Two months had passed since the release of 《FRONTIER SAGA》.
The volunteer Wiki had given up on a conventional strategy chart by the fourth day after release, and even after that, they continued to update a page called “List of Confirmed Possibilities,” though it was unclear whether it was strategy information or a record of observations.
There was someone who defeated the Demon King head-on.
There was someone who caused the Demon King’s army to collapse through the economy.
There were people who were supposed to be just raising a village but ended up turning five countries into enemies, and in the end, there were even people who ended the war by marrying the Demon King.
Even now, two months after its release, new reports on FRONTIER SAGA were being posted almost every day. The volunteer Wiki administrators had also stopped using the term “complete strategy” a long time ago.
One day, without any warning, a new item appeared on the work page of YU, the developer who had created such a game.
There was no preview video.
There were no exaggerated announcements.
Someone who was looking at new works just happened to find it.
《Pettan Forest》
Price: Free.
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[Good news] YU’s new work is coming
7: Anonymous Descendant 16:08:11.42 ID:Q7mC3fJa0
YU’s work page has a new entry
A new work called “Pettan Forest”
And it’s free
24: Anonymous Descendant 16:08:35.71 ID:n8PaL2Wd0
Huh?
It’s only been two months since SAGA came out.
I haven’t even finished the Northern Front in my world.
41: Anonymous Descendant 16:08:59.18 ID:K4vNw8Bj0
You can make a game in two months?
57: Anonymous Descendant 16:09:22.63 ID:P0Aq7Hmx0
Not normally
And before that, he made 《FRONTIER SAGA》.
73: Anonymous Descendant 16:09:46.27 ID:n8PaL2Wd0
What genre?
Even looking at the screenshot, all I can see is a white circle in the forest.
91: Anonymous Descendant 16:10:12.06 ID:Q7mC3fJa0
The description
“Let’s stick together with our forest friends”
That’s all
108: Anonymous Descendant 16:10:29.88 ID:K4vNw8Bj0
Read it again
126: Anonymous Descendant 16:10:44.23 ID:Q7mC3fJa0
“Let’s stick together with our forest friends” and that’s all
143: Anonymous Descendant 16:11:03.67 ID:P0Aq7Hmx0
Hiragana…
The guy who even calculated the credit of each country’s currency
has suddenly lost all his vocabulary
161: Anonymous Descendant 16:11:27.74 ID:tU1bV5xC0
Are there any other screenshots?
177: Anonymous Descendant 16:11:45.89 ID:Q7mC3fJa0
Just one
It’s white and round and looks like the main character.
There’s a bug that looks like a balloon
195: Anonymous Descendant 16:12:07.31 ID:Wm9rPk7A0
SAGA: “As the war dragged on, fish prices at the port rose.”
Same author: “Let’s stick together with our forest friends”
213: Anonymous Descendant 16:12:30.18 ID:ue8Nz4Yw0
Aren’t you tired?
We’re tired just from playing.
229: Anonymous Descendant 16:12:55.07 ID:HvR6aW1d0
He’s still adjusting the previous work, too.
246: Anonymous Descendant 16:13:18.36 ID:Sx8MnPq90
It’s in there
The period until prices stabilize after a major war.
NPC escort pace when traveling long distances, etc.
Modifications for ease of play
264: Anonymous Descendant 16:13:42.70 ID:HvR6aW1d0
So he was making this while looking after the previous work?
I don’t get it
281: Faculty of Economics Niki 16:14:06.53 ID:yM8qF0Hd0
Is there currency?
298: Anonymous Descendant 16:14:23.81 ID:n8PaL2Wd0
You’re still here?
Read the description
It’s a game where you bond with your forest friends.
316: Faculty of Economics Niki 16:14:46.67 ID:yM8qF0Hd0
Exchange and distribution also exist in the forest.
It’s too early to conclude that there’s no economy.
333: Anonymous Descendant 16:15:02.49 ID:K4vNw8Bj0
A game aimed at three-year-olds
Don’t expect a floating exchange rate system
351: Anonymous Descendant 16:15:23.93 ID:2gNfH6qE0
It’s free, so it’s quicker to just download it.
367: Faculty of Economics Niki 16:15:41.27 ID:yM8qF0Hd0
Already downloaded
384: Anonymous Descendant 16:15:59.74 ID:GsQ3cM7v0
You guys are always so cautious
But only your purchasing and downloading is unusually fast.
402: Anonymous Descendant 16:16:19.38 ID:K4vNw8Bj0
You won’t understand YU’s works unless you step into them yourself.
Learned that from the previous work
418: Anonymous Descendant 16:16:35.62 ID:mE2sY7Ua0
Can you call that learning?
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An hour later.
A dedicated thread had already been created.
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[First look] Pettan Forest, what kind of game is this?
11: Anonymous Descendant 17:13:07.41 ID:R4mQ8xLs0
Started it
I thought the title appeared for a second, but then I was thrown out into the forest.
Where are the instructions?
29: Anonymous Descendant 17:13:29.16 ID:cF7nP2Wa0
I’m playing it now too
You can move the white circle in the middle
So maybe that’s the main character
I figured out walking and jumping
48: Anonymous Descendant 17:13:51.77 ID:H9qM3vRc0
Aren’t there too many buttons?
I only really use about three.
65: Anonymous Descendant 17:14:10.95 ID:cF7nP2Wa0
Move
Jump
Mystery button
Nothing happens if I press it in an empty spot.
83: Anonymous Descendant 17:14:33.82 ID:T2mX8qPv0
There’s a bug that looks like a balloon nearby.
Get next to it and press the mystery button
101: Anonymous Descendant 17:14:55.24 ID:cF7nP2Wa0
Did it
It stuck to my side
What’s this, it’s kinda cute
118: Anonymous Descendant 17:15:15.70 ID:T2mX8qPv0
Now just move
136: Anonymous Descendant 17:15:37.61 ID:cF7nP2Wa0
It floated lol
When I jumped, it went higher
154: Anonymous Descendant 17:15:57.04 ID:H9qM3vRc0
Someone’s already lost sight of the goal within the first five minutes.
171: Anonymous Descendant 17:16:16.32 ID:R4mQ8xLs0
Does this bug have an official name?
