After playing the game for some time, I’ve come back to write a second review.
Tue Mar 21 2023 ShmoodenI’m on the verge of getting the last island I believe, this game is amazing, it’s everything it says it is, along with extra things I didn’t even expect to be in the game. It’s calming, relaxing, peaceful, just a good way to decompress. Now the only thing i’ve noticed that could be a little better is distinguishing the “Relax Sounds” more uniquely. Some of the relax sounds sound very similar too each-other, an idea I could give would be to add quiet sounds of each animal that accompanies that resting space. I was a little confused with the racoon island sounding very similar to crashing waves on the other islands, because one of my favorite pieces of the game is the audio and creativity brought by each discovery. I only had an issue with the ones that sounded almost exactly alike, but there’s only a handful of them :)
Even when I complete this game, i’m planning on having this game for awhile and seeing it grow, so you can always bank on someone wanting and waiting to watch the game grow :)
It’s not a passion project
Mon Jul 10 2023 MeowmeowMortbirdAlthough the game is beautiful, I am beyond disappointed by how few animals you can get without paying. They constantly beg you to buy expansion packs, and it’s a huge let down that I can’t host my favorite animals on my islands because the game only gives you a small selection- thirteen common animals and nine rare ones. It’s a calming game for sure, I love the sound effects and the music, and I really appreciate the “enjoy nature” mode where you can listen to the sounds of nature in each island. However, the positives do little to distract from how badly this game wants to profit off of you. If the developers made the game more out of their own passion, they would allow it to be enjoyed to it’s fullest by anyone willing to download. Instead, they allow only a small look into the promise of the game, and keep the rest closed off for only a small few to experience.
While the instagram page does host events in which randomly selected people can win special upgrades, there are only around five winners for each event, and once it’s gone, there’s no way to pay for the missed upgrades in-game.
Overall, it’s a good game if you have the money to pay for more and more upgrades. The freely downloadable game is a demo, though not advertised as such. It’s shocking how little of the game’s overall features are either inaccessible to those who download free, or completely lost in past events.
A ton of ads/paid content
Fri Oct 06 2023 IIXenaPros: Super cute concept and art style. You can both level up/increase the number of each animal, and each animal also has a ‘rare’ variant that can be gotten by opening chests. Once you’ve sufficiently leveled up each area, you get access to a unique nature audio that you could listen to while sleeping, meditating, etc. Definitely has a lot of potential.
Cons: Ads everywhere. There’s the usual ones to triple your offline income and to get a set amount of in game money. But then there’s also ads to participate in daily events, open chests, complete goals, etc. You have no choice but to watch some number of ads to progress in this game, which is kind of lame. There’s also a lot of paid content. There’s both a battle pass and a ton of individual animals that you have to buy individually to get. The prices are generally low (a dollar for a frog, 5$ for a special bear), but those things add up quickly for consumers. There’s also this kind of unpleasant thing the devs have done with chests; when you use in game crystals (rare) to open a chest, instead of the usual accept/next/continue button, they put a button to spend more crystals on another chest and put the exit button off to the side. I have several times now accidentally/unwillingly spent crystals on additional chests I didn’t want.
It’s okay…
Sat Dec 03 2022 cat kide🤩🦊🐰I’d like to start with how great this game is! Good job developers. I really liked the cute animals I saw and, being an animal lover and a person who loves photography, got the game. I really liked the cute animations and recommend the game to ppl who just want to chill and watch them🙂. But as I played for a few hours things started to bug me. First off, half the things I see cost 3-10 dollars. Than, comes the albums… I take about 2 minutes to get the perfect shot and I pay 50 gems to speed the printing up. 😥The picture doesn’t even go in the album😡! I’ve wasted more than 100 gems on picture to see them disappear into coins and not go in my album. Another thing is that the animations are to fast! I turn the camera to a bear standing and a few seconds later he’s in his cave where I can’t see him. A problem related to the prices: I have like, 3 animals in the water near my island saying to buy stuff or watch an add to get this. It’s annoying bcs they have the same coin icon or heart icon as the ones that show u can collect that stuff. So I always accidentally click it to find that I have to but it for like, 10 dollars. Those are all my problems. I know. U. It’s me like “Oh,i bet it’s not THAT bad!” The game isn’t bad at all, it’s just it has a few problems . Developers, please try to change these things! Thanks. Have a nice day everyone!🐺😊
Sounds are good, but could be better
Thu Oct 06 2022 SytherMinatusaki94One of the things I love about this app are the sounds. I can’t find soft birds singing anywhere, or waves that don’t sound like white noise. This being said, the wind sounds could be better. These do sound like white noise, very loud white noise, and drown out the other sounds. The Fox Forest claims to have the soft wind through the trees and birds. If you soften the wind and make it actually sound like a breeze rustling through leaves it would be perfect. The Bear Cave is very, very loud white noise. Make it sound like quite forest noises, a few forest birds, something simple. The Meadow is decent, just be a bit softer so you can actually hear the other sounds added. And the wolf area is perfect if you add what you would hear in open skies (like an eagle occasionally) and add the wolves that are in that area. These are my only critiques. I love this app. I listen to it almost every night. It’s easy and simple to gain credits for animals and new areas so I don’t get frustrated, and the different areas are beautiful and diverse; all in all it’s a good app, just make the noises better and it would be perfect. The oceans areas, rabbits, and ducks are so peaceful, and the other areas would be too if you just make it softer and not repetitive loud white noise.
