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tl;dr the vid is not very helpful and watching it a bit its kind of whiny so let me try to write some actual helpful stuffthe layout of the overall 'map' is a nice idea and aesthetic but also i'm used to having at least a menu off to the side that would list everything i could try or something
the minigame stories are kinda long winded, i'd keep them really short to like 2 or 3 lines, like a 4 panel comic or something, i couldnt bring myself to really care about them
the actual art that is in the game is really charming and fun, i love the aesthetics
the platformer felt very punishing; one hit resetting you is not fun or interesting also the fireball obstacles required very precise jumps; i dunno just wasn't vibing with this one
fishing was fine it was just 'baiting' the fish just needed a bit more leniency, but the controls felt really good
the writing minigame is the one that puzzled me the most. it's weird that you have control over the entire sentence, i didn't even really understand the premise at first and i feel like locking some words in place would easily alleviate everything; only rewatching the video i realize that the third sentence was meant to be a completely different phrase other than what i ended up with, because the last word didn't have one that 'fit', but it didnt occur to me at all while playing or even after playing
again, the video is really not that helpful and i'm sorry i should've probably reigned it in but i do think there's some cute things going on here that just need a bit more time in the oven and it'll be really charming