I’m already calling it balloon bug
188: Anonymous Descendant 17:16:35.13 ID:T2mX8qPv0
No name is displayed
That doesn’t mean you can call it whatever you like.
206: Anonymous Descendant 17:16:57.84 ID:M5pN1rQc0
There’s also a round guy with a shell on its back.
When I stuck to it, it curled up and started rolling.
222: Anonymous Descendant 17:17:16.91 ID:H9qM3vRc0
Can you control it?
239: Anonymous Descendant 17:17:36.88 ID:M5pN1rQc0
Not completely
I can change direction a bit.
When I hit a cracked rock with it, the rock broke.
258: Anonymous Descendant 17:17:58.13 ID:R4mQ8xLs0
I see.
Balloon → fly
Shell → destroy rocks
Is that how it works?
275: Anonymous Descendant 17:18:20.75 ID:V8xL2mFa0
Stick to a fish
and you can swim in the water
293: Anonymous Descendant 17:18:40.22 ID:H9qM3vRc0
It’s like a game where you advance by borrowing the abilities of living things.
310: Anonymous Descendant 17:19:02.70 ID:R4mQ8xLs0
Maybe
But the game never explained that.
328: Anonymous Descendant 17:19:28.45 ID:L6qR0mNs0
Too little explanation
Isn’t it more confusing for people who aren’t used to games?
347: Anonymous Descendant 17:19:50.06 ID:T2mX8qPv0
That’s what I noticed too
The balloons are always floating
The fish are swimming
The shell guy is hitting rocks
What you see is what it does
365: Anonymous Descendant 17:20:12.38 ID:M5pN1rQc0
The shell guy, even before the player touches it,
is running into cracked rocks
382: Anonymous Descendant 17:20:32.92 ID:L6qR0mNs0
So it’s not that there’s no tutorial.
The movement of the creatures is the tutorial?
399: Anonymous Descendant 17:20:53.25 ID:H9qM3vRc0
Unusually, on the very first day of release,
we’re talking about game design.
416: Anonymous Descendant 17:21:08.91 ID:R4mQ8xLs0
What about Faculty of Economics Niki?
434: Faculty of Economics Niki 17:21:30.77 ID:yM8qF0Hd0
I went around the forest looking for currency, but I couldn’t find any.
Instead, I discovered that if you attach two balloon bugs,
you can fly quite high.
451: Anonymous Descendant 17:21:49.03 ID:H9qM3vRc0
You’re just having fun, aren’t you?
467: Faculty of Economics Niki 17:22:05.61 ID:yM8qF0Hd0
This is interesting in itself
485: Anonymous Descendant 17:22:21.80 ID:T2mX8qPv0
Adapting way too quickly
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As early as that night, reports of clears began to come in.
And the more someone had enjoyed the previous work, the more they were left tilting their head after seeing the ending.
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[Confused] Is this the end for Pettan Forest?
13: Anonymous Descendant 22:08:02.44 ID:Y5mQ2rLc0
I think I cleared it
Go to the big rainbow-colored tree you can see in the distance
Open the door at its base and there’s a short cutscene
About 20 minutes of play time
31: Anonymous Descendant 22:08:24.61 ID:N8pX3mVa0
Isn’t that too quick?
Is there a hidden area?
48: Anonymous Descendant 22:08:44.18 ID:Y5mQ2rLc0
Don’t know yet
It’s short if you just head for the goal normally.
67: Anonymous Descendant 22:09:00.83 ID:K1qM7fPs0
What about the Demon King?
82: Anonymous Descendant 22:09:13.47 ID:N8pX3mVa0
It’s not that kind of game
96: Anonymous Descendant 22:09:32.26 ID:L4mR9xQc0
What about elements where you dig into history books and NPC conversations?
113: Anonymous Descendant 22:09:49.91 ID:Y5mQ2rLc0
I don’t think it was built in that direction.
Walk through the forest
Cling to living things
A game where you borrow their abilities
129: Anonymous Descendant 22:10:04.18 ID:K1qM7fPs0
What about the exchange rate?
147: Faculty of Economics Niki 22:10:21.36 ID:yM8qF0Hd0
I gave up
164: Anonymous Descendant 22:10:38.71 ID:N8pX3mVa0
He finally gave up
182: Anonymous Descendant 22:11:01.44 ID:F6xP2mRs0
Honestly, it’s a bit of a letdown
It’s free so there’s nothing to lose.
The controls feel quite good
But it’s after SAGA.
I thought he’d still be hiding something
201: Anonymous Descendant 22:11:25.08 ID:L4mR9xQc0
I get it
I searched the first forest for 40 minutes
looking for historical documents somewhere.
217: Anonymous Descendant 22:11:42.90 ID:K1qM7fPs0
Did something happen?
234: Anonymous Descendant 22:11:58.36 ID:L4mR9xQc0
Cute mushrooms were growing in clusters
251: Anonymous Descendant 22:12:11.77 ID:N8pX3mVa0
Good
267: Anonymous Descendant 22:12:32.50 ID:V9mQ1rWa0
Honestly, it’s a relief
If every game is SAGA level, I won’t have time for anything.
I’ve already played the previous game for 150 hours on my saves alone.
285: Anonymous Descendant 22:12:57.03 ID:F6xP2mRs0
But
I think it’s normal for people who had high expectations because “it’s YU, so there should be something” to feel unsatisfied.
303: Anonymous Descendant 22:13:19.72 ID:Y5mQ2rLc0
Being free and the impression it leaves are separate things.
Same for me for now
My impression is that it’s a “very carefully made game for children”
321: Anonymous Descendant 22:13:41.93 ID:V9mQ1rWa0
Explanation in hiragana
Almost no text
It seems very consciously aimed at children.
338: Anonymous Descendant 22:14:01.07 ID:K1qM7fPs0
I cleared it though
I’m trying to see if I can stick three balloon bugs together.
354: Anonymous Descendant 22:14:17.14 ID:N8pX3mVa0
For what?
371: Anonymous Descendant 22:14:32.58 ID:K1qM7fPs0
Maybe I can fly higher
388: Anonymous Descendant 22:14:48.35 ID:F6xP2mRs0
You’ve already played for more than 20 minutes since clearing it.
