COMPLETE: A Book of Beasts and Buddies

[kjorteo]

A Book of Beasts and Buddies is a breezy, delightful little romp. Presented in the form of logbook or bestiary, your job is to fill out all the information by interacting with each creature. Hug, poke, feed, high five, or otherwise befriend every creature to unlock their logbook details, and possibly get a present from them which you may need to help win over one of the other creatures. There's a bit of puzzle element to it, though it's a bit brute-force-able to be called a pure puzzle game. It's about completion and seeing all the interactions, mostly, with the puzzle elements being finding the right prerequisites (repeat one option until it changes the outcome of another? come back with a particular item?) to unlock them all. The titular beasts and buddies are cute and charming, and the game overall has this silly, playful, yet sweet style to it that makes interacting with them all a joy.

It took me about twenty minutes to complete the entire book, at which a locked page turns into a secret link to some downloadable extras (art book, soundtrack, etc.) The whole experience was neat and just felt nice somehow.