Garten of Banban is set in a whimsical yet eerie educational facility that has been mysteriously abandoned. Players take on the role of an investigator tasked with uncovering what happened to the once joyful and bustling kindergarten. As you step into the deserted Garten, the game presents an environment that blends colorful childlike wonder with a palpable sense of foreboding. The gameplay involves exploring the various classroom-themed areas, each designed to teach different basic skills, now silent and filled with clues and puzzles.
The core of Garten of Banban’s gameplay revolves around exploration and interaction with the environment. Players must navigate through the kindergarten, examining classrooms, playgrounds, and other child-centric areas to collect items and solve puzzles. The game cleverly uses these elements to slowly unravel the backstory of the Garten and the mysterious disappearance of its inhabitants. Each room offers unique challenges and story pieces, providing insight into the eerie downfall of this educational paradise.
As players delve deeper into the abandoned Garten, they encounter a series of puzzles that range from simple object location tasks to more complex riddles that require manipulating mechanisms within the environment. These puzzles are integrated into the gameplay for challenge and serve as narrative devices that reveal more about the sinister events that led to the abandonment of the kindergarten. Solving these puzzles often results in chilling revelations and provides keys or codes needed to access new, previously locked areas of the game.