low-stress gameplay
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Wanderstop: A Game About Tea and Tranquility
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Reflecting on my time with Wanderstop, I moved from curiosity to something closer to relief. Its loop—gathering ingredients, brewing tea, and listening to travelers—looks almost trivial on paper, but that simplicity is the point: it makes room for the story to settle in. What surprised me most is how the game turns repetition into care,…
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