Hey Darksteal, thanks a lot for the honest feedback — this genuinely helps!
I've listened, and I've lowered the Early Access price from $19.99 to $9.99.
The price will increase as development progresses and the game gets more content and polish, so this is the best time to jump in early.
Hope you enjoy it, and I'd genuinely love to hear your thoughts once you've played — especially on the doom system.
Thanks again for taking the time to write this!
so i played it for a bit, i will say it does have promise,i dont know if maybe the map is too big or more than likely i am just dumb and dont completely understand how im supposed to gather evidence, like it feels like there is a lack of direction but i could also be dumb/dense"
like maybe if the player characters had an inner monologue or something that said "i should start my search in {town name}" or maybe "{someone the mc would know} might know something, il go see him/her, they do like to hang around {vague location} in the {time of day} so i should see them while i am out gathering evidence.
Hey Darksteal, thanks again — this is really useful feedback.
And no, you’re not being dumb 😄. I think the game currently doesn’t explain the investigation loop clearly enough.
The intended idea is that each clue gives you a lead about where the investigation continues. Sometimes it’ll be fairly obvious, while other times it’ll be more like a small riddle that you have to interpret to figure out the next location.
I’m currently working on a Leads system so you can always look back at what you know and what you’re trying to figure out, without simply giving you a waypoint or telling you exactly where to go.
The protagonist also has a kind of supernatural intuition, which you can access from the Constellation icon in the top menu. That screen shows things like your Doom level, information about the current arc’s boss once you’ve gathered enough clues, and the Augury card.
The Augury gives you a vague hint about where the investigation might continue, but it’s intentionally not a direct answer.
I’m also developing a connected feature involving a fortune teller. If you get completely stuck, you’ll be able to pay her ❤️❤️❤️ for a much clearer lead. At that point, the game will tell you directly where you should investigate next.
So the idea is that you can either solve the clues yourself, use the Augury for a vague hint, or pay the fortune teller if you just want a clear answer. I want solving things yourself to feel rewarding, but I also don’t want getting stuck to mean wandering around the entire map forever.
Your comment actually helped confirm that I need to introduce this whole system much more clearly early on, because I definitely don’t want players wondering whether they’re supposed to randomly search the entire map for evidence.
Really appreciate you taking the time to play and write this. If you keep playing, I’d love to hear where you get stuck or where something feels unclear — that kind of feedback is extremely useful right now.
okay so glad I'm not dumb lol. I would say that it might be my lack of playtime but it seem map knowledge is very important. oh another suggestion/request is; maybe add a permant map/codex/index/legend feature where I could see what is at a locations or who hangs around there.
also add a jornal mechanic for npcs like for example if you played LOZ majoras mask, maybe add a item like the "bombers notebook" kind of journal that explain characters for a more non clue story/fixed position like shopkeeps and that fortune teller person u ewere talking about. specifically where/when to find them, what they do for you and little tidbit/lore/description about them
also another thing is what stores sell makes no sense to me, also what do books even do, like are they clue relevant or they skills/spells or consumables?
I hope my comments are coming off as constructive criticism and not over negative, so here here are some positive thoughts
I like how the birthday does something at character creation idk what it is but It does, but i can tell it has to do with astrology.
I ran into a yokai in the water on the beach, killed it, overall interesting encounter, when all I fought so far was rando thug, random protestor, and drunk guy I think, a wild yokay appearing was a welcome and sudden change lol
