in a whole crowd of indie games aiming to be comfy wholesome tearjerker Whatever this stands above a lot of them. feels like a rly rly good kids movie, with a mix of lighthearted silly breeziness, soulful beauty, and fairy tale familiarity. that last one especially rly rly seals it for me...its genuinely so hard to convey a narrative in a way where it Feels like a fairy tale, theres more to it then just making something simple and archetypal. im not even sure what the ingredients rly are...tho i can point to the integration of curiosity and magic into everyday life (make sure to turn off the lights when u leave the room!), and the earnest depiction of spiritual pilgrimage and ascension...went in expecting a nice diversion, and was mostly feeling that thru the opening hour, but it just wore down my defenses more and more and i Did cry. an uncommonly warm video game, achieving what many other games strive for strenuously with what feels like the casual but all-consuming narrative gravity of a parent telling a bedtime story. dedicated squeak button is rly nice too