Weird, sometimes slightly alarming life, but life nonetheless. Though under attack from an unknown menace, the massive tree you'll explore is still teeming with life. If you move your cursor to the top of the screen you can check what you're carrying, as well as any items you should be gathering for your current objective, and moving it to the bottom will allow you to save and load your game, or change the settings. Some objects require you to do more than just click you can pull on switches, for example, or turn cranks by clicking and performing the appropriate mouse movement. Moving your mouse around the sides of the screen will reveal arrows you can click to move to other locations, and your cursor will change if you pass it over a spot or creature you can interact with.

In most ways, Botanicula plays like a typical point-and-click title. Packed with charm, rich design, imagination, and both humour and a bit of creepiness, it's the sort of adventure you can't help but be swept away in and root for the little guy every step of the way. Amanita Design's playful and stunning new point-and-click adventure Botanicula follows five tiny but determined forest sprites who are determined to save the last seed of their beloved tree from invading dark parasites. Sometimes it's not about who's biggest, but who's willing to take the chances and do the most for the things that are important. It's easy to forget that being the little guy doesn't always have to mean getting your lunch money stolen or having sand kicked in your face.

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