The core gameplay plays out like a zen Tetris puzzle. Each object has a radius of influence according to its size. To encourage their growth, you then place random objects close to them. To “solve” each scene, you have to place your seeds in an appropriate spot for them to flourish and produce flowers. Thus bringing some beauty into these fractured desolate locations. Your task as the player is to help nature reclaim this area by planting seeds. The playspace for want of a better description is a 3D diorama which initially shows a pocket of urban decay or post-apocalyptic scene. For this new project, he has leapt into the three-dimensional space with a rather more sedate setting. A fantastic collection of 2D side-scrolling strategy titles, set in a beautiful pixel art style medieval world.
#Cloud gardens review series#
He’s probably better known as the creative force behind the Kingdom series of games. 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.Ĭloud Gardens is an interesting change of pace for dutch developer Thomas van den Berg. 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. This is a chill game where the player is allowed to delight in their own creativity. 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. 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.
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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