![]() Perhaps the most enjoyable part of Cloud Gardens is the creative mode, especially when you’ve unlocked a vast array of objects and seeds (or if you choose to unlock everything in the menus). By the end of the game you’ll have a vast selection of flora to pick from, all with their own strengths and weaknesses. Ivy is fantastic if it has some mesh to cling onto, whereas cacti are happy in the dirt. Each of these grows better in certain situations, and should be placed accordingly. To make the flowery takeover of the world a bit easier, you’ll slowly unlock more and more seeds as you progress through Cloud Gardens. There’s a percentage counter in the bottom corner of the screen, and once nature has sufficiently taken over you’ll be able to move on to the next stage. This might sound easy, but placing objects in the cramped stages of Cloud Gardens without accidentally destroying the plants you’re trying to grow can be a tough task. By collecting enough seeds you’ll be able to plant another bit of greenery and the cycle begins anew. Once a plant has grown enough, it’ll start producing seeds. These could be anything from road signs to garden gnomes, but it’s important to place them because your plants only grow when you place one of these “decorations” into the level. Once you pick a suitable spot to pop a seed, you’re given a pile of objects to place around the world. When you arrive at a floaty level, you’re given a number of seeds to plant. It’s probably quite obvious that Cloud Gardens is a pretty Zen experience already, but I should describe how the game works. Whether you’re in an abandoned car park or a stretch of road, it’s nice to see life find a way in this desolate world. There’s no sign of life in these little dioramas, only empty but familiar places. They don’t come much more relaxing than Cloud Gardens, a game about taking the world back from ugly man made sculptures.Įach stage of Cloud Gardens is a floating island with remnants of humanity cluttering it, and your task is to plant seeds and let the green run wild. As much as I enjoy high octane gameplay and a test of my skill, sometimes I just want to unwind with a video game. ![]() ![]() These objects contribute energy to the growing of plants, but you will also have to cover them in foliage to complete the stage, striking a balance between nature and the manufactured.With generative soundscapes by Amos Roddy, composer of the Kingdom Series.Some games are about fighting demons with massive swords, some games are about gunning down bad dudes, and some games are about growing plants. ![]() You are given objects to expand the scene. As you overgrow the objects, a meter fills to show your progress. The player's task is to completely cover the scene in plants. By planting seeds in the right places, they’re able to create small overgrown dioramas of brutalism and beauty, salvaging and repurposing hundreds of discarded objects to create unique structures for nature to reclaim.Players can dive into a relaxing sandbox mode with no goals, where they are simply left to delight in their own creativity and create beautiful scenes, or take on a “campaign” of six chapters, where the task is to strike a balance between nature and the manufactured by covering each scene with salvaged objects and lush vegetation.This is a chill game where the player is allowed to delight in their own creativity. In Cloud Gardens players must harness the power of nature to overgrow lo-fi scenes of urban decay and manufactured landscapes.
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