Synopsis

In our game, you're a transfer student to a biology university, where you'll delve into a world filled with unique and mysterious plants. As you explore the fields and greenhouses, you'll cultivate relationships (you choose either they're friends or partners!) with your anthropomorphic plant companions, unraveling secrets and challenges, all the while connecting with nature and embarking on a journey of growth, learning, and discovery.

Don't forget to have some water!

Development History

OCTOBER 2023 - START

The game prototype was created within 48 hours as a submission to GameJam+ in October/2023. It achieved 2nd place in a regional competition, coming very close to 1st place by a narrow margin!

We focused on the following themes: No Plant No Planet, A Blanket and a Joystick.

If you'd like to explore more of Love Garden, stay with us for the next 3 months, as we intend to refine and expand the game with additional content!

~~Currently only available in Brazilian Portuguese. But we're working on an English translation that should release soon enough :^)~~

UPDATE: Available in both Brazilian Portuguese and English!

JANUARY 2024 - UPDATE

We're working on finishing the game demo!

MARCH 2024 - UPDATE

We're working on finishing the alpha version!

JUNE 2024 - UPDATE

We now have a Discord server!

Join us to talk about Love Garden and visual novels in general.

Cosmic Fox Studio (Dev Team)

Garu - music
Spotify — TikTok
Luh - narrative design, writer
Lups - marketing
Instagram — Linkedin
Otto - producer
Itch — Github
Teo - background art, UI/UX design, worldbuild
Itch — Artstation
Wiltzy - concept & character art, programmer, narrative design, game design
Itch — Website

Former Members

Fernanda - sound design
Iuri - programmer
Github
Melo - music
Instagram — Twitter
Ryu - programmer, game design
Itch — Youtube
Tauã - team management
Itch — Linkedin

Additional Help

Bolito - translator
LinkedIn
Dom Castanha - environment design, concept art, worldbuild
Install Entertainment: mobile publisher

Special Thanks

Special thanks to JujuAdams for Chatterbox and Scribble, both GameMaker libraries.

More information

Status	In development
Platforms	HTML5, Windows
Release date	Oct 22, 2023
Rating	Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (7 total ratings)
Authors	Cosmic Fox, Nael, Victor_Teodoro, ottoinspace, Henrique Moraes, TauaMonteiro, LTacca, garubeats
Genre	Visual Novel, Interactive Fiction
Made with	GameMaker, Aseprite
Tags	Comedy, Dating Sim, LGBT, Meaningful Choices, Multiple Endings, Pixel Art, Queer, Romance, Singleplayer
Code license	MIT License
Average session	About a half-hour
Languages	English, Portuguese (Brazil)
Inputs	Keyboard, Mouse
Accessibility	Subtitles, One button
Links	Ko-Fi

Download

love-garden-win.zip 90 MB

Install instructions

If the file is compressed (.zip), unzip and play.
If the file is an .exe, follow the installer instructions and then execute it.
If you've chosen the mobile version, after the download is complete click on the file to install it.

Important Notice:

When downloading and attempting to run the game, your operating system may display a warning regarding the installation of a program from an unknown source. In such cases, you just have to choose the option to allow the files. Temporarily disabling your internet connection or antivirus can work too.
This also applies to the mobile version.

Related to this issue, if you find problems with your save files (e.g. saves not persisting between gameplays), the recommended approach is to run the game with administrative privileges in order for it to be able to modify the save files located in the appdata directory.

For Linux users:

Depending on the version of Ubuntu that you have, additional dependencies may need to be installed to permit you to play the game. The dependencies are: