I thought my first build in Tiny Glade was impressive, but then I started looking at what other people were doing and now I'm not convinced I'm doing it right

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A house in autumn in Tiny Glade

When I completed my first build inTiny Glade, I felt an immense sense of satisfaction. The lack of rules and restrictions let my creativity flow and I found a new confidence in my architectural ability, throwing windows onto walls and pulling trees from the ground in ways that always looked striking. I’m so used to building in The Sims or Minecraft and feeling the restrictions of resources or money, so Tiny Glade felt like a necessary change of pace. After kicking my feet up once my building was complete, I wanted to see what other players had managed to do. The result? Me humbling myself to a point where I booted up the game and cleared my glade to start again.

(Image credit: Pounce Light / Chiki)

A tudor-esque house built in Tiny Glade from Chiki on Steam

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A house by a river in Tiny Glade built by theartist1001 on Steam

Scrolling through this thread has reminded me that I’ve always had a sense of building envy in any games that require an ounce of creativity. I’ve just never got the knack of making things consistently look good. Even though Tiny Glade ensures whatever you do looks like something out of a Studio Ghibli film, I can’t ignore the tiny voice in the back of my head reminding me of my jealousy. But it’s hard to stay jealous when everyone commenting on screenshots is so willing to share tips to help people like me create something similar.

If anything, witnessing how far players can push themselves and the game to create something improbable is motivational.. I desperately want to be part of the wholesome community that Tiny Glade is starting to cultivate, even if that means spending hours upon hours doing daily challenges and practising my building technique. This is just stemming from seeing the first builds people are coming up with, too, so I look forward to seeing how others progress the more time they spend in the game.

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