Puzzler ‘Cherry Creek’ Shifts a River’s Flow to Grow Cherry Trees

You need to alter the bends and twists in a river in order to get water to every cherry tree, bringing a lovely forest to life in Cherry Creek.

Many trees are sitting there, lifeless, as you begin a round of Cherry Creek. Each is sitting on a tile with a piece of dry or wet river bed sticking out of it at varied angles, and it’s up to you to turn them all the right way so that water reaches each of the trees.

The peaceful activity of guiding the waters can be as challenging or soothing as you want it to be, as the game offers multiple difficulty levels to suit your choice of play style. You can turn of the game’s scoring system if that is stressing you out as well, or just turn off the features you don’t enjoy. There’s also two hundred levels of shifting flows, so expect to be at this one for a while no matter how you want to play it.

Cherry Creek is available now on Itch.io and Steam.

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Joel Couture

Joel has been covering indie games for various sites including IndieGames.com, Siliconera, Gamasutra, Warp Door, CG Magazine, and more over the past seven years, and has written book-length studies on Undertale and P.T.. Joel is constantly on the lookout for digital experiences that push the boundaries of what games can be, and seeks to delve into the creative process, meanings, and emotion labor that goes into the work of artists worldwide.

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