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The Witch of Fern Island

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2024

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Quick resume

Welcome to Fern Island! As Abrill, become immersed in the island’s culture, uncover its deepest secrets, and master magical trades. Overcome the challenges of the island to demonstrate your mastery of magic and become the most well known witch around!

Global score

71/100

Genres

Adventure, Casual, Indie, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator

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    Pros

    • Cozy and relaxing gameplay
    • Large open world with exploration
    • Engaging crafting and farming systems
    • Active developer support and updates
    • Beautiful graphics and music

    Cons

    • Early access bugs and technical issues
    • Limited guidance and hand-holding
    • Some ui and inventory management frustrations
    • Awkward english translation
    • Lack of social and multiplayer features

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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      "Many players report long playtimes and habitual engagement due to exploration, building, and collecting."

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    • Cooperation

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    • Creativity

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    • Domination

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    • Escapism

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of interest and enjoyment rather than obligation or pressure."

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    • Experimenting

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    • Exploration

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    • Expression

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    • Fantasy

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    • Fellowship

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    • Growth

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    • Health

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    • Idle

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      "Requires active attention and exploration; not designed for background or idle play."

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    • Intimacy

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    • Leadership

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    • Progression

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      "Players accumulate items, upgrades, skills, and unlock new areas and features progressively."

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    • Relaxation

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    • Sensation

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    • Status

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    • Story

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    • Strategy

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    • Thrill

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      "Low risk and tension gameplay focused on calm exploration rather than suspense or excitement."

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Intimacy, Survival, Violence, Competition. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Fellowship, Thrill.

    How to use the graph
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    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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