Easily 5 stars!
Wed Mar 15 2023 rose.b^This game is the first game I’ve enjoyed a lot in a long time. It’s extremely relaxing and actually pretty easy! When I’ve been having a long day I just come on here and look at the beautiful ducks or the adorable rabbits. Most games (especially the cheap ones on the Nintendo switch) that are supposed to be relaxing usually are but they copy from other games. I know a Roblox game that had amazing animations, graphics, and realistic plots etc but it’s like a loop hole sort of, like the fox in the game was literally the same one from any cheap Nintendo game with a short story/ plot that’s supposed to be relaxing. My point is you guys did a great job on this! Unlike other “relaxing” copycat games you actually took the time to make your own original graphics and designs. Again this is the first game I’ve enjoyed very much in a while and I wanted to thank you so much! (I did have some trouble unlocking the bear den like I had the required energy but it took a while to process I did and it let me unlock it but otherwise this is amazingly wonderful and fun!)
sooo relaxing, helps me sleep
Thu Jan 05 2023 howdydowdy5i downloaded this from an Instagram add saying i could take care of a raccoon. i am raccoon obsessed, so obviously i had to see what it was. the albino raccoon was gifted after 3 days of playing, and i wasn’t even mad about it because everything leading up to it, AND far beyond it has been amazing! it’s so soothing and relaxing, wholesome, and the best kind of mindless app to spend my time instead of social media. there’s birds singing, a nice background tune, and all the click haptic sounds are soothing too! they’re satisfying and aren’t harsh sounds whatsoever. it’s all in all a very comforting app. there are ‘rest modes’ of areas you build, such as Tree of Rest and Duck Pond, which are options you can click just to hear relaxing nature sounds that easily help put me to sleep. i prefer this over spotify/apple music sleep sounds. this is so much better.
for my fellow ADHD havers, this is a very nice app to have to calm you down and keep you occupied on something relaxing. 10/10, have already recommended it to several friends! love, love, love. 👍🏼🤗
Best relaxing game ever!
Sat May 27 2023 Skullz 🖤So i downloaded this game from ad and it looked like a interesting game so obviously i wanted to see it and i already had started and i am getting so much animals and islands and so far this is so AMAZING! it’s soothing and relaxing. this app is best relaxing game ever! It has some relaxing nature sounds my favorite sound so far is the The tree of rest, also have beautiful Background music, and the click haptic sounds beautiful too. The islands that are built are very beautiful like the tree of rest, Hallow Log Glade, and obviously more! Back to the nature sounds im gonna say this again they obviously sound so relaxing and it could help me sleep better and i almost prefer this than the other music app music to sleep in. I also have like anger issues, Anxiety, sometimes depression, And ADHD and this game really helped my issues a lot! Gotta say this is a very relaxing app that could calm you down and entertained too. this app is definitely deserves 5 stars and i have recommended this to several of my friends. keep up the good work! ☺️
5 stars!
Mon Dec 26 2022 charlottehokansonI rated this game 5 stars because it has NO PROBLEMS, 🤩🤩🤩, and when the winter island popped up it gave me a mission I think to clean up and getting coins is sooooo easy from my little islands they just fill up a bar quickly and then pop up coin! Hearts, too, because hearts you just collect from happy animals and you don’t have to buy anything UNLESS… you want to. I unlocked 🐇, 🦊, 🦆 and spotted rabbit upgraded normal too then foxes and silver fox upgraded too. Lots of things are easygoing and cute the bunnies and foxes and ducks I just unlocked but just one question: can you get polar bears? Penguins? Arctic foxes? Cuz’ the winter island looks cold 🥶 and lonely 😔 so polar animals should be unlocked and exist, so the winter ❄️ island won’t feel so cold 🥶 and lonely 😔. Overall that was my one question, it doesn’t make me feel like “ARRRRRGH!” Or “WHYYYYYY!” If you can’t make polar animals exist on the winter island. But it’ll be a little difficult and disappointing if you can’t because then it’ll just be cold 🥶 and lonely 😔. But it’s A-ok, Developers, because this game is cool!
I’ll happily give 5 stars… UPDATE!
Sat Mar 05 2022 Madden is DoneI’ll leave my original review below. However, as promised, I came back to update my review! It’s amazing to see a mobile game company listening to their players and taking action. Thank you for fixing the ONLY issue anyone seemed to have with the game. I know a lot of us are happy to see our little friends whenever we want now, rather than whenever the game would actually load up. Amazing job so far, thanks again for listening and caring! Looking forward to the future this game has in store :)
Original:
This company is doing an incredible job in every aspect of this game. However, as stated in almost EVERY recent review, everyone is having trouble loading the game up without it crashing and only showing a gray screen. This is occurring for me too. Once that problem is addressed and fixed, I’ll come back and change my rating asap. Please don’t ignore the community like other mobile games! We all love the game, that’s why we hate not being able to play it!
