Townscaper

Townscaper is the perfect game if you’re looking for a way to relax and unwind while flexing your creative muscles. The mechanics may be limited, but the game itself is absolutely limitless. Townscaper is like a nice warm batch of cookies from grandma, and I can already tell I will be returning quite often to the comforts I found while playing.

Philosophical question: is it better for a game to do one thing really well, or several things with a moderate degree of success? Would you rather eat at a (pre-COVID-19) buffet, where the chicken is delicious but the potato salad tastes like old socks, or at a fancy restaurant where all they do is serve a square of concentrated perfection that melts in your mouth? Townscaper has a limited feature set, but you won’t find a more relaxing way to spend a few minutes.

Townscaper is less of a game, more of a tool to simply play around with. It has no goal either, but that is part of its almost hypnotic charm at being an enjoyable experience that allows us to simply play around as we see fit.

A pleasant toy for building your own idyllic seaside getaways.

Townscaper is a title full of potential that will sadly never get realized. It sums itself up better than I can, as "…an experimental passion project. More of

This is an art toy to savour, and a time-waster of great power.