A downloadable game for Windows

Synopsis

In our game, you're a transfer student to a biology university, where you'll delve into a world filled with unique and mysterious plants. As you explore the fields and greenhouses, you'll cultivate relationships (you choose either they're friends or partners!) with your anthropomorphic plant companions, unraveling secrets and challenges, all the while connecting with nature and embarking on a journey of growth, learning, and discovery.

Don't forget to have some water!

Development History

OCTOBER 2023 - START

The game prototype was created within 48 hours as a submission to GameJam+ in October/2023. It achieved 2nd place in a regional competition, coming very close to 1st place by a narrow margin!

We focused on the following themes: No Plant No Planet, A Blanket and a Joystick.

If you'd like to explore more of Love Garden, stay with us for the next 3 months, as we intend to refine and expand the game with additional content!

~~Currently only available in Brazilian Portuguese. But we're working on an English translation that should release soon enough :^)~~

UPDATE: Available in both Brazilian Portuguese and English!

JANUARY 2024 - UPDATE

We're working on finishing the game demo!

MARCH 2024 - UPDATE

We're working on finishing the alpha version!

Cosmic Fox Studio (Dev Team)

Bepi (Otto) - Production
Itch — Github
Fernanda Vaz - Sound Design
GaruBeats - Soundtrack
Spotify — TikTok
Luh - Narrative
Melo - Soundtrack
Instagram — Twitter
Ryu (Henrique) - Developer, Game Design
Itch — Youtube
Tauã Monteiro - Team management
Itch — Linkedin
Teo - Art Direction, Background Art, UI/UX
Itch — Artstation
Wiltzy (Nael) - Narrative, Character Art, Developer, Game Design
Itch — Website
Lups - Marketing
Instagram — Linkedin

Additional Help

Bolito - Translator
LinkedIn
Dom Castanha - Environment Design
Iuri Severo - Developer (temporary)
Github

Special Thanks

Special thanks to JujuAdams for Chatterbox and Scribble, both GameMaker libraries.

More information

Updated	10 days ago
Status	In development
Platforms	Windows
Release date	Oct 22, 2023
Rating	Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (6 total ratings)
Authors	Cosmic Fox, Nael, Victor_Teodoro, ottoinspace, Henrique Moraes, TauaMonteiro
Genre	Visual Novel
Made with	Aseprite, GameMaker
Tags	a-blanket-and-a-joystick, brasilia, Dating Sim, df, fun-for-thought, gamejamplus2324, gj, leveled-dev-field, no-plant-no-planet
Code license	MIT License
Average session	A few minutes
Languages	English, Portuguese (Brazil)
Inputs	Keyboard, Mouse
Accessibility	Subtitles, One button

Download

love-garden-win.zip 82 MB

Install instructions

If the file is compressed (.zip), unzip and play.
If the file is an .exe, follow the installer instructions and then execute it.
If you've chosen the mobile version, after the download is complete click on the file to install it.

Important Notice:

When downloading and attempting to run the game, your operating system may display a warning regarding the installation of a program from an unknown source. In such cases, you just have to choose the option to allow the files. Temporarily disabling your internet connection or antivirus can work too.
This also applies to the mobile version.

Related to this issue, if you find problems with your save files (e.g. saves not persisting between gameplays), the recommended approach is to run the game with administrative privileges in order for it to be able to modify the save files located in the appdata directory.

For Linux users:

Depending on the version of Ubuntu that you have, additional dependencies may need to be installed to permit you to play the game. The dependencies are: