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CALENDULA

How to play a game that doesn't want to be played? Calendula is an experimental meta game about trying to play a game. Use your logic to thrive against conventions and get surrounded by a dark atmosphere.

All Reviews:

Mostly Positive (327) - 75% of the 327 user reviews for this game are positive.

Release Date:

Feb 2, 2016

Developer:

Blooming Buds Studio

Publisher:

Blooming Buds Studio

	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles
English	✔	✔	✔

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Reviews

“If you ask me, the scariest things are the ones that feel a little too real. Meta as fuck? You betcha.”
Kotaku

“Its computery chills looks pretty dang swish. Interesting, that, innit?”
Rock Paper Shotgun

“Like a haunted house where the doors and hallways shift around you, Calendula is a slippery thing to inhabit.”
Offworld

About This Game

What is Calendula?

Calendula is an experience. Calendula is a mystery. Calendula is a glass full of blood. Calendula is an experiment. Calendula is an atmospheric game. Calendula is a flower. Calendula is your deepest secret...

About Calendula

Calendula begins as a usual game... until it is not anymore.
The player's goal will be to unveil the mystery behind an apparently broken game, but it won't be easy.
Calendula's mechanics are entirely focused on the struggle of trying to start a game, exploring the limits of the 4th wall and breaking with conventions.
Calendula's aesthetics follows an increasing obscure atmosphere, plunging the player into a disturbing, thrilling experience.
The narrative is built within a labyrinth of metaphors and abstractions, ready to be unraveled.
Unlike other games, the player will feel as if things didn't work the way they should, similar to Twin Peaks' Red Room (David Lynch).
The player's journey goes from simple to complex, from bright to somber, from real to dreamlike.
To follow Calendula's path, the player will have to use his wit and think outside the box. In this case, a tiny oppressive box.

Please, remember this: It is not your fault.

System Requirements

Windows

macOS

Minimum:

OS *: Windows 7 or later
Processor: 1.7 GHz Dual Core
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: Card with at least 512 MB VRAM and Shader Model 3.0 or higher
Storage: 2 GB available space

* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.

Minimum:

OS: Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or later
Processor: Intel Core Duo
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: Card with at least 512 MB VRAM and Shader Model 3.0 or higher
Storage: 2 GB available space

* Starting February 15, 2024, the Steam Client will no longer support 32-bit games or macOS 10.14 or lower.

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