405: Anonymous Descendant 22:15:01.99 ID:K1qM7fPs0
……
421: Anonymous Descendant 22:15:16.78 ID:K1qM7fPs0
I won’t deny that
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The next day.
The place where posts about Pettan Forest increased the most was not the game strategy board.
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[Childcare Chat] Has anyone let their kid play Pettan Forest?
18: Anonymous Guardian 09:03:11.72 ID:pK7mQ2La0
I played this with my 3-year-old son yesterday.
It was practically my first time playing a game, so I was planning to teach him as we went.
Once he learned how to stick to the balloon-like bugs and float,
he mostly played on his own
He had no intention of going to the rainbow tree.
He was laughing, floating and falling over and over again.
37: Anonymous Guardian 09:03:42.58 ID:R4xN8mVc0
He did the same thing for about an hour?
I think I’d get bored
54: Anonymous Guardian 09:04:03.35 ID:pK7mQ2La0
When he got bored, he moved on to the shell guy.
He rammed the rocks in the forest headfirst.
He tried every one of them, even the unbreakable rocks.
73: Anonymous Guardian 09:04:29.16 ID:T6qM1pRs0
My four-year-old is similar too.
The rainbow tree is right there in view
When I said, “Aren’t you going over there?”
I got an angry “I’m not going yet.”
90: Anonymous Guardian 09:04:47.83 ID:R4xN8mVc0
The parent is the one rushing to clear it.
107: Anonymous Guardian 09:05:00.52 ID:T6qM1pRs0
I’m reflecting on that…
124: Anonymous Guardian 09:05:22.34 ID:V8mP3xQa0
Four-year-old daughter
She can barely read yet
I thought she couldn’t play alone
But in the first place, there’s almost nothing to read.
Before I can explain,
she finds moving creatures and goes to touch them.
143: Anonymous Guardian 09:05:47.69 ID:L2qF7mNc0
Doesn’t she get stuck when she doesn’t understand something?
160: Anonymous Guardian 09:06:09.15 ID:V8mP3xQa0
So far it’s fine
Even if you fail, you just go back to a nearby spot.
She tries things herself before asking.
178: Anonymous Guardian 09:06:29.88 ID:M5xR0qLs0
When we try to teach them,
we get told the opposite: “That’s wrong!”
Yesterday, my son taught me how to break rocks with a shell.
196: Anonymous Guardian 09:06:45.57 ID:R4xN8mVc0
At that age, they finish an explanation with just “Like this!”
214: Anonymous Guardian 09:07:08.13 ID:M5xR0qLs0
My son was also better with the fish.
A parent’s dignity is at risk
231: Anonymous Guardian 09:07:20.46 ID:pK7mQ2La0
Mine disappeared yesterday
248: Anonymous Guardian 09:07:42.80 ID:T6qM1pRs0
But being told by a child,
“Look at this,” so many times is refreshing.
It feels less like teaching and more like being shown their discoveries.
265: Anonymous Guardian 09:08:01.25 ID:V8mP3xQa0
I get that
Instead of asking, “Did you complete the game?”, I now ask, “What did you find today?”
283: Anonymous Guardian 09:08:23.49 ID:L2qF7mNc0
Are there any drawbacks?
301: Anonymous Guardian 09:08:45.72 ID:pK7mQ2La0
It’s hard to know when to stop
I said, “One more float and that’s it,”
and then it turned into looking for balloon bugs and got extended by 15 minutes.
319: Anonymous Guardian 09:09:02.63 ID:M5xR0qLs0
That’s not the game, that’s a 3-year-old’s spec.
336: Anonymous Guardian 09:09:20.17 ID:R4xN8mVc0
Are there any plans to fix it?
352: Anonymous Guardian 09:09:37.88 ID:M5xR0qLs0
It will be gradually adjusted over about 18 years.
369: Anonymous Guardian 09:09:53.01 ID:T6qM1pRs0
That’s a long update cycle
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A few days later, the topic made its way to the strategy board.
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[Mystery] Pettan Forest is weirdly popular on the parenting board
9: Anonymous Descendant 18:12:03.46 ID:G6mQ2rVa0
On the childcare board
Pettan Forest is really taking off.
It seems like little kids are playing it all the time.
27: Anonymous Descendant 18:12:26.15 ID:J4xP8mNc0
Isn’t that normal, since it’s for children?
If you cut the controls down any further,
all that’s left is to put down the controller.
44: Anonymous Descendant 18:12:49.70 ID:G6mQ2rVa0
I thought so too.
There are quite a few reports that children progress ahead of their parents.
62: Anonymous Descendant 18:13:08.31 ID:R7mN1qLs0
For example?
79: Anonymous Descendant 18:13:32.91 ID:G6mQ2rVa0
Me, 32 years old
25 minutes to the Rainbow Tree on my first run
My niece, 5 years old
Just 10 minutes
97: Anonymous Descendant 18:13:47.27 ID:J4xP8mNc0
You’re just bad at it
114: Anonymous Descendant 18:14:02.55 ID:G6mQ2rVa0
I suspected that too at first.
But the way we got past the big guy at the end was completely different.
132: Anonymous Descendant 18:14:22.68 ID:R7mN1qLs0
The guy with the big mouth blocking the road?
The one that pushes you back when you get close
149: Anonymous Descendant 18:14:47.11 ID:G6mQ2rVa0
Yeah
I used the shell beast to knock down a big fruit
and slipped past while it was eating.
167: Anonymous Descendant 18:15:04.86 ID:J4xP8mNc0
I flew over with two balloon bugs
It’s just barely, but you can get through.
184: Anonymous Descendant 18:15:21.33 ID:R7mN1qLs0
And what about your niece?
202: Anonymous Descendant 18:15:42.70 ID:G6mQ2rVa0
The round red guy eating food off the ground nearby,
she took it with her.
I hadn’t touched it because I thought it was part of the background.
219: Anonymous Descendant 18:15:58.27 ID:J4xP8mNc0
You can stick to that?
236: Anonymous Descendant 18:16:17.65 ID:G6mQ2rVa0
It sticks just fine
My niece
said, “I’ll take this one too,” and carried it off.
253: Anonymous Descendant 18:16:33.28 ID:R7mN1qLs0
The goal has changed now.
I wonder if it even helps with the strategy.
