Idle Bookstore

Writing your own books should be more rewarding than stacking the shelves with other books. At this point this doesn't feel like it supports my productivity as my own books expire after one hour, and they don't pay as much money as the other books. At least make it cost money to stack the shelves with the other books, right now this game feels kind of 'meh' to me. It costs money to write, but it costs nothing to use the other books, where is the reward loop in that? The idea is cute, the execution is strange.

An adorable pixelated game which I always have open whenever I'm working on my novel! It's a great way for me to set my own personal daily typing goals, and I love the art style overall! Also it's a lovely little mood boost to get achievements simply doing what I enjoy most: writing!

Love this game! Genuinely has made me 10x more productive lol.

Disclaimer: I was able to play this game thanks to a key from devs :) I downloaded and began playing Idle Bookstore yesterday and really have enjoyed it a lot!!! I did it alongside watching some YouTube videos and chatting with my community and realized it really is a perfect game for whilst working & also doubles as a productivity aid if you do it multiplayer. I’m planning on buying some keys for my friends to play with me so we can cowork together virtually! The game itself is designed very adorably, I don’t know how game development goes but I’m pretty wowed that this was developed by such a small team! There are a lot of nice features and things to unlock during gameplay, reminds me a bit of some cafe games I used to play on my phone. Not super time consuming but awesome for fun little breaks while working

Updated review (reposting since the negative review was not updating on the main page): Thank you for your reply! I actually gave it another try and I've enjoyed it quite a bit. It's true that you can display the books later, which is close to what I wanted! The decorations are lovely, and the gameplay is unique in my experience. Thank you for the lovely game! A few suggestions: being able to name different saves or being able to change my name (unless there is a way and I just can't find it), being able to remove a book from your history (apart from the one-time opportunity to sell to a different publisher), being able to turn off getting words from clicks and instead having all words come from typing. ------ I actually really enjoyed the game up until the point I realized the books I write expire... wanted to run a whole library of fictional books I created.... so disappointed man, makes it hard to recommend

Cutest little desktop idle i can just use after being angry at a game. I love clicking!! Pretty cute and solid idle game. Hopefully we can add some stuff but this is all good!