The Gardener and the Wild Vines Reviews

This is a great game. It has really amazing feeling movement with interesting Levels, all while telling a short but sweet story about self discovery and in a way the importance of a functioning support system when one struggles with doubts. Can strongly recommend this game.

This game is very heartfelt, and its also pretty good! Fun puzzles and cool climbing mechanics, but Im a bit sad that the flower combos aren't that integral, at least in the story mode they felt a bit unnimportant, because they do feel good to pull off.

Lovely game! The characters were charming, and cutting the flowers to make vines felt really satisfying Also loved the level of visual polish you all put into this

So mechanically rich and interesting, but really simple to understand and master. Also has a great, lovely story that just makes a great platformer even stronger. Heavily recommned.

Cute game. Purely arcade. No rpg or roguelike elements. Has a unique movement and gameplay mechanic. And if you enjoy the gameplay, it has speed running capabilities. The story is cute too. LBGTQ+ characters.

Such a great game! The platformer mechanics are simple to learn but complex to master, as well as unique! The story has so much charm and has me laughing the whole time. The levels are incredibly fun, and keep my challenged and engaged each time I progress. I get such a rich sense of exploration when finding collectibles and solving puzzles. What's not to love about this game! I played the free demo for this game before the final product launched. The demo had me so excited for final launch, and I was delighted to find out it kept my save progress! Can't wait to come back and give the challenge mode a try once I beat the campaign! Thank you so much Finite Reflections for making an awesome game :)

Super cute and fun to play, specially when doing combos! The plot is simple and kinda funny sometimes and the gameplay is well managed even though I've got some crashes. Perfect for a lazy afternoon with a Galician shopaholic man in Discord!

I'm only on world 2 so far, but this game has already proven to be really creative, charming, and full of life! Everything in the game gives really nice feedback, and sometimes falling all the way to the bottom of a tower can be more fun than frustrating, as quickly clipping your way back to where you were is super satisfying!! I'm excited to see what fun gameplay mechanics get tossed in as I get further in the game, but this is an amazing game at an unbeatable price. Wish more games had this much heart <3

It's an okay game but I wouldn't recommend it. The vine growth feels very arbitrary; the position of a leaf after cutting a flower is difficult to predict, often only happening after falling below it, and the direction the character moves seems arbitrary. The combo mechanic feels out of place and encourages you to spend time cutting flowers rather than progressing the level even though there is no point in doing more than the bare minimum. I was ready to be done with it after 2.5 hours but it just kept going. Half way through the second area I started wishing there were fewer towers, or some were shorter than others, but they remained consistently longer and longer even when starting a new area. The only reason I pushed forward to completing the game was for the tiny snippets of dialog at the beginning of the next tower and at the end of the last tower of an area. I'm not inclined to replay for the achievements or challenges.

Great narrative platformer! At first it seems a little too simple but as more puzzles get introduced, you start to see that this game is not as simple as it seems. I'm well into the second area and looking forward to completing the game but this is really fun so far. PROS - good pixel art and an inventive graphics style with the 3D towers and 2D sprites - narrative is funny and very well paced - climbing is fun