270: Anonymous Descendant 18:16:52.87 ID:J4xP8mNc0
So what happened?
287: Anonymous Descendant 18:17:12.42 ID:G6mQ2rVa0
The big guy swallowed the red one whole.
My niece and I both froze.
304: Anonymous Descendant 18:17:26.80 ID:R7mN1qLs0
Don’t let it get eaten in front of a child
322: Anonymous Descendant 18:17:44.95 ID:G6mQ2rVa0
I didn’t feed it to the big guy.
Maybe it squirmed around inside?
The big guy sneezed and threw up.
The red one, unharmed,
went back to eating off the ground.
339: Anonymous Descendant 18:18:01.58 ID:J4xP8mNc0
The red one is tough
356: Anonymous Descendant 18:18:18.97 ID:G6mQ2rVa0
After that, the big one fell asleep for a while.
My niece
said, “It’s asleep,” and walked right past it.
374: Anonymous Descendant 18:18:36.25 ID:R7mN1qLs0
There’s a way through like that?
391: Anonymous Descendant 18:18:54.72 ID:J4xP8mNc0
Did you ask her why she did it?
409: Anonymous Descendant 18:19:12.21 ID:G6mQ2rVa0
“I thought the big guy was hungry.”
426: Anonymous Descendant 18:19:28.76 ID:R7mN1qLs0
……
444: Anonymous Descendant 18:19:45.07 ID:J4xP8mNc0
Me:
Looking for the moment the pushback hitbox ends,
I kept ramming it head-on for about ten minutes.
461: Anonymous Descendant 18:20:01.84 ID:G6mQ2rVa0
Five-year-old:
“I guess you’re hungry.”
Thirty-two-year-old:
“Checking the pushback hitbox cycle”
478: Anonymous Descendant 18:20:17.18 ID:J4xP8mNc0
Stop it
It stings me too
496: Anonymous Descendant 18:20:37.09 ID:V3qM8xLa0
But wasn’t it a one-time coincidence?
If taking the red one along gets you through every time,
then it’s another intended solution
514: Anonymous Descendant 18:20:56.31 ID:R7mN1qLs0
I’ll verify it.
531: Anonymous Descendant 18:21:08.97 ID:J4xP8mNc0
I’m going too
548: Anonymous Descendant 18:21:25.41 ID:V3qM8xLa0
The people who were verifying the survival of nations in SAGA have now started carrying the red circle around.
565: Anonymous Descendant 18:21:40.63 ID:G6mQ2rVa0
It’s peaceful now
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Two hours later.
This time, a verification thread for carrying the round red creature had actually been created.
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[Verification] How many ways are there to get past the big guy blocking the road?
12: Anonymous Descendant 20:27:11.60 ID:J4xP8mNc0
Method: bring the red circle
Reproduced it just fine
It’s a bit of a hassle to carry because it stops at food along the way.
Take it in front of the big guy
↓
Swallowed
↓
Sneeze
↓
Spat out
↓
Unharmed
29: Anonymous Descendant 20:27:33.14 ID:M8qR2mVc0
So that’s the official strategy?
47: Anonymous Descendant 20:27:54.87 ID:V3qM8xLa0
Does the phrase “official strategy”
even fit this game?
It’s just one of the ways through, isn’t it?
64: Anonymous Descendant 20:28:15.36 ID:J4xP8mNc0
True
Same with dropping fruit with the shell
The game doesn’t tell you which one is correct.
82: Anonymous Descendant 20:28:34.91 ID:T5mN7qLs0
Reproduced going over the top with two balloons
If you miss the landing, you’re brought back in a bubble.
It works fine after a few tries
101: Anonymous Descendant 20:28:56.13 ID:M8qR2mVc0
Those bubbles are so important.
Even if you fall or drown,
no game over, you just go back somewhere nearby
118: Anonymous Descendant 20:29:16.84 ID:V3qM8xLa0
Maybe that’s why it’s easy for kids to try it out.
136: Anonymous Descendant 20:29:40.71 ID:F2xQ9mPa0
I found another one
If you hit the tree in front of the road with the shell,
the fruit falls along with a branch
153: Anonymous Descendant 20:29:55.66 ID:T5mN7qLs0
So?
170: Anonymous Descendant 20:30:12.83 ID:F2xQ9mPa0
Drag the branch in front of the big guy
it goes after it, and I passed through the gap when it turned sideways.
188: Anonymous Descendant 20:30:29.26 ID:M8qR2mVc0
So messy, grass
205: Anonymous Descendant 20:30:44.47 ID:F2xQ9mPa0
It got through, so it’s fine
223: Anonymous Descendant 20:31:05.18 ID:K9mP1rXa0
I kept pushing from the front
I got through it in about 6 minutes.
Every time it shifted a little, I got in front of it again.
It finally moved to the side
241: Anonymous Descendant 20:31:22.04 ID:T5mN7qLs0
There’s even a brute-force method?
258: Anonymous Descendant 20:31:39.53 ID:V3qM8xLa0
In the first place
we’ve been calling it the “boss,”
but the game never treated it as an enemy.
275: Anonymous Descendant 20:31:56.71 ID:M8qR2mVc0
……
292: Anonymous Descendant 20:32:12.66 ID:J4xP8mNc0
There’s no attack button
309: Anonymous Descendant 20:32:29.17 ID:T5mN7qLs0
Just a big creature on the road
Did we just label it as an obstacle?
327: Anonymous Descendant 20:32:50.38 ID:V3qM8xLa0
If you think about it that way,
maybe the niece’s “I wonder if it’s hungry” is more natural.
344: Anonymous Descendant 20:33:11.51 ID:L6mQ3xNc0
I don’t think it’s right to call it the correct answer just because a child did it.
Adults can see it as a living thing too.
And children can just play it normally too.
363: Anonymous Descendant 20:33:33.75 ID:V3qM8xLa0
>>344
That’s right
“Adults are no good, children are geniuses”
Once it turns into that, it suddenly gets fishy.
379: Anonymous Descendant 20:33:54.08 ID:M8qR2mVc0
If you’re used to games,
Goal
Obstacle
Correct steps
It’s easy to start thinking in those terms
398: Anonymous Descendant 20:34:14.65 ID:T5mN7qLs0
I feel like the kids are thinking more about “I wonder what will happen if I do this” than “Is it useful for strategy?”
