Finally, some good fukin feedback :D. I've been wanting this for a while you see. Well lets get into the nitty and gritty of it. Firstly, yes I've been thinking that the tutorial doesn't explain everything and that I've forgotten to add some parts which I had planned. For example. It is possible to hide the text box. I had meant to add that to the beginning as yet another tutorial page but completely forgot, anyway "Right click" hides text box. Sorry about that.
As for adding links and such, I have no idea how to do that. I'm not a programmer so I will need to see if I can find a plugin that does this somehow, though I hadn't thought of this at all so thanks :D. Next, lets see, ah. The un-equipable weapons, honestly, I'm on the fence about that one. My plan was/is to tie each weapon to a specific costume i.e daggers to a rogue costume, swords to a warrior costume etc etc. Instead of a class system since that would not be necessary with the way leveling work in this game so the reason they are locked right now is because I don't have that and it would feel/look weird to equip Julia with a dagger but then her battle bust shows a staff. Adding art is the most time consuming and I'm more focused with getting the story to come along.
This feels like a cherry on top kind of feature and it's not as important right now, also because I'm going to need help making the different outfits for each girl depending on which weapon they use.
The reason the main character doesn't have any spells is because, one, he's not a mage and two because he will get his own unique type of magic....Spoiler alert! Sorry. He won't be casting the same spells as Julia but he can still be built as a mage, later on that is.
I'm sure that I've added a bonfire page to the tutorial and if time mattered in this game I would have mentioned that. But to be on the safe side I'll add an extra line that mentions that time doesn't matter :D.
The spawns are a bit too much, I'll admit. I'm planning on increasing it from 40 steps to 70+ and adding skills/items that lower/increase the spawn rate.
I'm not sure about the battle bgm, I feel like there needs to be an kind of cue that tells the player "We are in battle, Fight!". I guess a visual change could be enough but having having both a visual and audio change feels more...impactful? I guess if it happens to frequently then it gets annoying but I'll leave as is for now, will check if it's better once I've made the battles less frequent.
Auto-attack might be a problem, if the engine as a built in auto-battler then I can add it without worry but if not then everyone's saves will stop working on the next build. But holding the "OK" key should act like an auto-attack function since it keeps repeating as your holding it down. Will have to mark this down for later.
As for the ATB, honestly, that shouldn't even be in the options menu. You turn is determined by your "AGI" stat, the more you have the faster your turn arrives. High enough "agi" gives you a turn every 0.2 seconds. At some point the player will most likely be in battle for less than a second or two at a time, given he is strong enough to beat the enemies in a single hit. Will see if I can remove it, if not, then I'll add some info as to what it does. Just leave it at the maximum and that is it. Not explained, I know. You just don't realize how much your missing until someone reminds you :D.
Can't do much with the zoom, I haven't zoomed the game out. I've changed the resolution to 1920x1080. This is why you have a broader field of view. I'll check if I can add that to the options menu so that the player can choose his own resolution otherwise there isn't much I can do here unless I want to corrupt everyone's save files.
The jumping between tiles is something I want the player to figure out, the reason I chose to do it is for the simple fact that I want the player to try things out, see what works and what doesn't. Why? Because I will be adding/have added secret areas into the game that I want the players to find on their own. Areas that will be using this ingame knowledge like "Oh, so I can jump over this gap. Wonder where else I can jump". I want to give the player the tools and then leave them to do whatever. Obviously not everyone will figure it out and that is the point. Holding the players hands is not something I like in games. I don't mind you hinting at things but just adding a big ass sign that says go here and do this isn't to my liking. But with all said, I know this is subjective. I'll see if I can make the hints a bit more obvious.
The boss at the end, he isn't immortal. You said you quit there but....Sigh, I spent so much time on his mechanics, even though they are somewhat simple in design. Didn't you find it weird that he never attacked? What was he doing? What kind of thoughts ran through your mind when you saw that your attacks didn't do anything to him. What was he doing to begin with and why? SPOLER ALERT!!!! This boss doesn't attack, he only summons slimes. Keep killing them and you will see a visual change to his appearance. Continue and he will die.
Was it hard even with Julia in your party? Never mind, I've already decided that I will be decreasing the amount needed to level a stat so this, should, lower the grind needed to get to the enemies strength. I will also be lowering the stats of the enemies at the start of the game but ramp it back up later on though this change will only be seen once I've released the next build.
As for the art and Julias Phat ass :D, gonna be real with you fam. I'm a member of Adonitology. But! I'm no fool, your next companion is more normal looking. Have to cater to the casuals you see ;P.
Thanks for the feedback man, much appreciated :D. I'll see what I can do with what you've given me.