In her old age, she has been unable to keep the park running and she needs you to craft materials to build and mend her once-bustling business.ĭeveloped by Fabian Weibel, Haven Park touches on a familiar story of passing on a generational legacy. You play as Flint, a young yellow bird who’s tasked with restoring his Grandma’s park. Haven Park is a game about exploring a tiny island. PLATFROM/S: Steam, Nintendo Switch THE STORY OF HAVEN PARK STORY: Play as Flint, a young bird, as you fulfill your grandmother’s wish to repair and tend to Haven Park. WHAT: A tiny open-world adventure for all the family. If you’re a beginner gamer looking for a short and sweet game to get started with you’re going to delight in playing Haven Park.
For such a simplistic game it took me by surprise!Īt this point, I’m certain cozy game developers are on a mission to make gamers cry! I’ve played countless adorable indie games over the years but Haven Park impacted on me and left big fat tear stains on my cheeks. And when you can’t see your character, it makes it all the more frustrating.Haven Park on the Nintendo Switch is a tiny exploration game with a big heart. But it can be all too easy for Flint to get hung up on a tree or rock, bringing him to a complete stop. This leads to a complaint about the movement. While not always a problem, there are times where you’ll be behind a ledge or tree or other obstacle and are unable to see Flint. It’s always great to see a developer listen to its community.Ī smaller complaint I have would be the camera.
HAVEN PARK REVIEW SWITCH PATCH
Fortunately, as of this writing, Fabien Weibel and Mooneye Studios have just announced their first patch that will add background music. While this does make for a relaxing setting, some light music would’ve definitely helped. Most of the soundtrack consists of ambient noise such as birds chirping, babbling brooks, etc. There isn’t much I can complain about in Haven Park, but as with most games, there are a couple of flaws. One of my personal favourites is a storybook that turns into a “choose your own adventure” that also sends you on a hunt for items to help you progress through the book. There are other quests not tied to campers. And some campers will simply congratulate you on a wonderful job restoring the park. Some campers may mention a rumour of hidden treasure or a crashed plane and ask you to investigate for proof. These can be as simple as a fetch quest or may result in an island-wide game of hide-n-seek. There are also streetlamps, signposts, torches, and fences to repair spread throughout the map.Īs you talk to the campers, some will give you quests.
A display at the bottom of the screen tells you which type of items are needed to make the camper(s) happy and more campers appear (up to 3 depending on the site) as you build up the campgrounds. These resources include: wood, metal, fabric, mushroom, and coins. These are built by using resources that you find as you explore the island. You can pick and choose which ones you would like to build at each site. Once that’s done, a camper will arrive and you will need to build several different structures (tents, BBQ, benches, etc.) to keep them happy. You start by building a campfire in the middle of a circle of stones present at each site. Each site is more or less barren when you first discover them. So, she tasks you with restoring it to its former glory. Unfortunately, Flint’s grandma has gotten to where she can’t really keep up with it anymore and the resort has seen better days.
In Haven Park, you play as Flint, a little bird (…possibly a Kiwi?) who takes over a camping resort that his elderly grandmother has been taking care of for years. That and Animal Crossing serve as the main inspiration behind Haven Park and the developers haven’t been shy about it. One of my favourite games of 2020 was a small indie title called A Short Hike.
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