Demo Feedback 〜

[Rin 〜]

Dear Developers and Players,
I've only played the demo so far but I can tell this is going to be an amazing game!!

First of all, I love pixel art, so I had to try this game! Hopefully it comes out soon. ^^

I liked the opening of the game, at the bus station, as well as the welcome and introduction to the game by the two grannies. The dialogues are also very nice.

About the character customization, it's nice but something additional would be the cherrie on top. Specifically, I would love some more color options for the hair and clothes. And although there are only 2 options for the hairstyle, I personally love both, but of course a couple more would not be bad. The expressions were nice, but just like the hairstyle, a couple of more options would be wonderful. The clothing was probably the thing that I liked less, perhaps more color options could help here a bit or a different style of clothing. (And having a bathhouse, made me think that it would be nice to have a kimono as a clothing option, perhaps like the one in the Spirited Away movie).
Additionally, I'm aware that this is only a demo but it could always be nice to be able to customize our character even after having started the game, so like, having access to a wardrobe or an npc that has a boutique.

About the controls, I have to admit that I had some troubles getting used to them. And some were not very obvious to me (like, I sat on a chair but I couldn't get off of it, so I had to press all the keys before figuring out which one was the one). But, overall it's not too bad. And about the Notebook, I couldn't understand what I needed it for.

The music and the sounds are very nice! The only thing that bugged me a little bit was the sound at the end of each dialogue part. That might be a bit too much, but it's also not a major problem.

The emotes are truly a fun feature, especially the frightened emote, really funny!! >w<

Something that would be nice to have is perhaps a Journal to keep track of Quests / Missions / Requests - and/or to pin on the top-right the ongoing quests. (Currently the game displays it on the top-left part of the screen but briefly, and it fades away to reappear only after entering or exiting a building.)
The Storage and Fridge, while it's nice having them, to put items inside, the player has to enter the backpack -> select the item and hold it -> interract with the storage or fridge to drop the item in. All this feels a bit unpractical. It would perhaps be more efficient to be able to see what's in the backpack and the storage at the same time when interracting with it.

The animated Map was unexpectedly lovely. The portraits all magnificent! (an extra would be to add portraits with different expressions, but even like this it's fine).
And I'm also loving the npcs sprites, as well as the town's buildings and interiors. I enjoyed going through every room of every building and see how furniture were placed and how each bathroom was different. I'm pointing out the bathroom because some might copy-paste it in pixel games, but they were all unique with different layouts as well.

The Bathhouse is wonderful, the game mechanics seems interesting as well. I'd need to see how they feel over a longer period of time, if it's monotonous or not. Perhaps one little thing I can point out is about drying the towels, they take 4 spaces at a time and it feels a bit too little. If the Bathhouse becomes even bigger, an expanded drying space or even an automated feature would be nice to have.

I also saw that it's possible to decorate the house, and this is gonna be exciting!! >w< But now I'm also wondering if we'll be able to decorate the Bathhouse and if the house would have any expansions. I did read that furniture can be placed only inside, but there's enough space outdoor in front of the house to be able to decorate there it, perhaps having a little garden or a small crop area for perhaps tea leaves would be a nice touch but certainly not necessary.

Haven't tried the cooking but the interface feels nice and well organized. Curious to try many recipes! ^^

One last feature I would suggest is fast traveling from the Bathhouse to the House, perhaps something like a mini-shrine.

It was a short demo but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Big thanks to everyone that worked on the game, good job and good luck with everything! ^^

[TinyPixxels]

Thanks so much for the lovely feedback, and thanks so much for playing! I'm so glad you're excited for the launch now, not long to go! Make sure to keep an eye on our news!