416: Anonymous Descendant 20:34:32.16 ID:J4xP8mNc0
Me:
I was looking for a strategy thread an hour after release.
I have nothing to say
432: Anonymous Descendant 20:34:49.53 ID:F2xQ9mPa0
SAGA trained us too well.
Stay somewhere for just one night
and a fort falls two weeks later.
451: Anonymous Descendant 20:35:09.64 ID:K9mP1rXa0
The players’ wariness that got broken in the previous game
gets restored to “just touch anything” in the next work, is the theory.
469: Anonymous Descendant 20:35:25.77 ID:M8qR2mVc0
Did you just try to say something nice?
486: Anonymous Descendant 20:35:39.52 ID:K9mP1rXa0
A little
503: Anonymous Descendant 20:35:53.95 ID:T5mN7qLs0
Seventy points
520: Anonymous Descendant 20:36:07.42 ID:K9mP1rXa0
Surprisingly high
◇
After that, the number of reports about children continued to increase.
However, the topics being talked about weren’t the fastest way to clear the game or how to conquer a high difficulty level. In fact, ways of playing that had nothing to do with reaching the rainbow tree were brought to the bulletin board one after another.
◇
[Report] The kids won’t clear the game at all
17: Anonymous Descendant 13:02:19.26 ID:B6mQ2rXa0
I had my nephew and niece play it at my brother and his wife’s house.
An hour and a half has passed
They still haven’t gone to the Rainbow Tree.
They’re not lost, they’re playing in the pond
36: Anonymous Descendant 13:02:38.71 ID:N4xP8mLc0
What are they doing?
53: Anonymous Descendant 13:02:57.82 ID:B6mQ2rXa0
Swim with a fish
↓
Let go and return to shore
↓
Look for a different fish
They cheer every time they find a fast fish
Me: “Are you going to the Rainbow Tree?”
Nephew: “Later”
71: Anonymous Descendant 13:03:13.60 ID:N4xP8mLc0
The goal has been put on the back burner lol
88: Anonymous Descendant 13:03:31.15 ID:T9mR1qVs0
My daughter is trying to see how many balloon bugs she can stick together.
Two works
She’s having a hard time with the third one.
106: Anonymous Descendant 13:03:47.36 ID:B6mQ2rXa0
Can you even do three?
123: Anonymous Descendant 13:04:02.22 ID:T9mR1qVs0
I don’t know
When I tried to help,
she said, “I’ll do it myself,” and took the controller away.
140: Anonymous Descendant 13:04:17.89 ID:N4xP8mLc0
Parent expelled from the strategy
157: Anonymous Descendant 13:04:36.51 ID:M3qN7xPa0
My nephew is looking for unbreakable rocks.
He’s ramming the shell into the rocks in the forest one after another.
I asked him what he was doing.
He told me, “This is hard. This one can break.”
175: Anonymous Descendant 13:04:53.13 ID:B6mQ2rXa0
He’s verifying things properly.
193: Anonymous Descendant 13:05:10.75 ID:N4xP8mLc0
Five-year-old’s verification memo:
“This is hard.”
Us:
“Twenty-seven trials to confirm conditional differences”
210: Anonymous Descendant 13:05:25.88 ID:M3qN7xPa0
If we have the same purpose, we’re friends.
228: Anonymous Descendant 13:05:45.43 ID:L8mF2qRc0
I think it’s wrong to treat children’s ways of playing as sacred.
My son goes straight to the rainbow tree
and starts a second run as soon as he clears it
245: Anonymous Descendant 13:06:04.09 ID:T9mR1qVs0
That’s the normal way to play
263: Anonymous Descendant 13:06:22.41 ID:L8mF2qRc0
In the end,
it’s fine to go for the goal
It’s fine to take detours
It’s just that repeating the same thing is also fine
281: Anonymous Descendant 13:06:38.74 ID:N4xP8mLc0
Written that way, it’s a very simple game.
298: Anonymous Descendant 13:06:55.56 ID:B6mQ2rXa0
It’s been exactly what the title said from the beginning.
Just hang out with your forest friends
315: Anonymous Descendant 13:07:14.22 ID:Q5xM9mVa0
I’m 32 though
I spent an hour and a half yesterday flying over the tree with balloon bugs.
332: Anonymous Descendant 13:07:29.04 ID:N4xP8mLc0
So you’re a kid too?
349: Anonymous Descendant 13:07:44.71 ID:Q5xM9mVa0
It was fun, so it’s fine
◇
One week after release.
On the strategy board, where people had initially written that it was “too easy” and “there aren’t many elements,” views began to change little by little.
◇
[Re-evaluation] Pettan Forest isn’t simplistic, it’s been deliberately pared down?
8: Anonymous Descendant 19:11:08.20 ID:C7mQ3xLa0
After playing it for a week, I thought
this game,
rather than being “a simple game he made,”
has had the things that might make you get stuck playing alone
removed one by one?
25: Anonymous Descendant 19:11:31.74 ID:R5xN8mPc0
What do you mean?
44: Anonymous Descendant 19:11:56.61 ID:C7mQ3xLa0
No level up
No equipment selection
No complicated menus
There’s almost no text you have to read to proceed.
Even if you fail, you don’t lose much.
When you stick to something,
what happens is pretty much what it looks like
At first I thought there weren’t many elements.
But there seems to be a reason why there are so few
63: Anonymous Descendant 19:12:20.03 ID:L9qM1rVs0
I understand, but
I think he’s left out too much explanation.
There will always be people who quit because they don’t know what to do.
80: Anonymous Descendant 19:12:39.31 ID:R5xN8mPc0
I agree with that
“It’s made so you can understand it by touching it” and “everyone can understand it” are different things
96: Anonymous Descendant 19:12:59.52 ID:H2mP7qWa0
When I let my mom play it,
she walked through the forest without noticing the first balloon bug.
113: Anonymous Descendant 19:13:16.77 ID:C7mQ3xLa0
A game that gets harder the older the player is
128: Anonymous Descendant 19:13:31.29 ID:R5xN8mPc0
How old is your mom?
