Meet holo-ghouls, galactic Yeti, and a psychic octopus in surreal adventure Growbot

There's a effective line between cute and creepy, as anybody who's performed an journey sport by Amanita Design reminiscent of Machinarium or Samorost can attest. Channeling that very same surreal and exquisite vibe is Growbot, a brand new point-and-click puzzle journey from developer Wabisabi Play and Utility Methods Heidelberg.

In Growbot you're a brand new arrival on a biomechanical house station, however the second you arrive you discover the place beneath siege from a mysterious enemy. The opposite house robots are disabled so that you begin puttering round, amassing objects, fixing puzzles, and attempt to untangle the risk earlier than the house station is destroyed.

I'm about 3.5 hours into Growbot, and whereas the expertise is extraordinarily charming and the world it takes place in is gorgeous and interesting, I nonetheless have little or no thought what's truly occurring. There are cute little elf-like sprites you possibly can carry round (at one level I crammed one right into a tiny little truck so it might scoop up house berries). There's an enormous pleasant Yeti (technically not a Yeti nevertheless it's Yeti-like)  who loves jam and tea and someway has a complete galaxy in its stomach. There are clockwork bees, meditating cats, a psychic octopus who thinks it's a squid, and a speaking pink puffball I carry round in my head. And someway this journey is all about powering up an area station forcefield that runs on flowers.

A number of the puzzles are actually enjoyable to resolve—on a number of events you'll run right into a defend barrier that emits a unique collection of musical notes. You'll must create a key to unlock it by arranging musical notes you acquire by discovering varied flowers across the station. Crafting a singing key utilizing musical vegetation? That's a very nice approach to clear up a puzzle and a lot better than merely discovering my billionth iron key in a drawer or on a desk.

Just a few of the opposite puzzles are extra conventional, and a few are a bit complicated. I admit there are one or two I solved not by determining precisely what to do, however by merely doing issues till I stumbled over the answer. Perhaps it's not the easiest way to resolve a puzzle, however I choose an unintended resolution to being caught to the purpose of frustration.

The artwork, animation, and sound design of Growbot are all great, and greater than as soon as I've misplaced monitor of time whereas exploring the colourful biopunk house station. I could not know fairly what's occurring or how this stunning and surreal world actually works, however I certain am having fun with being in it.