GardenBuddies

In this relaxing life simulator you help Mutsy (a small apple buddy) to get friends, party hard, create a lush garden, build a community, and find inner piece! 
Have comforting conversations with a wild variety of kind and fun characters, plant flowers and build structures to make this empty garden feel like a home while learning techniques to battle stress and anxiety!

Move by holding the middle mouse button and dragging 
Rotate  by holding the right mouse button and dragging
Zoom in by scrolling your mousewheel
Click on the Buddies to follow, talk and dance!

The game takes about 30 minutes to fully complete!
The game can be completely played with 1 hand and doesn't require intense gaming skills, this is a calm and relaxing little experience!

This game was made for the "May Day Mental Health game jam" with our main goal being to not only make this a fun game but to also to teach the player how to better deal with stress and anxiety.

In the game we teach the player techniques like box breathing, grounding and discussing emotions while still keeping the game entertaining and cute! We tried to make the game as positive as possible, and we think it really shows!  

We would love to see your garden! So make sure to share your lush creations with us on Twitter on @Jam_Pics on twitter or @TimBuhrs !

Goodluck with helping Mutsy and have a relaxing and healing game experience!
Be kind to yourself!

- The JAM Boys - Tim Buhrs & Jordy de Waal

All the art was made by us in these two weeks. With only the grass shader, and addition background elements being assets used under an appropriate license.
Music by: Alexander Blu https://alexanderblumusic.com/