Blood Flowers

Blood Flowers is a moderately difficult puzzle game with a story set across three eras: the modern era, the late Qing Dynasty and the millennium. A central narrative connects the eras, with additional viewpoints hidden in items, books, NPCs and other details. Its light horror elements serve the atmosphere rather than aiming simply to scare, and the story contains no romance.

Story across three eras

The story begins with a meteorite containing material that can revitalise. It leads to a mystery about memories from 20 years ago, then to a meteorite rain that changed everything hundreds of years earlier. The alien meteorites bring active materials as well as greed and fear; human nature feeds them, and the monsters they create depend on the people themselves.

In 1899, an ancient tree blooms overnight, bearing large vermilion flowers whose fragrance fills the city. A fallen flower brought into a home remains fresh for a month, perfuming the room and sometimes glowing like a red candle at night. The following month, a plague breaks out. The story also involves a man who transcends time, a fire that burns down the whole city and a place where blood is shed.

Characters

Yinchen Zhang is an ordinary man with a dream and no place to return to. He is the Meteorite Association’s leading hunter, travelling the world in search of rare meteorites, and can see supernatural things. He insists to himself that they are only illusions. The story also follows Sue Bai, Jing Bai and Suoluo, three girls from different eras who share a dream of guardianship.

Other characters include an assistant at the Bai City Geological Institute who is gentle, loves rabbits and bites when hurried; the institute dean’s only daughter, a lively college senior and track-and-field athlete who can also see supernatural things; and the Meteorite Association’s current president, formerly its leading hunter, who moved into management after breaking her leg in a jump from a blimp. Another is the orphaned daughter of the Bai family, a talented medical student who travels to treat the sick and save lives.

Solve the puzzles

You solve puzzles to uncover the story. Some puzzles have hints in objects around the scene and in story interactions, so examining your surroundings can reveal clues. The game uses a Q-character art style, including for walking and interacting, and this style also makes key scenes less frightening.