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Take a Break for Tea Therapy: Wanderstop, Developed by Ivy Road

 Alta finds herself searching for Master Winters, a retired swordswoman who was considered the greatest fighter of all time. She runs through the forest, trying hard to ignore her own exhaustion, and pushing herself harder and harder to find this mentor. Why? Because suddenly, after a perfect three-year streak, Alta isn’t winning anymore.  She collapses and wakes up being cared for by a monk-like person named Boro.  Welcome to Wanderstop, a “cozy” tea shop management game by people who have worked on games like The Stanley Parable, Minecraft, and DLC for Bioshock 2, in an indie studio called Ivy Road .  Look at that little guy in the right hand corner! He looks so angry, but just wants pets. I don’t want to give away too much of the story for this game, specifically because the story is really the biggest draw of the game. Basically, you agree to help Boro run the tea shop by planting, harvesting, cleaning, and brewing tea for various customers as they appear at the ...

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