Dustbunny: Emotion to Plants: A Cute Game Addressing Serious Issues
This new Android game, Dustbunny: Emotion to Plants, tackles significant personal issues in a charming and therapeutic way. The game begins with a meeting with your guide, Empathy – a friendly rabbit who leads you through your inner world.
Developed by Antientropic, this therapeutic simulator lets you create your own personal sanctuary. It uniquely blends cozy room decorating with a deeply emotional journey, drawing inspiration from the creative director's experiences during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Key Features of Dustbunny: Emotion to Plants
You start in a tranquil, empty room. With Empathy's help, you discover hidden aspects of yourself by collecting "emotibuns"—small, shy creatures representing your emotions. Nurturing these emotibuns transforms them into beautiful plants, symbolically illuminating your inner world and filling your room with vibrant flora, including monsteras, philodendrons, alocasia, and even rare hybrid unicorns. The evolving garden reflects your personal growth.
The game includes various mini-games and activities to strengthen your connection with your sanctuary and its plants. These activities, such as flying paper airplanes, making different flavors of Cup Ramyun, and playing a retro Gameboi, provide energy and collectibles to aid plant growth. Over 20 care cards offer diverse actions, from watering and misting to simple observation, using a variety of tools.
A Personal Journey with Social Connection
Dustbunny: Emotion to Plants features a "Doors" element. You can personalize your door with symbols and stickers reflecting your unique journey, visit other players' doors, leave messages, and share in each other's progress.
The game incorporates elements of compassion-focused therapy and cognitive behavioral techniques through Empathy's guidance and activities. It encourages self-care, self-acceptance, and self-love, offering stickers and designs for expressing thoughts in a calming and enjoyable manner. Download Dustbunny: Emotion to Plants from the Google Play Store.
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