Cultivate a nice garden in 'The Garden Path', a healthy game that will come to Switch

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The developer (Illustrator!) Lonely based in the United Kingdom Louis Durrant, also known as Carrotcake, launched the Kickstarter for The Garden Path on July 21 and achieved its goal of 100% earlier this week. Now, with less than two days for the campaign, it is about achieving those ambitious goals, and the first was achieved today.

After reaching the original goal of £ 20,000 in funds, the first extended objective pointed to £ 25k and promised to take the game to Nintendo Switch. The next goal is £ 30,000 for local multiplayer mode, which will be included in the game if the campaign reaches 130% financing in the next 40 hours approximately.

If you are curious about what The Garden Path is, here is Durrant's description of the Kickstarter page:

The Garden Path is a daily life simulator on the joy of gardening and the small pleasures that follow. Whether he's fishing, cultivating, trading or just hanging out with new friends, awaits a wonderful and melancholy adventure as he wandered by The Garden Path.

The game is designed to play like and whenever you want, as well as Cozy Grove and Animal Crossing: New Horizons, matching the passage of time in real life. Each year lasts 28 days and each season lasts a week, which means that you will have the opportunity to experience everything long before ACNH. The seasons will affect the garden and the desert, with new plants, new fish and new events.

You can plant flowers, meet new characters and gradually restore the neglected and neglected garden to attract new visitors as well. Some people will decide to establish themselves, and others are simply in passing: merchants, miners and theatrical types, which will be anxious to trade with you.

Do we mention that all the characters are animals? It is possible that you have already assumed by the healthy vibrations of Cottagecore, but you will meet with toads, pigs, bears and birds on the road. In addition, the vegetables, which is a bit worried in a game about the cultivation of vegetables. Are you God, maybe?

There is much more to discover about The Garden Path than we can write in this article, so we recommend that you consult Kickstarter; Your promise could ensure local multiplayer mode, after all!

(Oh, and if you're thinking, I could have sworn that this game came out recently, and also, was not it pixel art?, You're confusing with Garden Story. It's okay, we understand it. I almost did it too.)

There is still no release date for switch, although it points to a launch in 2021 in Windows, Mac and Linux, and you can play a brief demonstration in Itch.IO right now.