#aawa

Finished Alba: A Wildlife Adventure the other day in just under 5 hours.

The game was wonderful. Heartwarming, pretty, funny. Highly recommend, especially if you're picking it up on sale and love taking pictures of all sorts of animals (lots of birds, a dog, cats, a gecko, a dolphin) and nature.

Some indie games can definitely get it. It's been on my wishlist for months but if I knew it's this nice, I would have probably played it sooner.

You play as a little girl named Alba who’s spending a week at her birder grandparents’ place. The game world is meant for you to just explore and take pictures of birds and other wildlife, with a handful of biomes and a checklist alongside a grander plot involving villainous land development. Gotta save the Nature Reserve!

It’s calming to just run around without a time limit and listen for various bird calls, and the themes of helping your community and nature preservation are always good. You fix birdhouses, pick up trash, rescue animals — all very cute.