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I really like the premise of the game, but there are way too many unnecessary steps to get anywhere.

 * I understand that for lore reasons the seeds and bottles are stored in the boxes when you arrive, but they should go into your inventory automatically when you find them on the initial tour. There doesn't seem to be any reason to *not* have them on your person; likewise, it wasn't apparent that the ones you buy have to be manually collected on the new day when the gold you earn gets claimed automatically. Showing a quick animation of a bird swooping by to drop off the package or something would direct player attention to the mail ledge.

* At the start of the game, I have to change screens no fewer than 12 times (and click through several dialog boxes) every time I want to make & sell a potion (that's assuming I do all my planting/harvesting/water collection along the way), to earn 10 gold. 3 of that gold replaces the bottle, and 1.5 or so to replace the herb (I haven't harvested often enough to know if it's a set 2 herbs each time or if there's some variance). Judging by the other comments there's ways to speed that up later on, but the prospect of walking the same path over and over and over and over before getting the first upgrade (and probably even moreso if I miss the first opportunity or don't have enough money saved up) doesn't fill me with confidence that the time will be a worthwhile investment.

My inability to progress past a single screen is an accurate representation of my ability to be loved. 10/10 for authenticity

Went back and double-checked, and Simone's "That... doesn't..." line goes through, and then there's the all-black screen with Lasca saying "Simone! Simone..." and then tapping the button to move on from that line specifically is when the crash occurs.

I'm also getting Script: Game_interpreter line 1411: NoMethodError occurred. undefined method template_id for nil:NilClass. at the same point in the game, and although I got the scene for messing with the partner's gear earlier on everything was back in place by the time the error occurs. I've tried it three times now, and it always crashes after Simone's second word as she's fading out ("I've.. never..." or some such).

If I could make a suggestion -- please consider tweaking the UI to not require a mouse. I doubt I'm the only person who prefers to play RPG-style games kicked back with a controller rather than hovering over the keyboard & mouse. Arbitrary keyboard keys are fine (controllers are remappable), but there doesn't seem to be much point in needing to mouse-click items for selections of Ingredients, Sheaths, etc. when a simple cursor or menu could do just as well.

Since it's just a pure .rar file, the Itch desktop app is too stupid to install it autonomously, or to allow you to download and unpack it yourself. You'll have to visit the game page in a web browser and download the old-fashioned way.

I accepted the quest, talked to her (dialogue along the lines of, "what do you even need all that stuff for?"), collected the items, and brought them back, but she's not in the house to turn them in.

I started a new savefile after 1.1.0 released. The game directory has existed for a while before that-- there were my old savefiles from like 0.7 available when I fired the game up again -- but I didn't use them at all for my fresh playthrough.

I upgraded to 1.1.2, but the questgiver for Impossible Request isn't there when I go to turn it in. Does having reached that point in the questline in an earlier version prevent the fix from being resolved in my save?

Alchemy costs seem pretty steep -- even when you know a recipe, there's some potions where it's cheaper to just sell the required materials and buy the potion directly.

Yes, that's the one!

Just found the 2nd DLC and am loving it. However, the game locked up when one of the roulette guys lived long enough to use his special, and the "ENEMY ABILITY: The Deadly Roulette Spares No Target" animation just plays endlessly on loop. Not sure if it's related, but the enemy was slowed & staggered (stunned?) when this happened. Can't go to menu or otherwise intervene; had to force-close the game.