Streamed this yesterday and the dev was there, but I’m leaving this here for posterity just in case:
- +The art is great, all around, and clearly the best part of the game. The designs of beast monsters were especially cute.
- +The concept of having three forms was interesting! Their alternate designs were very cute.
- +I always enjoy when encounters can be controlled by the player and evaded (because I'm lazy XD)
- +The difficulty choice is appreciated, I personally prefer the gameplay to be easy and this let me do just that. I can't speak about the balance other difficulties.
- -I got a bit frazzled trying to keep my skill slots in check. Honestly would have preferred that some skills be bundled up or have more slots.
- -Personally, I did not like how the game handles the ending and the "result" of the adventure. I would have preferred a more definitive "win" and maybe hints of something else. Though from what I understand this type of storytelling is very common in tabletops and this is just my taste.
- -I did feel like the extra story elements more geared towards the ending did feel a bit intrusive in the “main quest”. Knowing this was (supposedly) a short game they felt a bit tacked on like exposition at first, tho with how the ending goes I suppose that was the point.
- -Minor niggles and polish: some skills feel like they could be bundled into a single piece or equipment, or made “native” to characters. // It would be cool if there was a reminder of what each "age" perk is via the "hover states" function // The icons for doors/mechanisms and item gets should be different, mainly because I accidentally kept checking closed doors again because I thought they were items.
Overall this was a very solid, polished project. The single reason I’m not enthusiastic about it is that I have no personal affection for tabletop games myself (people in the chat who did were loving this), so that part of it did nothing special to me. My taste runs more on the dialog where this focused more on richer narration, which was well done, just not my specific taste. It’s still a great game within the timeframe and limits of the contest and deserves all the praise.
TL;DR if you like tabletop rpgs this is a solid choice.