145: Anonymous Descendant 19:13:46.48 ID:H2mP7qWa0
62
162: Anonymous Descendant 19:14:02.33 ID:L9qM1rVs0
The scope of verification is rapidly expanding.
180: Anonymous Descendant 19:14:26.40 ID:C7mQ3xLa0
For children who can’t read yet,
text saying “Please press the A button here” probably wouldn’t work anyway.
198: Anonymous Descendant 19:14:46.98 ID:H2mP7qWa0
It floats because it’s a balloon
It swims because it’s a fish
The shell guy is always rolling and hitting rocks.
You can tell just by looking
216: Anonymous Descendant 19:15:06.65 ID:R5xN8mPc0
Also,
when “I tried, but it wasn’t right,”
you lose almost nothing
I think that’s big
237: Anonymous Descendant 19:15:28.33 ID:L9qM1rVs0
In SAGA,
I just tried changing where I stayed,
and two weeks later, a fort fell.
253: Anonymous Descendant 19:15:45.00 ID:H2mP7qWa0
What an extreme comparison
271: Anonymous Descendant 19:16:05.37 ID:C7mQ3xLa0
In the previous work, I was always wondering, “Whose life will change if we camp here…?”
This time, you can just go, “I don’t know. Let’s catch the fish.”
288: Anonymous Descendant 19:16:23.74 ID:R5xN8mPc0
My senses, destroyed by the same author,
rehabilitated by the same author
306: Anonymous Descendant 19:16:39.90 ID:H2mP7qWa0
I like the way you say it
322: Anonymous Descendant 19:16:59.42 ID:V6mR2xQc0
I’m the opposite
I think it has the same roots as the previous work.
339: Anonymous Descendant 19:17:14.61 ID:L9qM1rVs0
How so?
357: Anonymous Descendant 19:17:34.82 ID:V6mR2xQc0
The game doesn’t strongly dictate “this is how you should play”
SAGA does it with more options
This one does it by cutting out the unnecessary things.
Same direction of just returning the results of what you touch
375: Anonymous Descendant 19:17:55.71 ID:C7mQ3xLa0
Oh
Opposite in complexity,
but the same “try it yourself” thing?
393: Anonymous Descendant 19:18:14.49 ID:R5xN8mPc0
It suddenly started to look like a YU game.
410: Anonymous Descendant 19:18:32.71 ID:L9qM1rVs0
I prefer SAGA by far though.
If you’re playing alone for dozens of hours,
this one is really thin
428: Anonymous Descendant 19:18:50.96 ID:V6mR2xQc0
Isn’t that fine?
There’s no need to make them all for the same person.
446: Anonymous Descendant 19:19:07.45 ID:H2mP7qWa0
I spent two hours on balloon bugs by myself.
463: Anonymous Descendant 19:19:21.82 ID:R5xN8mPc0
Your evaluation criteria are the only ones that are off.
480: Anonymous Descendant 19:19:37.09 ID:H2mP7qWa0
It was fun, so it gets a perfect score
497: Anonymous Descendant 19:19:49.75 ID:L9qM1rVs0
Go home
◇
Meanwhile, a post appeared from someone who had sent an inquiry directly to YU.
◇
[Pettan Forest Chat Part 6]
203: Anonymous Descendant 21:06:12.38 ID:W8mQ2rLa0
Has anyone sent inquiries to YU?
219: Anonymous Descendant 21:06:28.67 ID:N4xP7mVc0
What would you even ask?
“Will currency exchange be added?”
If it’s that, then I’ll go stop Faculty of Economics Niki.
237: Anonymous Descendant 21:06:49.26 ID:W8mQ2rLa0
I did
“Why did you make the controls and rules so simple this time?”
254: Anonymous Descendant 21:07:06.11 ID:R6mN1qPs0
That’s a straight pitch
271: Anonymous Descendant 21:07:22.52 ID:N4xP7mVc0
Did you get a reply?
289: Anonymous Descendant 21:07:43.90 ID:W8mQ2rLa0
Got one
“I wanted to make a game that friends could play alone.”
That’s all
306: Anonymous Descendant 21:08:00.03 ID:R6mN1qPs0
Friends?
323: Anonymous Descendant 21:08:16.72 ID:T9qM3xLc0
Who?
340: Anonymous Descendant 21:08:34.87 ID:N4xP7mVc0
Don’t dig into that
It’s wrong to pry into things the person himself hasn’t disclosed.
358: Anonymous Descendant 21:08:52.08 ID:T9qM3xLc0
That’s right
375: Anonymous Descendant 21:09:11.25 ID:R6mN1qPs0
But
it’s not
“aimed at the children’s market,”
it’s “allowing friends to play alone”
392: Anonymous Descendant 21:09:32.18 ID:W8mQ2rLa0
That was a little surprising to me too.
410: Anonymous Descendant 21:09:51.72 ID:T9qM3xLc0
The result of designing for one person
made it easier for other children to play as well.
Maybe something like that
That’s just a guess
428: Anonymous Descendant 21:10:07.26 ID:N4xP7mVc0
Well, don’t jump to conclusions
445: Anonymous Descendant 21:10:24.93 ID:R6mN1qPs0
Just going by the reply,
the goal isn’t “to make it easy”
the goal seems to be “to be able to play alone”
462: Anonymous Descendant 21:10:40.08 ID:T9qM3xLc0
It looks similar but it’s different
480: Anonymous Descendant 21:11:02.79 ID:R6mN1qPs0
If you just want to make it easier,
you just make the enemies weaker or lower the difficulty level.
But if you want someone to be able to play alone,
Can they understand it even if they can’t read?
Are they not afraid of failing?
Can they tell what to try next just by looking?
You have to account for things like that.
498: Anonymous Descendant 21:11:19.61 ID:N4xP7mVc0
I see.
515: Anonymous Descendant 21:11:38.03 ID:L2mF8qWa0
A week ago,
I wrote, “I think someone other than YU could make this.”
It’s a little embarrassing to read it now
533: Anonymous Descendant 21:11:55.27 ID:T9qM3xLc0
There’s no need to erase it.
It’s natural that it looked like that at first
550: Anonymous Descendant 21:12:13.18 ID:L2mF8qWa0
Well
The rating changing later
is part of the impression too, right?
