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I love how serene and relaxing this game is (most of the time). But every time you complete a page, the camera pans out, the hint light bulb flies away, a little book pops up, and FINALLY the corner of the page lifts, and a second later you can touch it. Then the page turns (slowly, as of with effort), the camera comes back in, the colored dots zoom in and land on the page one at a time, the hint light bulbs flies back in again, and FINALLY you can start the next page. The whole thing is so frustratingly jarring it takes you completely out of the game every time and breaks the relaxation. I barely play it JUST because of the terrible transitions. Fix that and it’s easily a five star game.

I gotta say, I’m not an easy person to impress when it comes to mobile gaming. I either like very simple games, or full-featured ones. A lot of mobile games try to take themes from console or PC games and translate them to mobile and it doesn’t work well. But this game does an amazing job at just keeping it simple. Progression is quick, but there are some more difficult puzzles as well. Try not to use the hints and you will be much more satisfied. Chances are you are only one step away from figuring it out anyways. You just need to think outside the box a bit, which is the whole point. Music is awesome. It really sets the mood for the game, and sound quality is great. It’s very peaceful. I could imagine just sitting out on the porch or at a coffee shop and playing this game four a long time. Animations and backdrops are very nice too. I like how the game changes it up every once in a while, and it’s always nice and peaceful.

Such a beautiful game that blends its aesthetic right into the gameplay. The puzzles are intuitive and will immediately click with anyone who’s ever played with watercolors as a kid. I feel they have barely scratched the surface of all the mechanics they can incorporate using this theme, but even among the 50 puzzles here, they are ever finding clever mechanics to introduce that are easy to understand but add a welcome wrinkle to the puzzle-solving. I’ve already gone back to find more aesthetically pleasing solutions to the puzzles I’ve already solved. I am eagerly awaiting the next series of puzzles from this developer. I hope to see some Japanese-inspired art as well, as that style would lend itself so well to this game.

What a beautifully crafted title! The wind blows the page to a new level after a chime sounds, little visitors from nature themed to each chapter visit at the margins and even the goal points are chapter themed! The painting mechanic is implemented brilliantly, the soundtrack's ambience is a delight to the ear without being the slightest bit obtrusive. I love every little detail of this wonderful game! I'm so happy I tried it! I will be very sad if it ever leaves Arcade unless I can buy it to always have.

The game is really nice looking and relaxing, and seems like it would be a lot of fun if there were some challenging puzzles. I trudged through 20 or so without any difficulty whatsoever or any sign that they were going to get harder quickly, though, and came here hoping to find a way to skip some levels. It’d be great if the devs would add a way to jump straight to the last page of challenges or something.