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“I think that the idea of a hero going out to a world unknown maybe isn’t as representative of the kind of heroism I want to see in games. “The idea of doing labor for people you care about was something I really wanted to bring into games, making a connection between being the hero and also supporting your community,” they tell me. Their goal was “just making people feel connected and wanting one another,” a thought that was also sparked by their Filipino background and their years growing up in Hawaii and surrounded by Hawaiian culture.

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Pico says that instead of making a bunch of separate video game towns that all bled together, they wanted to create a community full of diverse perspectives and links between characters. Their experiences working in care homes and being supported by those around them as they made games inspired a lot of Garden Story’s themes. Garden Story is their first major game, and though they do consider themselves a solo developer, they add that they had a “huge amount of support” from members of their community over the three-and-a-half years it took to make the game. Pico, the game’s developer, tells me they started working on Garden Story when they had a full-time job working the graveyard shift at care homes, meaning they didn’t have much of a social life. For instance, I was able to help out a neighbor named Maraschino early on, and my aid freed them up to help me patrol and keep Rot out of a certain section of the neighborhood each night, improving community safety. The novel centres on Mary Lennox, who is living in India with her wealthy. The pastoral story of self-healing became a classic of children’s literature and is considered to be among Burnett’s best work. But you’ll also see your fellow citizens doing their parts. The Secret Garden, novel for children written by American author Frances Hodgson Burnett and published in book form in 1911 (having previously been serialized in The American Magazine).

While directly fighting the Rot is a component of their job - and includes the occasional dungeon crawl and boss fight, too! - so is cleaning up litter, fixing fences, donating materials to the community storage, and building infrastructure. They’re invited early on to live closer to their community both because the community needs their support, but because they recognize that Concord needs the help of others as well. By following their inner guidance and listening to the natural world and elementals around them they created an incredible garden out of soil that before was only sand. Concord’s journey is not one of conquest or heroism, but one of responsibility. This is an amazing story of how 3 people trusted their inner guidance leaving everything behind them and how they became connected deeply to the earth. No official release date was announced.What sets Picogram’s little adventure apart from its genre compatriots is that Garden Story is less about obliterating some ancient evil, and more about one small person doing their small part to help the larger whole. The game promises a lush world to explore, a community to interact with, formidable Rot to combat, items to fend off Rot, grow your garden, and solve puzzles, and a home to design and build. “Thanks to Picogram’s imaginative world, we believe Garden Story will provide both a relaxing escape and a lasting positive message for players when the game launches later this year.” “ Garden Story‘s emphasis on fostering community perfectly aligns with everything Rose City Games stands for,” said Will Lewis, Rose City Games co-founder and director, in a press release. In Garden Story, “The Grove is your home, and your work will affect change for the better! Protect your friends, gather precious materials, and repair social ties and structures by bringing the fruits, fungi, and frogs of each village together as they work to fend off the Rot that threatens to destroy your home for good.”

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Developer Picogram and publisher Rose City Games have announced that action RPG Garden Story will release for Nintendo Switch, PC, and Mac this summer.

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