
"Bear And Breakfast review: a cute but stifling management game that squanders its potential". "Bear And Breakfast Review - Four Star Stay". " 'Bear And Breakfast' review: too laidback a 'laidback' management game". Conversely, GameSpot felt that the main gameplay loop "has a satisfying rhythm to it and a challenging complexity" and lauded both the game's "delightful management system" and its accessibility.

Similarly, The Guardian described it as a "management game that’s obsessed with managing its players, rather than letting them exercise control". In its review, Rock Paper Shotgun commended the game's "whimsical charm", but also described it as holding a "wealth of untapped potential", criticizing the way in which it rarely allows the player to freely explore and expand, likening this approach to a "well-intentioned but suffocating bear hug". īear and Breakfast was praised for its art style, music, humour and cozy atmosphere, but also received criticism aimed at some of its gameplay mechanics, particularly its pacing, the lack of player freedom and the integration of narrative-driven elements in the management sim formula. Reception īear and Breakfast received "mixed or average" reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic. According to Gummy Cat, their influences included games like The Guild (2002), Theme Hospital (1998) and Sierra-published city-builders like Caesar III (1998). īear and Breakfast uses the Unity engine. The Switch version was released on 15 September 2022.
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It was finally released on 28 July 2022 for PC with Armor Games as publisher, while the Switch launch was further delayed by issues with the controller settings and the team's reluctance to repeat the work crunch that preceded the game's PC release. Initially planned for a 2021 release, it was delayed until the following year after Gummy Cat experienced various production setbacks including the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and being targeted by a cryptocurrency scam. In development since 2019, the game was first announced in August 2020 during Nintendo's Indie World showcase as a PC and Switch timed-exclusive. Development īear and Breakfast is the debut game of Bucharest-based studio Gummy Cat.

Other mechanics employed by the game include resource management, crafting, and a card-based cooking minigame. The game consists of around a dozen areas which can be unlocked by completing quests and advancing the main story. As the game progresses, so do the demands of guests, with wealthier and more sophisticated clients requiring larger and better furnished rooms. The purpose of the game is to maximize guest satisfaction by building and decorating various rooms and facilities. In Bear and Breakfast, the player controls Hank, a bear who comes into possession of a dilapidated bed and breakfast which he must fix and operate in order to cater to human clients.
