I really enjoyed this game, so much that I’ll probably play it a third and a fourth time. That said, I was left with a lot of questions by the end.What I liked: The farming and trading elements were a highlight for me. They’re intentionally slow-paced, which fits the story well. You can’t possibly get everything done in a single day, so you have to manage your energy and resources carefully. Talma’s family history adds to the increasingly gloomy/spooky atmosphere on the farm. Digging into her memories, letters, and artifacts was especially engaging as it felt like piecing together a mystery.What I didn’t like as much:I just wish I understood more of her story. How do the folks in her letters connect to her dreams or her associations with certain items? I want the full story! What’s up with the artifacts? And those special items from the merchant (“this is no ordinary rock”) - what do they mean? I felt like I was only beginning to unravel her unsolved spooky family trauma and was ready to confront some spirits… and then the game was suddenly over :(

Beautiful story, but dear GOD!! Five dollars for the shortest game of my life. If the storyline was more spaced out and the days were longer to focus on growing the farm, this game would be a 5/5, no problem. But before I knew it, it was night time as soon as I got up.. and everything on my farm was dead, even though the game does give you opportunity to guard it, the opportunities fell through. I understand why the days grew shorter, and yes it added to the storyline, but there is absolutely no being at least somewhat successful in this game. There isn’t any “winning”, which I understand (the storyline is the main focal point, and once again, it's beautiful). Unfortunately at the same time, I’m completely upset I spent this much for such a short game. I loved that I was able to support the artists, in a way they did an amazing job of creating the feeling of wanting more. But I feel in the end I spent way too much money for such an abrupt stop. It was an excellent game, I just wish that it was either a lower price for the amount of gameplay, or a greater amount of gameplay for the higher price.

The other reviews entirely missed the point of this game. This is not a min-max millionaire farming sim, there is no winning, and you won’t be some capital tycoon lol. This is a game where you are an isolated, elderly woman who is struggling to keep her childhood homestead alive, despite being the last of “14 pairs of shoes by the front door.” This is primarily a story based game with some farming elements and very necessary inventory management- literally the reality for people in poverty.Yes, Talma moves slow, and yes, you can’t get a lot done in a day, especially when the days get shorter. That’s intentional. Every move she makes counts, because her time isn’t infinite, unlike most farm sims.This game is so beautiful and intentional and haunting, and yes it’s worth $5?? It’s worth far more than a cup of coffee. How insane to say that getting 3 hours of beautiful graphics and storyline is not worth $5

I get stuck in the cheese maker barn all the time. She just won’t move! Then I want to drop a bucket to greet the mail guy but can’t sometimes and he goes away even though I’m chasing him like a foot behind! I have two goats but don’t have time to milk both and finish one cheese till the mailman gets there and then it’s like 1 minute till dark. No time to water the crops much less get eggs. Explore? How? I can make one time around the property before the day is 3/4ths over. One trip to the well, water 5 crops plus get some eggs equated to a day. Forget milking the goats of making cheese which is what you trade for. Don’t grow flowers.. waste of my energy. You move at the pace of an old lady and I get she’s the point but I just don’t see how I could ever save anything throughout to make the game seem like I’m getting anywhere. I had 3 shotgun shells and I hit both wolves but in the morning one of my goats was still gone. I just get no where.. oh and where the hell os the phone? It rings.. I look all around and bap at the telephone pole.. nothing for me.