Bit Orchard

Fed up of games that lack the most basic of options like a windowed mode or volume controls. Options that every single PC game released in the last quarter of a century can and should have as standard. Completely unacceptable incompetence.

I like GB Harvest Moon, so I wanted to try this. Chiptunes and gridding out my orchard is fun, but it felt a bit lonely with just a rabbit and some crows. Obviously the late-game experience will change these when I get there, but the initial experience gave me some ideas. If you've spent time on a backwater farm, there's a simulated element here that matches perfectly: the attention span shrinks to whatever you can impact, quickly. The gameplay loop quickly flattened when I realized my farm experience was gated by apple harvests, which were gated by sleeping. There's probably more to discover and explore and befriend, but a fundamental feeling of 'too much to do at once' supports the sublime farmer spirit beyond planting and watering seeds. I promise you I can plant smart grids and speed-water them, but if I don't even have a chair to cutely doze off in beside the farmhouse the neighbours will gossip about the new guy sleeping 16 hours a day. Nuts and bolts. I had to restart at 7PM on day one because I immediately forgot the controls. I'm a fan of there being a special thanks section, but that's not something I might read twice, meanwhile displaying controls in the menu would hel…

Cute and simple game about taking care of your apple orchard. ^w^ Very nice game for achievement hunters too ♥

Started a little bit! Absolutely love the 1-bit graphics going on, def see a lot of potential and I truly genuinely hope the dev continues making more games, because this was solid.

Pros: Cute pixel style Liked the music Cons: The controls didn't work at all. Actions wouldn't register, and the game would select the wrong items at times. I tried on both controller and keyboard. (I would say that that controller is slightly more enjoyable to play with, but not by much) Some features didn't work. I tried enabling the grid view to no avail. Overall a frustrating experience.

A cute little game with charming pixel art. It's very cozy and relaxing and I like it a lot. The music can get repetitive but it's not a big problem since I can just turn it down and play podcast or music in the background. I perfected this game in 6 hours. 135 in game days. The most time consuming achievement was the one where I had to catch the frog to collect all 12 different items. It's only possible to catch one per day and it will give you a random item out of the 12 items it's carrying. The game itself is simple, you plant trees, water them, sell apples, and buy more seeds/decorations. There are some skins to collect and I really love the little ghost one. I don't bother collecting the decorations because I covered my land with apple trees and have no space to decorate lol Outside of your orchard, there's a tiny town where you can build relationship with the townsfolk (which is not something that I expected) by fulfilling their quests and there are more shops too. These have nothing to do with the achievement, so I treat it as end game content. I mainly focus on the tasks that will give me the achievements and don't bother with the town stuff. Overall good game! I …