Kakei Garden

Kakei Garden is a calm puzzle game about water. Turn the bamboo flumes on their little wooden trestles, join them into one channel, and lead spring water from the stone cistern to every thirsty corner of the garden. When the water arrives, the garden answers: a wooden tub fills, a rice paddy shines, irises bloom, a mill wheel starts to turn and its lanterns light up, koi gather in the pond. A YEAR OF GARDENS • 96 gardens on 12 floating islands, one for every month of the year • Cherry blossom in spring, lotus ponds in summer, red maples in autumn, snow and hot springs in winter • Deer in the meadows, snow monkeys in the steaming pool, cranes over the islands • The last island climbs a spiral hill to a pagoda, and the year ends with a temple bell PLAY AT YOUR OWN PACE • No timer, no rush: think as long as you like • Some gardens give you only so many turns, or a cistern that slowly runs…