Two years after its cell debut, Florence is settling down to inform her story on desktop. Fitting into the size of a lunch break, Mountains’ brief visible novel displays on the little moments of life and love – contemplating all the things from settling down for lunch with a crush, taking telephone calls out of your mum, to getting dressed for the day forward, all informed by way of interactive puzzles which can be extra vignette than problem. It’s a delight, one you may take a look at in your pc display screen right this moment.
Headed up by Monument Valley designer Ken Wong, Florence tells a slice of life story across the eponymous Florence Yeoh – and the way an opportunity encounter with a cello participant “changes everything about how she sees the world.”
Notably, Florence used easy little puzzles to fill out its vignettes – piecing collectively conversational responses, for instance, or wiping away at a mirror till Florence sees her idealised self. It did fairly rattling properly for itself on cell too, snagging dozens of awards together with a BAFTA for Best Mobile Game and an Apple Design Award.
Does it lose a few of that tactile finger-wiping interplay within the soar to PC? Perhaps, but it surely’s the type of factor I’d like to spend a half-hour with on a snug night, cosied as much as my PC with a pleasant cuppa.
It’s actually one to take a look at for followers of brief, intimate games like Angela He’s reflection on love and communication, Mixed Messages, or Nina Freeman’s sharp romantic comedy We Met In May. If you’re in search of one thing longer to sink your self into, why not peruse Mexi Gremillion’s rundown of the 10 best visual novels on PC?
Florence is out now on Steam and GOG for £4.79/€4.99/$5.99.
