Seeds of Resilience
- June 12, 2019
- Subtle Games
- 5h median play time
Get on SteamIn "Seeds of Resilience" , you must build a village from scratch on a deserted island and survive merciless natural disasters. With turn-based gameplay, carefully plan your actions, choose resources wisely, and utilize realistic medieval construction techniques. Observe the environment's reactions to your activities, and prepare for frequent storms and other disasters while harvesting, crafting, and building your civilization.
Mac OS
Nintendo Switch
PC
Playstation 4
Windows
Xbox One
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox
Reviews
- The game offers a unique turn-based survival experience that encourages strategic planning and resource management.
- Attractive graphics and a calming soundtrack enhance the overall gameplay experience, making it enjoyable for casual players.
- The game has a solid concept with interesting mechanics, allowing players to customize their approach to survival and resource allocation.
- The game suffers from a lack of content and replayability, with many players feeling it becomes repetitive after a short time.
- The user interface is cumbersome and unintuitive, making it difficult for players to understand game mechanics and objectives.
- Numerous bugs and broken achievements, along with the abandonment of developer support, leave players frustrated and dissatisfied with the overall experience.
- story32 mentions
- 16 % positive mentions
- 75 % neutral mentions
- 9 % negative mentions
The game's story is minimal and often overshadowed by its gameplay mechanics, with many players noting a lack of progression and narrative depth. While the initial missions serve as tutorials, they can be frustratingly rigid, requiring specific actions that may lead to failure if deviated from. Overall, the missions provide a basic framework for learning the game, but the absence of a compelling story and the limited replay value detract from the overall experience.
“This is a great game; very little instruction, the game unfolds by learning through error, and the missions are really well crafted from basic to advanced.”
“The tutorial missions to unlock characters are interesting and allow you to customize how you want to start survival missions.”
“Having now played through a majority of the missions, I can safely say I really enjoy the game.”
“They got burnt out and decided to release in this state; a game with little progression and no story.”
“But, the core missions are not well thought out.”
“There's a story in there somewhere about the environment or something, but as long as you dig up tree stumps and plant more oak trees (always oak trees, sometimes chestnut too) then things seem to work out.”
- gameplay24 mentions
- 17 % positive mentions
- 71 % neutral mentions
- 13 % negative mentions
The gameplay is characterized by standard survival mechanics such as resource gathering, crafting, and building, but suffers from issues typical of first-time developers, including a lack of focus on gameplay depth and clarity. While it offers a realistic and challenging experience with unique character traits, players have noted a steep learning curve and a need for more complexity in mechanics. Overall, it provides good value for money and can be enjoyable for fans of the genre, despite some limitations and a lack of evolving content.
“You have to prioritize food and shelter, and each character has unique qualities that will affect your gameplay.”
“I love the realism of the gameplay.”
“The game mechanics are pretty standard for a survival game - choose your survivors (each of them has different skills and traits), gather resources, craft tools, cook food, build shelter or production buildings.”
“It suffers from classic first-time developer issues: the small team spent years re-doing the artwork, re-doing the user interface, changing game engines, instead of focusing on gameplay.”
“The gameplay itself reminds more of an economy simulator, rather than a fun game.”
“However, this is in its early stage, and after you master the early gameplay, you will hit the limit of the current build relatively soon.”
- graphics13 mentions
- 46 % positive mentions
- 31 % neutral mentions
- 23 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game have received mixed reviews, with some praising the attractive and charming visual aesthetic, reminiscent of classic titles, while others criticize the small size and clarity of the graphics. Overall, players appreciate the relaxing art style and well-researched elements, though there are concerns about the game's initial development struggles affecting the visual presentation.
“The good bits: attractive graphics, well researched (blackberries and broom are noxious weeds where I live), and fun to play.”
“What struck me the most are the gorgeous graphics.”
“The game has a charmingly simple visual aesthetic and the soundtrack is calming with gentle birdsong and water noises.”
“It suffers from classic first-time developer issues: the small team spent years re-doing the artwork, re-doing the user interface, changing game engines, instead of focusing on gameplay.”
“The graphics are too small to be able to tell what they mean.”
“I have no problem with pixelated graphics as long as I can tell what everything is.”
- grinding4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be frustrating due to a lack of direction in farming, leading to wasted efforts on crops that yield little. Additionally, the tediousness of digging for materials and the imbalance between the high costs of fishing and the abundance of food from farming contribute to a sense of inefficiency in resource management. Overall, while the game allows for detailed daily task management for characters, the grinding mechanics could benefit from better balance and clearer guidance.
“Farming, for example, has been frustrating without direction because it'll jump from 'young spelt plant - no point in harvesting' to 'dead spelt plant'.”
“The digging to create material to create new land is tedious, particularly as mining doesn't seem to provide much to help there.”
“My only gripes would be that the balance is off - fishing is expensive for poor returns, while farming is easy and swamps you with food.”
- replayability3 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game offers limited replayability due to a lack of inter-game progression and activities, with players feeling that once completed, there is little incentive to return. However, potential future updates may enhance replay value if they deliver on promised content.
“I suppose this is a half-decent survival simulator, where you manage natural resources to ensure adequate food and shelter, but there's not a lot to do and there's very little replay value.”
“There doesn't appear to be any inter-game progression or scoreboards, but if the updates are as frequent as promised, that may be enough to ensure replayability.”
“After I beat the game, I realized it has zero replayability.”
- stability3 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Overall, the game's stability is generally considered acceptable, with some users noting it is not heavily buggy but feels unpolished and rushed. However, others report encountering numerous bugs and glitches, suggesting that it may still be in an early development stage.
“The game is stable, and I wouldn't call it buggy, but it's a bit unpolished and seems to have been finished in a rush.”
“Too early stage, good idea but too many bugs and glitches.”
- music2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The game's soundtrack is praised for its calming and charming qualities, featuring gentle birdsong and water noises that complement its simple visual aesthetic.
“The game has a charmingly simple visual aesthetic and the soundtrack is calming with gentle birdsong and water noises.”
“I like the soundtrack as well.”
- atmosphere1 mentions
- 300 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The atmosphere of the game is praised for its engaging and immersive quality, complemented by well-executed pacing that enhances the overall experience.
“The atmosphere is incredibly immersive, drawing you into the game's world with its stunning visuals and sound design.”
“The pacing of the game complements the atmosphere perfectly, creating a sense of tension and excitement throughout.”
“Every detail contributes to a rich atmosphere that keeps you engaged and invested in the story.”
