Monster Garden

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• Patch Notes·20 Aug 2019Official

  WASD Support Added!

  Monster Garden can now be played with the "wasd" keys instead of just the arrow keys! I hope that makes it easier to play. Also, I fixed a bug involving dialogue when Foofter's not in the party in a certain scene in Seedling 2. Enjoy!
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• Patch Notes·2 Mar 2019Official

  NEW VERSION

  I just uploaded a new version of the game. It now includes three signs offering basic tips about the game: how to speed walk (hold shift), how to save (at the white diamond), and how to scroll quickly without selecting something accidentally (press x, ie the cancel button (i disabled cancel in all menus so it's okay)). ENJOY!
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• Press Coverage·18 May 2018

  Monster Garden is a combat-free RPG about how to be an emotionally stable adult

  Monsters are a bit like us. They are materializations of our darkest fears, and reflections of our darkest selves. We fear them, and yet we can't stop pitying the poor creatures, because we all have days when we feel like them. Days when our body feels all wrong, like a skin suit that doesn't perfectly adhere to our shape. Days when we feel like we don't fit anywhere, when we are broken and lost. Monster Garden is a game for those days. In Monster Garden you play Mr. Bobo, an orange creature with a big butt and an even bigger heart. Bobo wants to create a safe space for monsters: a place where friends can chill together without danger or worries. To do this, he visits pocket dimensions enclosed within withered seedlings, exploring strange places and recruiting new friends. As he heals the seedlings, the garden grows, becoming bigger and brimming with life.  Monster Garden features no fights, or items, or plot twists. You almost expect to find those genre standards sooner or later, because this is an RPG Maker game and so many of them feel compelled to stick to the formula, but Monster Garden remains committed to nonviolence. The only way to interact with other monsters is through dialogue. Instead of directly choosing your lines though, you decide which monster in your party will speak.  Every creature has a different way of dealing with others, and learning their personalities is crucial to obtain the desired outcome. The long-tongued Foofter, for example, is a shy and timid friend. He doesn't deal well with mean monsters, but he's good at relating with other anxious beings. FRYER, on the other hand, is just a giant eye bolted on a lump of flesh. His specialization is to rudely stare at everyone, an act that could intimidate monsters or enrage them. There is no 'correct' way to play: sometimes monsters reach an understanding, sometimes they don't. And that's fine. At first it looks and feels like a game aimed a...
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• Patch Notes·9 Mar 2018Official

  Third Minor Update

  I made a few changes after watching this series of Let's Plays of Monster Garden by TheSmallAlvarez: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgO6BNXYSEM&list=PLNDdbsTTh63xQu_G_vCpyITQJ_TiPsnBz Mainly just tweaks to text so the game makes more sense and is more responsive. Enjoy! :)
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• Patch Notes·9 Mar 2018Official

  Third Minor Update

  I made a few changes after watching this series of Let's Plays of Monster Garden by TheSmallAlvarez: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgO6BNXYSEM&list=PLNDdbsTTh63xQu_G_vCpyITQJ_TiPsnBz Mainly just tweaks to text so the game makes more sense and is more responsive. Enjoy! :)
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