Good whatever time of the day it is! I just downloaded this game, and I'm impressed! But before I go over everything I found, I'd like to note that I have not gotten very far, I've gotten to the cave entrance and promptly died, as such, nothing I mention will be spoilers to the game, however, they are things I noticed while exploring the town. If the Dev ever reads this, I hope these notes are of some assistance, as I truly do see this being a great game in the future. If there is a better way to inform the creator of these things please let me know as I’m rather new at this. Also also, if the Dev has already fixed everything I mention, then feel free to ignore it, though I hope the scattered complements are still taken.
The below are things I noticed and wrote down at random, so they are in no specific order:
- First off, I’d like to state that this game is pleasing to the eye, while empty of ‘life’ at the moment, what it does have is nice to look at. Also, there are often little aids to assist in reminding the player what controls to use. They are not always there, but they are frequent enough to get the gist across. Though there is currently very little to interact with at the moment, I’m sure more will be added later.
- The coals in the blacksmith forge look more like colored blocks, with one being clipped at the back, perhaps adding a steam/smoke effect would make the continuous red glow look more natural.
- There is currently allot of clipping, the main character can walk through the horses, the well next to the water fall, several shop stands, some windows, and then there is the sign for the snack bar building that is going through some box’s outside. Also, Leyla’s hands continuously clip through her skirt.
- There are a few areas where there are visible ‘seams’ on the walls, on the second floor of the snack bar, and the 1st floor of the adventure’s guild.
- The design for the snack bar is cute, though you can’t get behind the bar and it has a fully viable walkway. The easy solution to this is to just add a small door.
- The shield the one guy has in the adventures guild is awesome! The pictures on the guest board are gorgeous (though slightly repetitive), and Maria’s ears are so darn cute! I also love the way her tail moves! The guest details are something that are obviously in work at the moment, as the Dev has placeholder text there. My only real complaint here is not being able to talk to any of the other adventures, they all kinda look like they’d have something fun to either say, or overhear.
- The crystals in the item shop are pretty, though one of the yellow ones has sparkles coming from it and the other doesn’t, this may mean it’s smashable, but I honestly haven’t tried.
- When exiting buildings, I noticed the camera has an annoying habit of swinging to the left, not always, but enough.
- The magic shop is the freaking best! Check it out!
- The female? metal armor in the equipment store has a shade/shadow problem, it kept flickering the whole time I was there. Also, the design for the axe in this shop is nice.
- The guard outside the city? gate says ‘this is the mayors house’
- The barrier by the water fall next to the save point does not appear to work, I drowned twice.
- The mining is kind of fun. Though, when I entered the cave I realized my life was at 120 instead of 600, thinking that was due to the prior mentioned drowning I drowned myself again, but my life remained 120.
- I tried the menu after (why didn’t I try it from the beginning? Because I’m stupid, duh) however, I can’t use the health items, I have 10 of them, and they refuse to work. Also, I can’t go through the different item lists. When I decided to explore the rest of the menus all of them worked fine, except the Party Status, that one I couldn’t exit unless I completely closed the menu.
And that's that! As I've said, I did not get far. I fought the first monster and died and as I haven't figured out how to heal myself I might have to start the game over. Not that big of a lose, going to the cave is kind of one of the very first things you do...I just decided to admire everything else instead.