Blueberry Garden
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Developer(s) | Erik Svedäng |
Publisher(s) | Erik Svedäng |
Platform(s) | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X |
Release | Windows June 10, 2009 OS X, Linux January 24, 2014 |
Genre(s) | Puzzle-platform |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Blueberry Garden is a puzzle-platform game. It was developed by Erik Svedäng and released on June 10, 2009, for Microsoft Windows, and on January 24, 2014, for Mac OS X and Linux via Steam. It has a piano soundtrack written by Daduk. It is the winner of Seumas McNally Grand Prize for "Best Independent Game" at the 2009 Independent Games Festival.[1] The game's soundtrack partially inspired that of Minecraft, composed by C418.
Gameplay
Development
When developer Erik Svedang was asked in an interview about the art creation for the game, he replied "The coloring is in Photoshop actually. But the lines are markers on paper."[2]
Reception
Aggregator | Score |
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Metacritic | 68/100[3] |
Publication | Score |
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Edge | 5/10[4] |
GameSpot | 5/10[5] |
IGN | 6/10[6] |
PC Gamer (UK) | 79%[7] |
PC Gamer (US) | 86%[8] |
PC Zone | 68%[9] |
The A.V. Club | B[10] |
The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[3] Writing for IGN, Daemon Hatfield rated the game a 6/10, "Okay" on the site. Hatfield felt the game play was boring, but praised the art and music.[6] Kevin VanOrd of GameSpot rated the game 5/10, criticizing the gameplay and saying that the game was not worth the money spent on it.[5]
References
- ^ Purchese, Robert (March 27, 2009). "GDC: Blueberry Garden wins indie awards". Eurogamer. Gamer Network.
- ^ Courtney, Timothy (March 2, 2016). "Game Talk: Developer of else Heart.Break() & Blueberry Garden, Erik Svedang Interview with Timothy Courtney". TimothyCourtney.io. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
- ^ a b "Blueberry Garden for PC Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
- ^ Edge staff (September 2009). "Blueberry Garden". Edge. No. 205. Future plc. p. 100.
- ^ a b VanOrd, Kevin (June 19, 2009). "Blueberry Garden Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
- ^ a b Hatfield, Daemon (June 25, 2009). "Blueberry Garden Review". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
- ^ "Blueberry Garden". PC Gamer UK. Future plc. September 2009. p. 88.
- ^ "Blueberry Garden". PC Gamer. Vol. 16, no. 9. Future US. September 2009. p. 76.
- ^ "PC Review: Blueberry Garden". PC Zone. Future plc. October 2009. p. 70.
- ^ Dahlen, Chris (June 15, 2009). "Blueberry Garden". The A.V. Club. The Onion. Archived from the original on June 16, 2009. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
External links
- Official website
- Blueberry Garden at MobyGames
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