup (the highest health regen i could find) which provides you 5 health points. I believe after like a week you get 1 point back on your own but thats really not helpful if you have "died" and have to live for a long time with 1 health because you cant make the soup. There is an energy scale and a fatigue or stamina scale. So not only do you have to make sure you have energy but you also have to not be extra tired? Its kinda confusing and overwhelming.

In the long run, while the game is cool I would suggest you wait until they fix some huge bugs and they add some more guidance into the game so you arent just walking around aimlessly every day.

I love this game, and the more I play it, the more I love it. The game is designed to progress slowly, with your character learning to savour the small, slow moments in life. There's not a continuous string of quests, but if you just go about your gardening, foraging and gift giving, you'll continue to progress and unlock new content.

If you daydream about being a witch in the forest and relaxing in nature, then this game is perfect for you. The art style is adorable and there are so many cute animals to discover and care for (and pet!).

save your money. it’s a cute game but that’s it. the game will annoy you after 1 hr of playing. there’s no clear goal. the game mechanics are bare bones. refunded

this game should be early access, you finish the tutorial and literally nothing else happens except time passes, so boring. Wish I didn't play for 5 hours trying to figure it out.

I brought this because it looked fun and cute. After playing for a bit it was clear that the game is cute ,but the games mechanics are bare bones at best a example is I needed a item to repay a NPC and I had no idea how or where to get the item for the npc because there was no information on it but that I needed the item. I do like the idea of the game,but at this point I don't recommend it.

This game seems really cute but it is not a finished game. It should have been labeled early access instead of complete, at least then there would have been solid hope of improvements in the game. As it is, there are many things that are so buggy, the game itself has no guidance for the player and it just seems like an unfinished game. The pacing is snail slow, so I played four hours and still didn't get anywhere besides passing out a bunch of times. When you sell items, there is no label to tell you what you're selling and how much money you'll get for it. I shouldn't have to google and search the internet to find an answer. I played too long and can't get a refund and feel totally rlpped off, at this point.

So let me start off by saying I really like this game. It is very cute and I can't wait to keep playing. However, there are a few small draw backs in the game that makes it mildly frustrating, at least for me as a player. I really enjoy having small side quests, like commissions, that allow me to complete small task through out the day (in game) so that I continue to feel like I am accomplishing something everyday in the game; even if its not the main quest line that may be taking a while to complete. I know this is early access, not even really two days old, however when my day in game consist of just watering my garden and then going to bed because there is nothing to do, that kinda sucks. Also it feels like earning money in this game is harder then it needs to be. I feel like I have to sell everything just to be able to afford items at the store but I wish to keep the items so that I can craft things for my place. Now this could be a me thing, maybe I am doing something wrong. However when you are only getting pennies at the quick sell or have to wait days for things to sell, it feels a little prohibitive. The other thing I am having trouble with is the cooking. There are no easy recipes. Yes nettle soup is only two ingredients, but when you can't find one ingredient, nettles, in either leaf or seed form; that makes the recipe kinda hard in its own way. Then when everything else takes multiple ingredients that you can't necessary get a hold of easily, that makes leveling up the cooking skill hard; and also makes the feeding Tim quest feel a little unattainable. This is where I think that commission board would come in handy. The rewards for the quests could vary depending on the difficulty; ranging from seeds to gold to even meals or items. These are my thoughts and opinions so far. Take them with a grain of salt as, like I said above, it has only been out two days. So these things could be in the works; these are simply things that I think would make this game more enjoyable for myself. But as it stands, I still enjoy the game and I would still recommend it to any of my friends who I think would enjoy it. So I say play it and make your own opinion on the game.

I wanted to like this game so bad but it's just no where near ready for release. I really enjoyed character creation there is so many clothing/accessory options off the bat! You can set colors to whatever you like which I always appreciate! Unfortunately though, the character creation screen does not reflect the in-game lighting well. After spending so much time fine tuning the colors I wanted when I got into the game the lighting was so off my character looked completely different, everything looked way darker.

My biggest issue with the game right now is the town and world feel extremely empty. The town especially feels SO lifeless, there is barely (and sometimes no) npcs walking around the town. There seems to be very few npcs in general it truly feels like a ghost town and it's extremely off putting and really takes me out of the game.

When it comes to the cooking mini game the heating element is frustrating and way too sensitive. I was in the middle of cooking and randomly passed out in the middle of it lost my ingredients. Very annoying!

The animations feel very unpolished and clunky. The lack of attention to small details is kind of annoying like some doors completely change their design from one side to the other.

This game is extremely hands off with teaching you it's systems. I found out from watching a Youtube video that there is a journal in the menu that explains some things. I wish the game would have at least pointed me in the direction of that. I'm not even sure how to sell items.

