Recent reviews by Benthepen

Doesn't work with Programmer Dvorak so not really playable for me. The 1 key is an & and you need to press - to get 8, which isn't in the game's layout range. Couldn't figure out a way to get the key translation to stop sending 8 even though I had no way to type 8 in my layout. Game seems fine otherwise.

Good story, worth a playthrough if you like walking sims and are fine with minimal gameplay/choice

The sauce is too strong

The music is good, I'm definitely getting the full game

This game won me over after my initial review. I still think it has some major flaws, but it's overall a nice experience with fantastic art and music.

The big thing that threw me off is that you need to play this game 3 times, and you need to actually wait through the credits and start a new game from the "Next Game" button that shows up. Reloading from an existing save to get the other endings DOES NOT WORK for getting the true ending. You do not need to collect the item that it mentions in the note after eacj playthrough, you'll get one automatically after you complete each non-true ending. Once you have two, the true ending will be impossible to miss.

The game doesn't make it clear when things are interactable which made it feel like I had no choices to make in the first playthrough. If you don't find certain items, then you'll miss out on decision points without being aware of it. If you see anything of interest in the foreground/background, you should try to press A because it might be something that influences the game.

On the whole, the game has pretty rough pacing because of the short scenes with loading screens between each one. And there isn't any real challenge in the gameplay. It's best to think of it as a slow paced interactive storybook. If you want meaningful choices with clear consequences then it's probably not for you. But it's pretty good if you want to relax and take in the atmosphere.

Initial review after one playthrough:

Not for me. The art and music are beautiful, but the gameplay is non-existent and the storytelling never really kept my attention. I felt like I spent most of my time aimlessly throwing sticky notes, waiting on loading screens, or backtracking through pages which hadn't changed.

This game is the reason I became a software dev, certified banger

Cool atmosphere, short but interesting

Solid puzzler, pretty short, presentation is pretty good. Pulling around the orb carrier objects is pretty glitchy

Very pretty game, solid music, feels like the opening for a much longer title out of a proper game studio. Some minor bugs (falling through the world, soft locking from a dialogue opening while being in range to get in the boat) but nothing game breaking

Feels amazing, how are people so fast on the leaderboards??? I wish I could watch the top replays