568: Anonymous Descendant 21:12:29.87 ID:N4xP7mVc0
The board is being unusually mature
585: Anonymous Descendant 21:12:44.78 ID:R6mN1qPs0
The average age is adult
I can’t vouch for the mental age.
602: Anonymous Descendant 21:13:00.55 ID:T9qM3xLc0
What about Faculty of Economics Niki?
620: Faculty of Economics Niki 21:13:20.32 ID:yM8qF0Hd0
I succeeded in sticking together three balloon bugs.
Pretty high
637: Anonymous Descendant 21:13:36.01 ID:N4xP7mVc0
Aren’t you the one who’s regressed to childhood the most?
◇
Two weeks after release.
In the review section for 《Pettan Forest》, impressions rarely seen for YU’s works up to that point were starting to appear.
“My three-year-old daughter plays by herself even though she can’t read. Before I knew it, she was walking down paths I didn’t even know about.”
“I promised my son we’d take turns, but I still haven’t gotten the controller back.”
“My child doesn’t want to go to the Rainbow Tree even after clearing it once. It’s like they think of the forest itself as a playground.”
“As an adult, I was satisfied with just one hour, but for my daughter, it’s like a game where she tries something different every day.”
“It’s helpful that you don’t have to read explanations and can learn things yourself just by touching them.”
“When I taught my son the strategy, he said, ‘That’s not it.’ He really was getting through a different way.”
“At first, I didn’t understand what was so fun about my child bumping into ordinary rocks for 30 minutes. Before I knew it, I was investigating the rock next to it too.”
Of course, not every review was a rave.
“It’s quite short for adults playing alone. I like the atmosphere, but I was satisfied with just one day.”
“I think some people don’t know what to do first because there aren’t many explanations.”
“I had fun with the kids. If it were just for myself, I’d like a little more area and more creatures.”
“If you come in with FRONTIER SAGA-level expectations, it’s completely different. Just be aware of that.”
Some people thought it was short, while others thought it didn’t provide enough explanation. Even so, the overall evaluation of 《Pettan Forest》, those points included, gradually rose.
◇
[Honestly] I like Pettan Forest, but don’t you want something heavier next time?
14: Anonymous Descendant 18:41:04.26 ID:E7mQ2rXa0
Can I say something?
I really like Pettan
I also played with my niece
Even by myself, I stuck to every living thing.
That said,
I want a game that’ll suck me in for three hours again soon.
31: Anonymous Descendant 18:41:23.74 ID:M5xP8mLc0
You’re already making requests two weeks after release?
What do you think YU is?
48: Anonymous Descendant 18:41:39.27 ID:E7mQ2rXa0
A game maker
64: Anonymous Descendant 18:41:52.81 ID:M5xP8mLc0
Can’t argue, since that’s not wrong
82: Anonymous Descendant 18:42:12.19 ID:R3qN7mVs0
I know how you feel, but if it’s for playing with your kids in the afternoon, this is perfect.
But alone at night, I’m satisfied after about 30 minutes.
So I don’t want this one to get complicated.
I want a separate heavy one.
100: Anonymous Descendant 18:42:34.73 ID:E7mQ2rXa0
Yeah, true
Once you start putting in national budgets and such,
it’d be a different game
117: Faculty of Economics Niki 18:42:51.66 ID:yM8qF0Hd0
Using forest nuts as currency――
132: Anonymous Descendant 18:43:02.12 ID:M5xP8mLc0
Sit down.
150: Anonymous Descendant 18:43:21.89 ID:L8mF1qPc0
I’m the opposite
I want more small games like this
With parent-child games,
the parent tends to do the controlling while the child only watches.
I’m glad the child can play it on their own.
168: Anonymous Descendant 18:43:40.52 ID:R3qN7mVs0
So make both.
185: Anonymous Descendant 18:43:56.31 ID:M5xP8mLc0
That’s not a workload you demand of a single developer.
203: Anonymous Descendant 18:44:15.42 ID:E7mQ2rXa0
Please give me a SAGA-level masterpiece and a new work for children at the same time.
Also for free
220: Anonymous Descendant 18:44:30.04 ID:L8mF1qPc0
That’s the worst customer lol
238: Anonymous Descendant 18:44:46.97 ID:E7mQ2rXa0
I’m sorry
But I want it
255: Anonymous Descendant 18:45:01.11 ID:M5xP8mLc0
Not a shred of sincerity in that reply.
272: Anonymous Descendant 18:45:21.05 ID:R3qN7mVs0
What troubles me most this time
is that I can no longer predict the next work
LITTLE
↓
SAGA
↓
Pettan
That’s the lineup
289: Anonymous Descendant 18:45:37.87 ID:L8mF1qPc0
What do they have in common?
306: Anonymous Descendant 18:45:54.66 ID:E7mQ2rXa0
You don’t know what kind of game it is until you touch it.
323: Anonymous Descendant 18:46:09.87 ID:M5xP8mLc0
Can you call that a common point?
340: Anonymous Descendant 18:46:26.83 ID:R3qN7mVs0
Maybe next is a romance game
357: Anonymous Descendant 18:46:42.19 ID:L8mF1qPc0
It might be a music game
374: Anonymous Descendant 18:46:57.27 ID:E7mQ2rXa0
Maybe a space game
391: Anonymous Descendant 18:47:12.34 ID:M5xP8mLc0
The annoying part is that any of them could suddenly show up.
409: Anonymous Descendant 18:47:29.78 ID:R3qN7mVs0
I’ve stopped predicting
426: Anonymous Descendant 18:47:44.26 ID:L8mF1qPc0
Wise
443: Anonymous Descendant 18:48:00.90 ID:M5xP8mLc0
But I check the new releases page every day.
459: Anonymous Descendant 18:48:14.98 ID:R3qN7mVs0
See?
475: Anonymous Descendant 18:48:27.34 ID:L8mF1qPc0
Not so wise after all
◇
Even after a few more days passed, the Pettan Forest thread continued to receive strange reports that could hardly be called strategy information.
A certain child never went near the rainbow tree and played for three days just swimming with the fish.
When an adult heard about this, he tried to attach himself to the fish, and before he knew it, he had been floating down the river for about an hour.
