Thanks for playing! My best guess as to why it didn't run on your laptop is the game utilizes DirectX12 for grass for Windows and Windows 7 doesn't support it iirc. I'm currently scouting for some new grass anyways and one of my requirements is that it's OpenGL compatible so hopefully it won't be a problem sometime in the future.
I'll go ahead and push up the "hold Esc to skip intro" task priority, I can see how it's a hindrance. Do you remember if you were in the middle of an action or menu while alt-tabbed that caused your mouse to drag up? Or was just during the game while walking around? And if you wouldn't mind me asking, what CPU and GPU does your laptop have? I'd love to be able to better support lower end PCs.
Currently the project is mostly done by me. A lot of models and animations were bought on the asset store, some were made by Square in agdg, Bah who also hangs around agdg made the character portraits, and another friend made some of the UI backgrounds and layouts. It means a lot that you think it's so polished and well made, I'm hoping to get a following or a publishing deal to be able to continue working on the project as my full time job instead of only working on it when I don't have another side gig going (I'm a contract programmer by trade).
Recettear is definitely one of the main inspirations. While how it hands the shop side of things is good, I hope to improve upon it by how you interact with the town and the townspeople, to hopefully make it feel a little more like animal crossing instead of just a series of menus. Mix in some top-down zelda style exploring and maybe combat and I feel like the game will really shine.
Thanks again for playing and for the thoughtful writeup, it means a lot!
