Hanakotoba
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
Hanakotoba 「花言葉」：directly translated from Japanese, hanakotoba means "flower words", but it is much deeper than using flowers to represent words. Hanakotoba is a nuanced language that communicates emotions and feelings.
Dive into Hanakotoba in this interactive flower shop, and learn about the various meanings of flowers and how they can be used to create empathetic bonds between people.
Controls
- WASD to move, mouse to look around.
- Press 'E' to read about flowers.
- Mouse to click to build flowers.
- Press 'esc' at any time to show your cursor.
- Press 'R' to restart at any time.
NOTE: ACCOUNTED FOR BUGS
- Player can walk between the sunflower and the table and might get stuck.
- Hydrangeas and hyacinths are rendering incorrectly/very transparent.
- 'X' gets larger every time the player clicks out of reading about a flower.
Download
Install instructions
WINDOWS
- Download the _WIN.zip
- Right click the _WIN.zip and "Extract All" to the desired folder
- Double click Hanaya.exe
MAC
- Download the _MAC.zip
- Double click the _MAC.zip in the folder it was downloaded to. It will automatically unzip.
- Right click Hanaya_v.1.0_MAC.app and click "Open"
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I like the idea of a florist simulator cozy game.
Thank you! I really hope to turn this into a bigger project in the future, a florist simulator :D
Very thoughtful. It was interesting to see how the game combines the messages of the flowers and provides a general message conveyed by the bouquet, while seeing which flowers tended to be prioritized in an arrangement. There were a few flowers that were written about but could not able to be added into a bouquet, and I'd love to know more about them. I hope to see more of this in the future!
Pretty looking flowers and cozy atmosphere. Thanks to this game, I will be prepared if I ever receive 365 roses at once.
Very pretty and informative game. Now I know what kind of bouquets to get people!