Wakamarina Valley, New Zealand

Played it for less than an hour and i'm already hooked. Don't know how to get to the next levels though.

I expected something resembling “Nature treks” but this is rather a first student’s work with Unreal engine than a game. It doesn’t even have audio of the forest. All plants around seem unnatural. Immersion was ruined from the first steps when I saw a rectangular riverbank.

---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☑ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☑ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☑ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☑ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long …

Very pretty walking sim that was left out of Lushfoil Photography Sim. It's not as polished as the final game, but it's still enjoyable and peaceful. There's an option to play a Spotify playlist (through the game) as there is no official soundtrack. But I just put on my own ambient music. My only beef with it is that there's no save. So make sure you play the whole thing through when you play, otherwise each time you'll have to retake the photos, which isn't a big deal since this level is very short. The price is a little high for a short walking sim, but I think it's worth it to support Newell!

Wakamarina Valley, New Zealand is a tranquil exploration experience that deliberately steps away from conventional game design in favor of immersion, atmosphere, and quiet reflection. Developed and published by Matt Newell, the project feels less like a traditional video game and more like an interactive digital nature preserve, inviting players to wander freely through a carefully recreated version of the real Wakamarina Valley on New Zealand’s South Island. From the outset, the experience makes its intentions clear: there are no enemies to defeat, no puzzles to solve, and no narrative beats pushing you forward. Instead, the focus is entirely on presence, observation, and the simple pleasure of being somewhere beautiful. The environment is the undisputed centerpiece of Wakamarina Valley, New Zealand. Dense forests, winding riverbeds, rocky outcrops, and distant hills are rendered with a strong emphasis on lighting, scale, and natural composition. The valley feels alive in a subtle, understated way, with shifting light, gentle movement in foliage, and carefully layered terrain that encourages slow exploration rather than direct navigation from point to point. The sense of place is…

Pretty cool and beautiful, wanted to see what this was about after I tried out Lushfoil Photography Sim.