I don't know what to do

[Lady Lavender]

I don't know what all this stuff is for. I watered plants and got a map but I don't know what it is for or what to do with it. I used the magnifying glass to get a vague description of plants. That's it. I feel so lost and clueless. Am I missing a tutorial or something?

[zephyr_goldwing]

No tutorial; there's a lot of casual exploration - and a hint button if you're really stuck for what to do next. This is very much a puzzle game, so do poke things and see what areas on the screen can be interacted with. As a hint, you're running a shop, perhaps the bell on the counter has a purpose? :)

[kevinshow]

At first I just explored randomly, not knowing if any spot was a place to visit or not. And it might be that it is later on, but if you just visit randomly, you might not find something.

The first letter tells you about a city. Go visit that city on the map.

The book that helps you ID plants is also in the drawer under neath the area where the bell is. Click that drawer open and read the book to help identify some early plants to give to the visitors / customers.

I haven't figured out how to label the plants so that I don't have to remember them, but that's probably just a matter of time now to learn that part.

That should help with the basic things of understanding what to do in the game. Basically, read letters, get clues on where to visit, help the customers out by identifying the plants in some way, and progress onwards in the game.

Based on this kind of thing of seeing what is happening in the first 30 or 60 minutes (depends on how long it takes you to figure things out), I don't know if there's something like open-world / random replayability in the game since so far, things are happening in the same sequence.

[amenogrey]

Originally posted by navorskatie:

I haven't figured out how to label the plants so that I don't have to remember them, but that's probably just a matter of time now to learn that part.

In the side drawer there are some tags. Once you suspect, or know, what the name is, you can drag the plant down to the tags (or the tags to the plant) and it will pop up a little window that lets you enter the name, as well as set one of three colors.

[Lady Lavender]

Thanks y'all, you've helped quite a bit. Perhaps someday someone will come up with a beginner's guide that explains the basics. That would be nice.

Edited to add:
I just noticed that in their review on the first page, Canary has given great tips for beginners. Very helpful!

[Sakito]

Originally posted by amenogrey:

Originally posted by navorskatie:

I haven't figured out how to label the plants so that I don't have to remember them, but that's probably just a matter of time now to learn that part.

In the side drawer there are some tags. Once you suspect, or know, what the name is, you can drag the plant down to the tags (or the tags to the plant) and it will pop up a little window that lets you enter the name, as well as set one of three colors.

In the options you can also click the option for auto-labeling the plants when you have identified them.

[Lady Lavender]

Originally posted by Sakito:

Originally posted by amenogrey:

In the side drawer there are some tags. Once you suspect, or know, what the name is, you can drag the plant down to the tags (or the tags to the plant) and it will pop up a little window that lets you enter the name, as well as set one of three colors.

In the options you can also click the option for auto-labeling the plants when you have identified them.

OH heck YEAH! Thanks for that!