My Brother Rabbit (2018)

[tozka]

My Brother Rabbit (2018) is an adventure puzzle game set "in a surreal world that mixes reality with a child's imagination." There's not MUCH of a story, but it's basically set in the mind of a child who has fallen ill, and the game is a representation of her experiences in the hospital/getting better/etc. It's not super deep, and the story almost doesn't matter re: the puzzles except giving them a theme-- BUT the last puzzle was a total heartbreaker once I figured out the meaning behind the solution.

The art is really pretty, and the music is fun. It's a point-and-click game, which often works better on computers, but I found the Nintendo Switch port to be pretty good.

I played the Nintendo Switch version, and I have some notes on this specific port:

First, the cursor is a good-sized circle. It moves quickly across the screen and doesn't lag when you're clicking on a million tiny objects to find the right trigger for the next puzzle. Second, moving between rooms (or "scenes") is quick and easy, and can be done with the left arrow pad. Third, keeping track of the puzzles/clues is super easy with icons in the top right corner that let you know if how many you need to find, and if there's any available in the room you're in.

As for accessibility: there's basically no text, but there's also no options to adjust the text that IS there. The colors are bright enough that everything's pretty easy to see, and you can adjust the brightness even more. There might be some issues with the hidden objects part of the game because some of them are VERY tiny, but they're pretty easy to find if you just methodically click around the screen like I had to do on occasion. The sound can be adjusted and isn't necessary for the game, so can be turned off entirely if needed.

The puzzles are a combo of logic puzzles, hidden objects, and minigames. I am not overly good at puzzles, but I'm GREAT at hidden objects. And these logic puzzles/minigames were easy enough for even me to figure out without having to heavily rely on walkthroughs, while still being just a little bit tricky enough to feel satisfied when I completed them.

It's pretty short-- I finished it in one night-- but has some replayable value, if you wait long enough that you've forgotten the puzzle solutions. If you're interested in picking it up, I would say wait for it to go on sale, and then snag it.

Price: $14.99, though it regularly goes on sale for less than $2 (about every other month, in fact).

Content notes: Sick/hospitalized child.

Originally posted at my personal journal.