Please finish this! : D How far is left for the full game?/what percentage of the full game comprises the demo? I assume you know where the story’s going to go already. That nurse is the most adorable!
I don’t know if it’s an expected standard for RPG maker games but for players who don’t usually play those games, I would suggest making a reminder pop up after you select ‘new game’ which tells you to save in the menu and also to hold shift to run. I didn’t know about the manual saving. So when I met the nurse after the gift shop and immediately got instakilled back to the main menu with 0 progress, I did stop for the day(I went back the next day and explored the rest XD). From our experience as devs seeing player feedback, I’m sure other players would be done for good at that point. Most improvements we make to our games now is to push further and further back any moment that the player will have as an excuse to stop playing. lol even when the fix to the problem makes us go ‘ohhh come oooon, couldn’t they have just figured that bit out themselves? Do I reeally need to hold their hand that much?’ etc.
Other than that, I should’ve recorded my reactions cos a lot of good stuff to say. It’s got genuine character and atmosphere and the effort and personal connection to it is on display. Original soundtrack great too and some actually effective tense moments. But also, got that charming cheeky tone too.