This was amazingly fun and you can feel the passion for dressmaking the makers have. Playing it as someone who makes clothes I felt a little like those truckers who go home to play truck simulator (❁´◡`❁). Especially the fabric cutting and buying portions was so satisfying and true to life. There are some recomendations though that I felt was missing or could be improved.
1. I'd like some literature in the game relevant to dressmaking, like a sleeve making book recomending which sleeve fits what the best. While I can take out a book from my shelf and read up on the specific sleeve not everyone can and the game might not agree with me or my books opinion.
2. I'd like to be able to create and grade patterns as I feel thats a massive part of making garments which kind of relates back to the literature.
3. Does the styles and patterns used actually relate to fulfilling the customers request? This felt very unclear and like the choice of fabric did all of the request fulfillment.
4. The sewing machine felt unecessarily difficult to use as just a small touch of the mouse could ruin the seam, operating a real sewing machine feels like you're more in control. I also couldn't find controls on my keyboard so i couldn't play it on a laptop without a mouse which felt like a shame. Also seam ripping would be a nice addition!
5. The seams sewn didn't seem to relate very much to actual seams and started and ended strangely, sometimes making nonsensical turns and missing most seams. The panels also didn't get sewn together in the machine which made it seem like a strange straight stitch overlock? I assume this was a time restriction issue though.
6. (edit because i forgot) There's also no choice or any closure on the garment which feels important. And all the ironing for all the seams and folds are also not included which I'd love to have.
In total this is an amazingly fun experience that really teach people about making clothes and I will be recomending it to anyone who will listen! The fact that you all were able to put this together this well in such a short amount of time is also inspiring. I really hope for this projects best future!