Carto

This game is a cute little story, has a lovely art style, and nice sound track, but the "game" part is pretty light. The puzzles are very simple, and the whole thing is completely devoid of any real decision making. For the first 4 chapters or so I honestly just found myself wondering when I was going to get to play "the game part" because all of the things it had you do were painfully straightforward.

I'm leaving a positive rating for the game because it isn't a bad experience, it isn't a bad thing, I enjoyed the back 70%, but its a thing, and doesn't so much feel like a game - more an interactive story/movie/thing.

An adorable game about using your magical cartography skills to reunite with your grandma after separated by a storm.
You play as Carto, a young, very quiet girl who is separated from her grandma and their airship during a storm. Along with being separated, the map you both use to navigate the world has been lost to the wind! Your mission is to find those pieces in order to reunite with your grandmother. In order to do that, you must manipulate the pieces of the map you have, and help others along the way.
This gameplay feels very unique, and relaxing. Some puzzles are incredibly simple, while I did have to look up help on others. Overall I'd say they're more simple than thought provoking, especially compared to other puzzle games. The adventure and characters were very fun, and I really enjoyed the story. I wasn't planning to 100% in, but I was only missing 4 achievements (plus the achievement for getting all other achievements) so I figured why not - the game comes with a nifty 'chapter select' when you finish, so it didn't take long.
Overall a very relaxing time!

a cute little game with an art style i adore and an interesting puzzle mechanic!

Carto is a strange little puzzle game. It seems like a cozy game on the surface, but it has sinister overtones that start from the very first room. Like, this guy has lost his house, and he's all stressed out about it, then the main character justs pull a winky face and you (the player) "fix" things by ROTATING THE LITERAL WORLD to rearrange the compass points in such a way that the guy's home reappears. But the creepy thing is that the reason the world was all messed up in the first place is Carto! She walks around communicating only in emoticons, never taking responsibility for the fact she has ruined all the lives that she is now "fixing".
Over and over again you're made to do all this problematic stuff, like stealing a plant that someone has spent their whole life looking for. At some point you have to kill a bird in cold blood. You can't skip that section, you're even forced to eat the bird! Then you have to cheat to win a fishing competition. Later on you meet a guy who has spent 7 years hunting for an iceberg and of course you find it straight away, but it's glossed over that the reason why he lost the iceberg is because of the destruction you and your god-like family unleash! Every achievement feels hollow because the relationship between the main character and everyone else is so unbalanced.
The puzzles are quite fun - mildly challenging but never too much. The graphics are cute. The concept of the game is clever, and I did have fun playing it, but there is a really weird cognitive dissonance around playing an omnipotent entity capable of rearranging the entire world while everyone else struggles. And the game never tackles this head-on, which makes it even creepier. The fact it's clearly not intending to be a horror game - I think the devs honestly intended this to be charming - somehow makes it even more disquieting. I dunno, man. It's worth buying if you're into puzzle games, but be prepared for a weird ride, narratively speaking.

I really enjoyed the puzzle nature of this game. It was simple at times, but also nicely challenging at other times. The stories through out were very nice and interesting to discover. I wish that the map puzzles had a more cohesiveness to them, that there was a solid map at the end of it all, but I think that is just the type-A personality in me. Overall, this was a very fun game to play.

I absolutely loved this game!
It goes beyond its brilliant concept—a blend of Zelda where the map itself is a puzzle you piece together to progress—with a very cute but rich story, endearing characters and stunning visuals!
Yet another indie gem just waiting to be discovered!

Fun and creative puzzles in a wholesome setting and with interesting characters. Highly recommended!