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Garden of Butterflies

The game Garden of Butterflies follows Rafaela on a journey of personal growth as she helps nature and her friends. Shrinking down and exploring her garden from a tiny perspective, she embarks on a unique visual and narrative experience, showing that everyone has the potential for great change.

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Besouroterra
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About the Game

Within her own garden, amidst soil and roots, there exists an abundant and nearly unexplored kingdom, full of secrets and challenges, where small lives can change an entire world.

Play as Rafaela - After falling from her window while trying to catch a butterfly, and mysteriously waking up tiny in her enormous garden, Rafaela must discover how to help her new insect companions and find a way to return to her normal size.

Uncover the mysteries of the evil plaguing the Lull Shire and discover the tragic fate of the Village of the Sun. Learn how a single evil can abruptly end many lives, and how these seemingly insignificant lives can be essential to the well-being of an entire ecosystem.

Jardim das Borboletas is a 2D Metroidvania-style platformer adventure that presents an interconnected, magical, and vibrant world inspired by nature. You will explore vast environments, solve puzzles, and face mystical creatures as you fight to restore balance to a threatened enchanted garden.

MAIN FEATURES

  • Explore Rafaela's Garden Non-linearly - Walk along paths, logs, and branches, facing enemies, traps, and secret passages.

  • Dynamic Combat - Use your pin and slingshot to battle crawling, hopping, slimy, and multi-limbed enemies.

  • Epic Bosses - Progress by defeating challenging bosses, each with unique moves. They are obstacles between you and your goal—earn your right to victory.

  • Uncover the Garden's Mysteries - Explore and understand the story of this world, so common to our eyes, from a tiny perspective. Why are these insects attacking? Where are the Monarch Butterflies? Who is the Hooded One? Play to discover these and many other intriguing mysteries.

  • Artistic Style - Every scene, character, and enemy is carefully drawn in pixel art, creating a visually stunning and detailed environment that captivates and immerses the player.

  • Soundtrack - The original soundtrack, specially composed for the game, complements the immersive experience, providing moments of tension, tranquility, and reflection that align with the narrative.

  • Charismatic and Captivating Characters - Meet a variety of unique characters that influence the story and help Rafaela in her mission, with deep dialogues and interaction options.

  • Puzzles - Solve clever puzzles, using new abilities to progress, unlock secrets, and restore balance in the garden.

  • Storytelling Items - Collect objects and relics with revealing descriptions, offering insights into the history of this universe. Each item brings fragments of the past, helping to understand the characters' motivations and the garden’s mysteries, which you can use to write the future.

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