The Serpent & The Seed 9+

It’s rare to find games this sincere and hopeful! A sauna for the soul, it was wonderful to play! In some parts it was unclear where to swipe but a little random tapping got through! If you don’t mind a cheesy game that believes in happy endings, this is a great game for kids and adults!

The graphics are beautiful, the soundtrack is beautiful, and I never felt bored or lost on what to do next. There were some mini games which felt surprisingly hard compared to the rest of the game (particularly the flappy bird game and the part with Goliath) but not so difficult as to make me give up. They do a good job communicating the overarching story of the Bible in a very condensed format, using the seed and tree imagery already found in scripture. The stories of Moses and David felt a bit disconnected from the rest, but overall I didn’t have trouble following it (though it might be harder for someone less familiar with the Bible, I don’t know). The main thing I felt could have been done better is that the story seems to focus more on the defeat of the devil (the serpent) than the salvation of sinners. There’s not really any indication that we need to repent, or make any choice or commitment. Oh, and I ran into a few bugs (it wouldn’t progress to act three, and the bread seemed stuck in the last supper scene) but when I closed and reopened the app, that seemed to fix it. Overall a very good game!

⚠️‼️Spoiler Alert to those who haven’t played the game! A Fun little game with childish SFX! (at least for the Philistines making fun of the Israelites kinda annoying when it’s on repeat when you haven’t solved the puzzle fully) The puzzles were a little bit difficult but not too hard to solve. Putting the wrong seed the game freezes, but for some reason I did the same thing again it continued. Some acts were kinda difficult and a little annoying. For example: fighting Goliath with music notes it took me a couple of tries to dodge the threats. And another time was the vine level that I was so close to the end and hit the vine at the last heart and it took me back to the beginning a couple of times [mungo flapping in the vine flappy bird style] And making the star took time but less than the others, but finally beat the game!! Oh, btw birds and owls and the developers put themselves in heaven in this game.