Celebrate World Kindness Day with Honey Grove: A New Cozy Game for Mobile
Honey Grove is the adorable new gardening and farming game you didn’t know you needed. Just in time for International Kindness Day.
Honey Grove is the latest release developed by Runaway Play, an award winning studio who focuses on developing mobile games for women.
“We feel like there is often a lack of female-centric design in games“, says Creative Director, Emma Johansson. “At Runaway Play, we are committed to making games for women. A key ingredient to doing this successfully is for women to be driving the creative process – to ensure we are making the types of games that we want to play.“
What is Honey Grove About?
Honey Grove is a mobile game that lets you design and grow a wildflower garden, with each bloom bringing a little life back to the town of Honey Grove.
With a gentle, thoughtful approach, Honey Grove empowers gamers to plant and harvest various crops, gather resources, and level up their bee companions, each with unique talents.
These dedicated friends include gardeners, crafters, and explorers, working together to uncover new areas and mysteries within the game’s enchanting world. Along the way, you’ll meet memorable woodland characters, share heartwarming stories, and bring the town back to life.
Why Should You Play Honey Grove?
Honey Grove stands out by blending cozy gardening mechanics with a focus on creativity and aesthetic design, backed up by a deep resource management system.
Unlike traditional farming or city-building sims, Honey Grove emphasizes nurturing and decorating a garden of wildflowers, while gathering resources to rescue and repair the town of Honey Grove.
The full gameplay loop incorporates unlocking and rebuilding the wider Island through resource gathering, merging and crafting systems.
Honey Grove sets itself apart from other farming games by creating emotional connections with players.
All of the wildflowers that players grow in their Honey Grove gardens are real, recognizable flowers, which resonate more deeply with players than mass crops of wheat and corn. This fosters a deep sense of attachment and care.
In addition to this, the resources harvested from the garden (from hawthorn berries to crab apples) are instrumental in the revitalization of Honey Grove. This dynamic strengthens the bond between the player and the world, making each decision and action feel impactful and meaningful.
As players further explore Honey Grove and uncover new locations, they also meet a cast of woodland characters, from a mouse who’s scared of nature to a bear who’s fiercely protective of it!
Through the stories of these woodland characters, the game highlights the importance of living in harmony with nature – a message we can all connect with.
How is Honey Grove a Cozy Game?
Honey Grove’s relaxing gardening mechanics and emotional connections offer a low-stress, rewarding gameplay experience for lovers of cozy games like Cozy Grove.
“We want Honey Grove to be a relaxing escape where players feel welcome,” said Zoe Hobson, CEO at Runaway Play. “Launching on International Kindness Day felt fitting because Honey Grove centers on kindness, community, and creating something beautiful together.“
Honey Grove is free to download on Google Play and the Apple App Store on November 13th, with optional in-app purchases (and no advertising).
About Runaway Play
Based in Ōtepoti/Dunedin, New Zealand, Runaway Play is known for creating games that inspire happiness and bring a touch of nature to the digital world. As advocates for diversity and ethical game design, Runaway Play’s focus is on delivering high-quality, long-lasting experiences that bring light to players’ lives.
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