Some people kept investigating which rocks could and couldn’t be broken with shell beasts, while others stuck two or three balloon bugs together to see how high up a branch they could reach.
There were no major updates to the game itself.
It wasn’t as if the forest had suddenly become larger or a new story had been discovered.
Still, some of those who had written “there’s nothing to it” on the first day of release gradually began to see something different.
◇
[Pettan Forest General Part 18]
603: Anonymous Descendant 22:31:08.72 ID:U5mQ2rXa0
Actually, I
in the thread on the first day of release
wrote, “It’s a game about nothing.”
621: Anonymous Descendant 22:31:23.08 ID:F8xN3mLc0
I don’t remember
638: Anonymous Descendant 22:31:36.67 ID:U5mQ2rXa0
Be a little more interested
654: Anonymous Descendant 22:31:53.45 ID:R4qM7mVs0
Hm
So was there some hidden element?
671: Anonymous Descendant 22:32:11.06 ID:U5mQ2rXa0
Not that
Nothing special was added on the game side.
No leveling up
There’s no grand story
688: Anonymous Descendant 22:32:27.81 ID:F8xN3mLc0
So what changed?
705: Anonymous Descendant 22:32:43.47 ID:U5mQ2rXa0
My point of view
722: Anonymous Descendant 22:32:57.42 ID:R4qM7mVs0
……
739: Anonymous Descendant 22:33:10.94 ID:F8xN3mLc0
That was a little cool
757: Anonymous Descendant 22:33:25.81 ID:T2mP9qWa0
85 points
773: Anonymous Descendant 22:33:39.38 ID:U5mQ2rXa0
That scoring culture is still around?
790: Anonymous Descendant 22:33:58.63 ID:U5mQ2rXa0
At first,
“How many minutes to the Rainbow Tree?”
was what I was playing for
Now,
What happens if you grab a fish with a balloon attached?
What happens if you drop a shell into a river?
I’m trying things that don’t matter.
808: Anonymous Descendant 22:34:13.75 ID:R4qM7mVs0
Can the shell swim?
825: Anonymous Descendant 22:34:28.72 ID:U5mQ2rXa0
It sank
841: Anonymous Descendant 22:34:41.99 ID:F8xN3mLc0
Poor thing
858: Anonymous Descendant 22:34:56.13 ID:U5mQ2rXa0
It came back to shore in a bubble
and was walking again as if nothing had happened.
876: Anonymous Descendant 22:35:13.26 ID:T2mP9qWa0
It’s the most insignificant verification in the world.
Still, it’s satisfying to know the result.
893: Anonymous Descendant 22:35:33.52 ID:R4qM7mVs0
Isn’t that what this game is all about?
In SAGA,
“What will happen in a few days if I choose this?” makes you want to see what’s next.
In Pettan,
“What will happen if I put this and this together?” makes you want to see what’s next.
911: Anonymous Descendant 22:35:50.72 ID:F8xN3mLc0
The scale is way too different
928: Anonymous Descendant 22:36:04.69 ID:T2mP9qWa0
But
Maybe “I want to see the results of what I did” is the same thing?
946: Anonymous Descendant 22:36:23.45 ID:R4qM7mVs0
Maybe it’s been like this since LITTLE.
Rather than looking for the correct answer the author prepared,
you see the results of what you touched
964: Anonymous Descendant 22:36:38.14 ID:F8xN3mLc0
It’s become a difficult topic again.
982: Anonymous Descendant 22:36:51.91 ID:U5mQ2rXa0
So let’s get back to the simple stuff.
If you attach three balloon bugs,
you can fly really high
995: Anonymous Descendant 22:37:03.50 ID:T2mP9qWa0
That’s fine
◇
Next thread.
◇
[Pettan Forest General Part 19]
16: Anonymous Descendant 22:38:10.22 ID:A7mQ2rLc0
I tried the three balloons from the previous thread.
I made it to the top of the tree
When I showed my daughter,
she said, “I know”
33: Anonymous Descendant 22:38:26.54 ID:F8xN3mLc0
Total defeat lol
51: Anonymous Descendant 22:38:43.00 ID:A7mQ2rLc0
I’m not even frustrated anymore
Lately, it has become common for me to receive strategy information from my daughter.
68: Anonymous Descendant 22:38:57.96 ID:T2mP9qWa0
Completely reversed positions
84: Anonymous Descendant 22:39:14.03 ID:K5qM1xVs0
I’m going back to SAGA now
In my world,
the Northern Kingdom and the Central Kingdom have begun to quarrel again on the border.
102: Anonymous Descendant 22:39:29.22 ID:F8xN3mLc0
You’ll catch a cold from the temperature difference
119: Anonymous Descendant 22:39:46.61 ID:A7mQ2rLc0
Daytime:
“The balloon bug is so cute.”
Night:
“If the northern army’s logistics lines are cut, it will spread all the way to the east!”
137: Anonymous Descendant 22:40:02.44 ID:T2mP9qWa0
Are these games played by the same person on the same day?
154: Anonymous Descendant 22:40:17.48 ID:K5qM1xVs0
They’re games by the same author.
171: Anonymous Descendant 22:40:31.54 ID:F8xN3mLc0
That’s the weirdest part
189: Anonymous Descendant 22:40:48.37 ID:A7mQ2rLc0
I wonder what he’ll make next
206: Anonymous Descendant 22:41:01.75 ID:T2mP9qWa0
You’re already making predictions
223: Anonymous Descendant 22:41:18.81 ID:A7mQ2rLc0
But I’m curious
This was the next one after SAGA.
There’s no way the next one will be a normal game.
241: Anonymous Descendant 22:41:34.37 ID:K5qM1xVs0
It’s getting to the point where even a normal game would surprise me.
258: Anonymous Descendant 22:41:49.33 ID:F8xN3mLc0
Scary
276: Anonymous Descendant 22:42:04.40 ID:T2mP9qWa0
Fun
293: Anonymous Descendant 22:42:18.94 ID:A7mQ2rLc0
>>258
>>276
Which one is it after all?
311: Anonymous Descendant 22:42:33.09 ID:F8xN3mLc0
It’s both
328: Anonymous Descendant 22:42:47.62 ID:K5qM1xVs0
Either way,
I think we’ll be doing this every time YU releases a new work.
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