The Stone Cutter and the Mountain Spirit

This is a simplified point-and-click telling of the stone cutter's parable about desire and that feeling of "the grass is always greener". The narrative unfolds with some fairly simple puzzle/hidden object mechanics and other minimal input from the player. A lot of it felt gimmicky and forced to get all achievements but it's also a pretty short experience. The art looks like a combination of watercolor and color pencil. It's quite nice and there are certain parts where the animation is, for some weird reason, wildly captivating and unexpected. The BGM is kinda stereotypical for the setting. Towards the middle I muted it. I started playing this on the Steam Deck but had an bug at Chapter 10 so decided to restart on my PC. Then I learned this game does not have cloud saves so I had to start over. It wasn't a HUGE deal but there are a few parts where you have to click the mouse like a maniac and having to do these sequences even once was frustrating enough. I really dislike that kind of mechanic. I wish I had started this on desktop from the beginning as it was a much better experience. Ultimately I was looking for something along the "interactive fiction" genre and this popped …

Short linear story with simple controls, you can replay specific chapters later if you missed an achievement which furthers the chillness of the game. While the graphics are a unique art style, the layered filter sometimes made me think I had dirt on my screen. I enjoyed playing as the sun.

A short and very relaxing game that doesn’t drain your energy or eats your time.. So it’s Perfect if you are low on both. played this on a steam deck, worked just fine!

Nice little beautiful game with good story and good controls. Took me about an hour to go through and then a 'speed run' of about 45min to get the missed achievements. Give it a go!

It is a very nice game. Well done.

lol this game was all set out to be a lame old oriental parable about the cycle of life and humility and stuff until...you became a certain hot element (no spoilers)! that part was one of the most fun things i have played in a long time. burn motherf*ckers burn!!! on a general note, it was a well made little game, which doesn't take away much of your time or patience.