This was such a nice, sweet game!! I really loved seeing our gardener boy just learn and make friends... Thank you for creating this, it's so cute and calming!!
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Really well designed levels!
However, it was really frustrating when I would screw up jumps and things (forcing me to keep retrying puzzles I knew what I had to do to solve) when my muscle memory kept trying to use the up arrow instead of X to jump. This is an easy fix: change 'jump' to up arrow and 'switch item' to X. Alternatively, offer a way to input controls (if that's possible with PICO, I'm not sure).
It's a testament to the great puzzle design that I didn't give up immediately when I ran into these issues, though. Overall, really great game, and I'd love to see more!
I loved this game! I love the art and characters so much, especially Zheng. The plot twists and secrets were interesting but also made sense. The story was amazing, and it balanced serious and funny moments really well. It feels like far more than one month was spent on it.
I was also wondering whether a member of Stardust Soda was Chinese, because the mentions of food in particular were spot on! If not, then good job with the research!
One thing bothers me a little bit: while most of the information is consistent throughout all routes, I was confused when Zheng says the power from the jewel is familiar because it's theirs in one route, when in another they say that someone else's power was put in the jewel. Is this bit of background information supposed to be different between routes? That doesn't make much sense, considering the jewel was made before the start of the game. Clarification?
I've been a huge fan of Ib ever since I saw a playthrough of it (so probably like 3-4 years at this point) and was super curious to see how this would compare to it, since it's obviously stylistically inspired by it. I loved Solm! You could see the inspiration from Ib in the art and atmosphere, puzzles, and even some of the events, but its storyline was fresh and novel. It definitely wasn't a cookie cutter genderbent version of Ib like I was dreading.
It's definitely shorter and the puzzles may be a bit harder, but if you like Ib, I don't think you'll regret playing this.