Warning: long enthusiastic post ahead.
Loved this game Circular, as other said Adventurer-chan is adorable. The best MC ever, can't wait to see more content!You took the trope of "scene for failing the combat" and built a fun, believable and engaging game on it. That's pure genius. The little humor of her name which is never revealed (and all the other funny things) really speaks up on how much you love this game/project. It's great.
The other characters are amazing too, and I'm not talking only about the party. Rodriss is a cool addition, a real tank.... and I loved how you showed his weaknesses. You got it right for casting him as a middle-aged man, it maintains the focus on the MC. It's not Konosuba after all.
The mage is fun too, she has to recharge every time because we can't have a normal party. I loved it. Also the ending to that Gel combat, will it get explained or it will be just a WTF moment?
Also thank you for letting us talk the the party while adventuring, can't wait to hear mome comments on our adventures.
You got the right idea to get us to interact only with the goblin chief, it makes her more special and you can have time to properly flesh it out.
Loved Gel too, she has good vibes (when not getting all evil then she is very cool too, pun not intended).
Are you going to add more scenes with the captured monsters too?
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What about after the MC asks about what they think about her (and they say she is weak, like the goblin already do), she unlocks a new dialogue to challenge them (to something stupid like arm wrestling or something), we get a "fight" where if we lose the MC get spanked, if we win we spank them but of course we are too weak to really do something.
Before thing escalate further (monster really hurting the MC or the MC asking the companion for help spanking the target) all hear the voice of the guildmaster who is coming to see what's the ruckus and everyone stands up and stop doing it to avoid getting caught.
So it's not repeatable but I can already rewatch the scenes from the book so not a big problem
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What can i say about the other character? The guildmaster is really scary, loved her. The cat merchants were really fun too. Are we going to get scenes with them in the future? I mean, the tent is right there for the privacy.
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Maybe after they explain the worms, the MC get an option to ask what happens if she eats the worms directly, they candidly tell her her blood becomes potion, she stupidly do it right away and they save her life (and punish her after of course). Or maybe Adventurer's-chan is not so stupid?
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This game is really something, you nailed the protagonist and the concept, can't wait to see where it goes, both for the story and the slice of life aspects.
SPOILER FOR 0,1 VERSION BELOW:
Also, you surprised me when we had to fight Gel for real after showing us that combat "wasn't the only way". The game over if we lost was unexpected and fantastic, a good way to remind us that yeah, adventuring is still dangerous and we still have the big bad guy running around (you had the right call to warn us before.)
So thank you again for sharing with us this gem, good work for its future!