Blueberry Garden Explained

Blueberry Garden
Developer:Erik Svedäng
Publisher:Erik Svedäng
Release:Windows
June 10, 2009
OS X, Linux
January 24, 2014
Genre:Puzzle-platform

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.

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

The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. 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.[3] 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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GDC: Blueberry Garden wins indie awards . Robert . Purchese . March 27, 2009 . . Gamer Network.
  2. Web site: Game Talk: Developer of else Heart.Break & Blueberry Garden, Erik Svedang Interview with Timothy Courtney . Timothy . Courtney . March 2, 2016 . TimothyCourtney.io . July 9, 2016.
  3. Web site: Hatfield . Daemon . June 25, 2009 . Blueberry Garden Review . April 3, 2018 . . Ziff Davis.