Weekly Scout/Issue 21 ・ Sep 24, 2026
Easy picks for the Mid-Autumn holiday
Unwinding over the Mid-Autumn holiday? These five take it slow: brewing coffee, piecing together maps, painting, mixing potions and saying goodbye to youth.
This is a retrospective issue compiled in October 2026; the date marks the week it covers.
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Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly
The second Coffee Talk from Indonesia's Toge Productions: the late-night café reopens, and you brew for old and new customers while hearing out their troubles. Rated Overwhelmingly Positive.
✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese ✓Korean ✓English
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Carto
A puzzle adventure from Taiwan's Sunhead Games: move and rotate map tiles to reshape the world. Relaxed pace, no reflexes required.
✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese ✓Korean ✓English
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Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery
A point-and-click puzzle story about an aspiring painter and the neighbour across the way. Short enough to finish in one evening.
✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese ✓Korean ✓English
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Potion Permit
A life sim from Bandung's MassHive Media: become the town chemist, diagnose residents, gather ingredients and brew cures, with a dog by your side.
✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese ✓Korean ✓English
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A Space for the Unbound
An adventure from Indonesia's Mojiken, set in a small town in late-1990s Indonesia: two high school sweethearts as their world starts to come apart.
✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese ✓Korean ✓English
Compiled with AI assistance. Every fact links to its source; the source prevails if we got something wrong.
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