A downloadable game

A relaxing game where you clean up your home
to find special and interesting items!

Soothing Tales Of Hidden Gems is a point-and-click game where you solve simple puzzles by cleaning up! Flip through various rooms as you please as you uncover what makes this home so special. Experience soothing colour palettes unique to each room and immerse yourself in the wonders of mundane tasks. 

At the beginning…it’s a mess...

★ Key Features ★

- A messy apartment with four different rooms to explore and clean

- A relaxing mood and environment with no pressure from any time limits. Take your time and unwind with this game!

- Click around the rooms and move objects to clean as you like. Free to leave and come back whenever you want.

- Multiple puzzles to solve, some of which are spread around the different rooms.

- Explore the story as it happens by reading unique dialogue when interacting with items in the house

- Learn more about the character you play, as you find more hidden gems.

- A hint feature to help you out in case you are stuck on what to do next.

- Experience all the different art CGs after cleaning the rooms. See the before and after!

- There are perhaps even some easter eggs hidden throughout the apartment!

Complete the game with a nice and clean room!

Comments

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This is so cute I love it!! Everything is very well explained and shown through the screenshots. Though in the future, a gif showing what a puzzle would look like would be nice.

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The concept of "soothing" is communicated well with the art direction. Feels like a relaxing game someone can play in a waiting room. Maybe try to hone in on promoting it as a mobile game. It could also use some celebrity endorsements. Make some calls, get it done.

P.S. Forgot to add, it would be cool to see someone manipulating an object in one of the screenshots. Like it glowing and hovering when it is selected.

The page setup is very well presented to better represent the game's general vibe. The fonts, screenshots, etc. all are very successful at attracting the game's audience. 

The vibes are really cute and I think I have  apretty good idea of what the game is like, but I feel like the specific actions in the game are a bit unclear? Mainly how do the puzzles work? I do think the screenshot gives an idea of it, but it requires people to click on it and then read the text. This is a pretty minor quibble though! I really liked your page overall, especially the font you picked!

Soothing and Stimulating!

I love this game! I really like how I was introduced as the main character who is on a "quest" to cleanse all the somber energy of their home. I find it cute and relatable that I was taken on an adventure down the character's memory lane and really the game made me recall some nostalgic moments from my childhood! 

Aside from the sweet and cute storyline, it is engaging that some puzzles are locked and are required to move to other parts of the apartment to decipher the "codes"! It also has quite a realistic feel to a cleaning game (e.g.: when I found a spoon under the bed, I had to "bring" it to the kitchen because the spoon belongs in the kitchen and hence I had to put it back in its place). 

I appreciate the visual effects making the rooms gradually regain their bright and original colours. I also find that the game has a touch of giving each space of the apartment a different colour palette!

The game is fairly simple and minimalist (e.g.: the mechanics are straightforward aka just use the mouse to click here and there, all I need more is some brain power haha). The game does not require much interaction with external characters but I do appreciate the small phone calls because it adds some interactivity and plot to the game.

Lastly, this colourful game is perfect for stress-relieving and learning more about patience! I can see that the authors and designers promote slow design in their game (encouraging players to take their time to explore and not rush to finish the game)! I definitely recommend it!


Negative Comment

Cute game. This is a short game since there's a limited number of rooms in a house you could possibly do in a game like this. There's only so many items to stretch this game out into a longer experience. To me it lacks replayability because of that. Would I play it again? Probably not, some sections it can get boring since the change in the room is so gradual you barely notice it. Would've liked to see more variety in it but hey, it's a cleaning game.