The map is extremely difficult to navigate. I wish there was a better indicator of the in game time. I'd love to see an option for 12 or 24hr clock.

This game needs a lot of work and I wouldn't recommend it in it's current state. I really hope the game gets a lot of improvement, I'd love to give it another try in the future.

Between the crackling sound, the character features not saving, etc. As much as I wanted to love this game I can’t… I’m so sad… This game should’ve stayed in production a lot longer before release.

I'm hoping soon I can change this to a positive review, but not as the game stands now. As others have said, it feels like it needs more work before release. After an hour and a half, have found bugs, like falling off a cliff and then being respawned in an area that isn't unlocked yet, so I couldn't get out. The reposition command just kept putting me back there. The game only keeps three autosaves and is time, not event based so after I tried a bunch of things to get out all the autosaves (which are frequent) were in that same location - so that one was a game breaker. If I want to save that play through, I would literally have to wait until my character collapsed from exhaustion. There are little, annoying things, like that it doesn't ask you to confirm you want to sleep, so if you accidentally click on the bed, bam! next day. The town feels like a ghost town. There are very few NPCs that I have encountered so far, and I think there's only one I haven't met yet. Except for two of them, the others are all in their stores or locations so there's only two people who actually walk around the town. I've played an awful lot of gardening/lifestyle sims and I was still getting confused and having to look stuff up - a lot of things really aren't clear. I've been waiting for this game to come out for ages, and it looks and feels lovely, so I really hope it gets the tweaks and updates it so sorely needs. Oh, and as someone else mentioned, the area transitions are really weird. Glad I wasn't the only one who thought that.

I really like this game but the bugs and glitch a lot i played 12 days then i just sleep and all my quest reset to beginning.

Edit: Worst offense of an increasingly dull game...it TAKES my ingredients if I decide not to cook or accidentally press B, the button you have to press most often to do things.

Another cute but unpolished farming sim. It started off strong, sort of. There are many things that could use a good tweaking, but I was having a decent time. Then the missions stopped showing up. I've brought it to someone's attention, but it is a waste of 3 hours and I do not want to replay what I just did if it ever gets resolved. I just gave up after I attempted to give someone a gift. It somehow managed to give them 32 clovers instead of 1. Thirteen game days of clover foraging down the drain. The map doubles up characters and my own icons. The dialogue is mostly nonexistent. I fully thought there was just nothing to do when the intro missions were completed. I hope they get that figured out.
As of now, I wouldn't recommend this game because it seems unplayable. You can grow 3$ tomatoes to your heart's content.
Edit: there seems to be one mission after the intro missions. Get behind blocked places you need expensive tools for(see 3$ tomatoes) and find a piece of something, then bring it to someone. Whole lotta nothin to do.

Hi all another gozy game.

Very promising relaxing and sweet.
Graphically I would say chibi look does that count?

The tutorial was a little buggy for me but not bad.
Therefore, I advise you to do step by step what the quest tells you until the game leaves you alone^^
Also fit on your exhaustion measure on the right side purple.
Because you are forced to sleep on the spot.
If you want to split objects (for mouse and keyboard) hold down the right mouse button and drag it over the "green bar that appears". The number on the right shows your new pile.
Otherwise, you can design a lot, dark and magical in the house or yourself later, outside of course too.
Keep animals. Find out how to help yourself and friends and even the town.
You have to try a little I think it is wanted and I like it.
Recipes, no matter which ones are unlocked by finding or creating regularly.
Looks like a deeper bond than friendship is also possible. But I still have to try it.

Oh oh yes, you can pause the game and save via ESC.
But If you want your own saveing... overwriting only overwrite the saving not the name you gave your file.. only to let you know.

Diverse languages nod yes finally German too, but there are some bugs where the language is still english.
The Explanation of plant growing and what in your diary is written but over time I think it will be repaired.

I love it. will enjoy it would say you should be 9 years old at least. Maybe to keep the fun 12, depends on you.

Good luck and bye.

found game-breaking bugs within the first half hour of playing. this game feels janky and should be in early access, not a full release.

Chill game. Love the soundtrack, I did encounter a couple of bugs, specially after restoring the pond in my garden. My character got stuck "swimming" underneath the floor... But overall really liking it so far.

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Edit: Not worth 20€ as of now.
Empty, unbalanced, and not properly thought out.

This game needs a bit more time in the oven. The transition screens are weird. Why on earth would pressing the left stick make you sit instead of sprint like every other game? The gamepad controls are not good. It wants you to use A and B interchangeably as select but sometimes B means back. If you hit back while making something in the cauldron you lose your ingredients. Why can't I pick up where I left off? It's cute but needs much more work.

Really love the game so far! The character customization is super elaborate, and the art style is really cute. I really like the personalities of the NPC's I've interacted with so far, and the overall vibe of the game is super relaxing.