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Ashwood Conspiracy was very nostalgic and I loved every second of it! I think ya'll have really succeeded in it feeling like a 90's point and click without being too clunky. Being so familiar with point and clicks it was easy to just jump right in but I can see if someone is not familiar, needing a tutorial or at least a controls setting in the pause menu to see what's up. I also assumed I'd be able to combine items but again if someone is not aware of that feature there was no indication of it. 

The game also opened up twice, not on my screen itself but on my stream. I couldn't figure out why that was happening, it for sure could have been an issue on my end but I still wanted to bring it up in case maybe its not. I did stream another demo after this one and did not have that issue but like I said I couldn't figure out what the issue was so I can't say for sure if it was an issue on my end or not.

The story itself seems pretty fun and I am intrigued. The music sets the mood and I think it fits the game perfectly. The art style is also beautiful, again feels similar to older point and clicks but also updated for today. The puzzles were on the easier side to figure out but it didn't feel so easy that it wasn't fun or was boring. I could see this being a great start and then gradually getting more challenging as the game goes on. 

Overall I really enjoyed it and I look forward to the full release! I have included my vod here, Ashwood starts at 10 minutes in.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2552306332

Had a ton of fun playing Midwest 90! Art style is beautiful and the music was great. Game loop was fun, I feel like everything was introduced steadily so it wasn't overwhelming and I was able to grasp what was going on.

 As far as issues go, not everything was immediately obvious to me in the hud. I didn't realize the days of the week till I was quite far in the demo so when it would pop up that I could change my perks I couldn't figure out where to keep track of the days. I eventually realized but like I said it did take me some time. It was also unclear to me that "Mr. X" would be rating my place. I thought once the 2 weeks were up some crazy event was gonna happen. Maybe I missed something in the initial letter but if not it was very unclear. There were also a few grammatical errors. Many places where it says "Am" but should have said "I'm" (unless this was done on purpose? But it didn't come across to me like that) as well as a line from Jericho that should have been blue but was instead white as if he was saying it. There was also a day where my cooks could not get passed the tables and into the kitchen even though it looked like enough space. They could still cook the food through the wall outside though haha. I moved the table and it fixed it but it would have been nice to know before placing it if they were not going to be able to walk by.

I was also curious if there could be different outcomes to things? When speaking with Nancy she wants us to look out for Pratchit (sp? the guy with the sign) but I don't believe I had  an option to do that? And instead he became infatuated with the green light. Other than those few things it was a fun game and I look forward to the full release! I've included the vod below, Midwest starts at 53 mins in.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2552306332