Summer in Mara

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It's a pretty game that's really got the vibe down, and if you have a fair bit of patience, you might end up being one of the people that leaves it a glowing review. But for me, it is just painfully slow going. I guess what it needs is "polish"?

The opening sequence is far too much running back and forth. It could teach you the basics in probably two minutes, but it takes fifteen because each thing you need for the next bit is on one side of the island and where you need to take it is on the other. When you finally hop in your boat to get off what I though must be "Tutorial Island" you are almost immediately sent straight back - just to craft one item! To bring it back again. Probably a five minute job that should have been a ten second job in your inventory. I say 'probably' because this is the part that I ran out of patience waiting for the game to pick up speed.

From the sounds of other reviews, the game is just more and more of this - Fetch Quest the Game, or so I've read. It's a nicely realised world with exquisite art and cutscenes, but the actual game of it is far to laborious for me, I'm afraid.

I finally got around to playing Summer in Mara after getting it in the Bundle for Ukraine. I gave it a 4.5/5 star review and feel it's an incredibly important game that is also pretty fun to play - if played right! Full review here: https://backloggd.com/u/astarrgames/review/698950/

Very adorable and it was very calming and relaxing to play!

For some reason the game does not accept my controller (old Logitech F310) . I tried the workaround with Steam that helped others below but it will not work for me. Can I report the bug somewhere?

I'm not one for sim games where there's no action or fighting, but Summer in Mara is the epitome of exceptions. I haven't finished it as of yet, but I'm hoping that the end doesn't come soon.

It's an adorable game with such a mix of characters that it's almost impossible to pinpoint a favourite. It's landscapes and graphics are gorgeous and I can not get enough.

How I describe it to people is that it takes the sailing mechanic of Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker and mixes it with Animal Crossing.

It's fun, it's cute and I don't want it to end.

I finished this amazing game today.

I loved it... for the most part.

There are 3 different kind of game in Summer in Mara:

1. Manage your island (this is awesome, lot of things to do in a day, lot's to build, you can decide what you want to upgrade to make your life easier for the most part (of course there are some items that you need to build)).

2. Discover the world as an explorer with your boat (this is the best part. I loved every island of Mara).

3. Fetch quests with awesome characters (this is the weak spot of Summer in Mara... you do meet a lot of great characters and that's good, but they also only ask you to go to do things for them (collect stuff for the most part)).

I still think this game deserve 9/10, the awesome music and artstyle, the really great animated shorts, every good part of this game deserve a 10 so the bad part is really a minor thing (as it also push you to explore more and the game does reward you for exploring).

I'm glad I played it and I will suggest this to all my friends.

I really needed something like this in my life right now. I tried playing Windbound recently, and liked the atmosphere and crafting, but wasn't too keen on the combat. Summer in Mara scratches that tropical island adventure itch but in a gorgeous, relaxing setting. This is my current go-to for a stressful day relief game.

Hi, I have this on itch from the Ukraine bundle but it heats up my computer something fierce. Is there anyway to get a discount on the switch version or is that ported by another company?

haha yeah cool i wish you could plant ketchup pringles on the farm !!!!!!!!!! epic!!! EPIC !!!!!!! EPIC!!!!!!

Controller does not work!!

 vg

NICE

Hey, I don't know why the DRM-free version of the game doesn't recognize my controller, when I try to press A, nothing happens, what is going on? what should I do??

The coziest game <3 I want to paint it

This looks really cool! Kinda disappointing that you apparently can't get the game directly from itch.io, though. Like if people are only getting the Steam key + the artbook, not a copy of the game + the Steam key and artbook, then at that point it just seems easier to cut out the middleman and get the game on Steam in the first place.

wait why is the game not on itch?? this looks super interesting, and im down to buy it on steam, but it seems a bit misleading to have screenshots of the game here??? like put up some screens of the book so we know what were getting here.