Honestly I love this game, I love the primarily black/white colouring with some accent colours to pop, and the whole concept of farming moths <3 Genuinely really enjoyed this!!
I saw you mention in another comment about making a remake/sequel so!! Here is a bunch of feedback and ideas :D
- As others have said it gets difficult to keep up with the number of moths as you progress, I think it'd be great to be able to sell moths & caterpillars, as this way you can cut back if you feel overwhelmed, and it also means you can keep farming silk for clothes! (Currently I can't really afford to have more moths so rip to my potential clothes </3)
- Speaking of- it'd be cool to be able to spin things to sell! E.g. selling our clothes, maybe things like blankets too!
- It'd also be useful to have a preview of the clothes before we make them- I didn't make the connection that e.g. "suit" meant the whole tophat outfit (I was expecting a purple suitvest or something slapped over my sprite without changing the hat for example!)
- It can be a bit finicky trying to interact with the right thing when multiple things are stacked, I've especially had trouble trying to feed moths sitting in front of plants/seeds. Not sure how this would be fixed- maybe a different key for feeding, and another new one for reorganising layouts (plant pots, and the cupboard I mention below!)
- It'd be great if there was a way to store seeds, maybe a cupboard you could set up/fix (more use for planks!) so you can restock and grab from there to stop cluttering of the level! (Could have another by the incubator for eggs & pumpkins :3)
- It'd also be neat to be able to drop items down to the bottom floor while you're on the middle one to save a trip down!
- To begin with I had more time than I knew what to do with, but later on I was struggling to get everything done in time- perhaps a speed upgrade or even an upgrade that slows the day/night cycle could be very useful! :D
- For the pale moths- I presume they can eat both blue and purple food, if so it'd be neat if they prioritised whichever you have more of (mine ate the blue I was already low on sdjkhfkjdfg)
- I like the concept of the miracle water however it does mean even more items we need to carry which really builds up towards the end of the game. Maybe another upgrade could be the ability to hold stacks, so 2 items and then another upgrade for 3?
- It'd also be useful to be able to use the miracle water even after you've already watered so you don't get locked out!
- Additionally- perhaps sprinklers could be another thing to fix :D (Buying metal pipes, maybe?)
- It'd also be useful to have a little counter of how many hungry moths you have yet to feed- the more you get the more difficult it is to keep track of them all!
Could also have a feeder to unlock later on in the game that you can fill with food for them to auto-eat from? (And maybe a little dinner bell to ring :3) That may be more difficult though if you fill it with food but then need said food for something else (e.g. feeding caterpillars)Just unlocked the lantern! Seems useful for feeding except for the bug (pun intended) where it's hard to feed em when they're standing in front each other >.< Also have to ferry the pumpkin flowers down- but a being able to carry multiple items would help with that!
- It'd be useful to have an indicator of when it's getting late! I know the sky gets lighter- but I'm not necessarily paying enough attention to know if it's not dark yet or if its already been dark and it's now morning :0 A simple "It's getting late..." could work :D
Ok phew that's a lot sdjkhfgfdkj!! But yes I really enjoyed this game, it's incredibly charming and the caterpillars especially are SO cute oh my god- I love the way they follow you to beg for food and the lil antenna wiggle they doooo <3<3<3<3 Love the visual key as to a moths state- hungry with droopy wings, fed with spread wings and pink blush (which means it's also colourblind friendly! I'm not, but others may be :D), and curled in and grey for starving! (Which oh my god I felt so bad when I first saw that djhgkdfj)
Also really enjoyed the character's dialogue, especially the phone interactions sjdghdkfjg they were so funny :D Super interesting implication that there's more moth nurseries out there, and these strange people somehow knew we were here (I wonder what they do with the dust and silk?? :0) I wonder if the fireflies told them!!
Anyway, great game!!! Excellent work :D