There's a bit of a disconnect for me between the cozy vibes and the stress of a time-based scoring system. Maybe an experience similar to Wilmoth's Warehouse would work better. At one point I dropped a book, which felt to the ground, and I wasn't sure if I could retrieve it. Overall not a bad game, but not gonna lie: the heavy use of AI in both code and art makes it hard for me to assess this game as something you truly created yourself.
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Thanks for playing! You're right about the timer, not that cozy. Something to rethink for sure. Good thinking on Wilmoth approach!
On the AI front: I get the skepticism, especially with how much low-effort AI content has been flooding feeds these days. For me, AI is a tool, similar to using an engine or asset library (more like a headless programmer). But it's a spectrum based on usage, and people draw lines differently. I think of it as developing through user stories and code reviews, easier in a lot of ways - comes with it's own challenges.