I bloody love stickers. Granted, I have nowhere to put them, leaving me with an amassed pile of pretty-looking adhesive vinyls tucked away inside a drawer. But there's nothing I love more than ordering something on the internet and having a few stickers thrown in as a free treat or securing some amazing hand-drawn ones at anime and gaming conventions.
I've always been envious of those who can draw—my talent lies more in the written word than illustrations—and I've spent several hours scrolling through numerous Etsy pages while admiring the sheer talent of its artists. I want that for me! I want to be a cool artsy queen, selling fun stickers of pandas drinking boba and capybaras wearing a tophat riding a witch's broom around Earth. I want to intricately cram as many copies of my design on a single sheet of paper as possible, carefully cutting out each one and stowing them away in an organised office that would make cottagecore TikTok proud.
Sadly, I don't think I'll ever be artistically inclined enough to make that dream come true in the real world, but hey, that's what videogames are for right? Escapism, living out your fantasies, all that jazz. So screw it, I'm gonna play Sticky Business and forget that I'm a journalist for a few hours. Why not?! Let me live vicariously through Spellgarden's cosy creative management sim.
I don't start out with much when I open my sticker shop to the masses—a couple of shapes, some cute animal faces, and a few phrases here and there. It's a slow start as I scratch my head thinking about what to create. I shrink down a little tea graphic and position it next to a frog's head. I call it Frogtea. Perfect. This is what true artistry is all about. I can give my sticker a coloured border of
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