The game's art style plays a significant role in creating and enhancing the atmosphere. Through the use of colors, textures, lighting, and overall visual design, the art style establishes the mood, emotional tone, and thematic essence of the game. It immerses players in the game world, evokes specific emotions, and influences their connection to the game's narrative, characters, and environments.
In Tales of the Shire, the player can interact with other characters in Bywater by engaging in activities such as cooking, hosting meals, and completing quests. Players can build relationships with the other Hobbits living in Bywater by cooking dishes for them or joining them for sit-down meals. Quests are given by other characters in the form of letters, which can be found in the mailbox outside the player's house. Completing these quests helps improve relationships with the characters and develop the town.
Players can use various tools such as chopping boards, mixing bowls, pots, frying pans, and pestle and mortars to prepare and cook their ingredients. They can also use seasonings to affect the flavor of their dishes. Ingredients that players can use include vegetables, fruits, spices, and different types of meat.