oh also I forgot to mention this but just in case it's relevant at all, I'm using the Linux version of the game in Mint Cinnamon
A member registered Sep 15, 2019
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Super cute game, very relaxing. I think the concept is genius and I'm kind of surprised no one's done it before, (to my knowledge.) Glad we're finally ringing in the girls gays and theys games golden age
My only real gripes with this game are the movement controls. For some reason my brain thinks the sewing controls are backwards when I'm using the arrow keys and it would be nice to have a way to change that in settings, (kind of like how in most driving games you can flip the steering controls.) I also attempted to put some lace around the cuff of a sleeve and my god did the game not want me to do that; I don't know if I'm just missing something about the movement controls, but it seems like panning around and putting a pin in lace/ribbon/etc are both done with the left mouse button, which meant I spent about 15 real life minutes accidentally pinning the lace half to the cuff and half to other parts of the dress, trying to undo it, taking the wrong pins out, rinse and repeat. I also found that I couldn't seem to get the lace all the way around once even when I eventually managed to do it as close to correctly as I could, the lace would get about 80% of the way around and then flip in the other direction and double back over on itself. Frankly, even if it weren't for the other issues with the two buttons that do the same thing and the lace not being able to go all the way around, it was extremely finnicky trying to see what I was doing because of the movement controls. I think if it's possible, implementing some kind of "free camera" mode would be very helpful and also possibly some kind of mechanic where you can just do a loop of lace around a whole sleeve or the skirt/bodice/etc, kind of like how you can make a subloop around a 3D model? I feel like putting lace around cuffs/skirt hems/waistbands etc is something people will want to do often enough that it could do with its own hotkey.
I saw someone else suggest being able to remove parts of the pattern and I think that would also be a good feature. This isn't a problem that impacts me, but if you're going to have any customers that request specific colours, it might be good to have a way to check the colour of a fabric in text format for colour blind users (and also just bc sometimes it's kind of ambiguous if something's blue or green/orange or red/etc,) although I think all of the fabrics in the game so far have their colour in their name anyway.
Sorry to go on with the ✨constructive criticism✨ for so long, I just wanted to give as much information as possible bc I figured it would be more helpful that way. Think of it as ✨free QA testing✨
Overall I still really loved the game and will absolutely be wishlisting it on Steam and buying the final version when it comes out