The Flower Shop


The Flower Shop is a visual novel series by Winter Wolves. The first game The Flower Shop - Summer In Fairbrook was released on February 1, 2010, while the sequel The Flower Shop - Winter in Fairbrook was released on December 8, 2011. The games are for the Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux platforms. Both games were also released for Android and iOS.

Gameplay

The game offers a mix of classic visual novel gameplay, with dialogues and many choices to make, with a farming minigame. In The Flower Shop - Summer in Fairbrook the player has to grow crops and sell them to get money. It is possible to use fertilizer to speed up the growing process. In The Flower Shop - Winter in Fairbrook the principle is the same, however, this time the player has to grow flowers. The games offer a gallery where the player can watch the achieved endings again. There are nine different endings in each of the games.

Plot

''The Flower Shop - Summer in Fairbrook''

Steve, a college student, breaks up with his girlfriend and his dad is shipping him off to the farm of his uncle for the summer. There he has to take care of the farm and raise crops. The player can now decide how Steve should plan his week and start a romance with one of the four available girls. Depending on the choices the player makes, the ending will be different.

''The Flower Shop - Winter in Fairbrook''

Natalie just finished her first semester in college. Now her parents want her to get a job during her winter break. Natalie's roommate knows a job for her and she is sent to Fairbrook to work in a flower shop. The player can now decide how Natalie should plan her week and start a romance with one of the four available boys. Depending on the choices the player makes, the ending will be different.

Characters

The games were created with Ren'Py. Winter Wolves also released free demos of the games on their website. Winter Wolves and sakevisual hinted at the possibility that a crossover between the series and the Jisei series might be possible in the future; the working title is Jisei in Fairbrook.

Reception

The first game received a score of 85/100 on Gamertell, with reviewer Jenni Lada writing "It moves at a good pace, has the farming aspect to add variety and keep it from only being about reading and picking choices and is pleasant to look at and listen to." Mac Games gave 3,5 of 5 stars to the first game and wrote: "It appears this game is aimed towards young girls, but I think you should try it even if you do not fall in that category. The music is muted and appropriate, and the anime characters well done." The sequel received a score of 83/100 on Gamertell, with reviewer Jenni Lada writing "It moves at a good pace, has the farming aspect to add variety and keep it from only being about reading and picking choices and is pleasant to look at and listen to."