FANTASTIC. beautiful art, beautiful models, fun and engaging. the only thing that bothers me is that Saffron is NOT putting on that hat if those horns are on her head and not, y'know, glued to the hat.

first, the good: lovely art and enjoyable gameplay - the game doesn't force you to do activities you don't enjoy. my focus wasn't on the farming aspect and i got by just fine, so i appreciate that! i found the fighting system really fun.

however, as soon as craft recipes stopped dropping from chests, the game was over for me.

i found the amount of furniture options to be extremely lacking for the base game. i'm too poor to be out here buying DLC when i could buy a different game, ya know? there's too many niche items (and HUMONGOUS ones you can't really use?!) and too few options for basic furniture. there's not even a toilet! where is my alchemist gonna poop!!

also, i gotta say... the writing could use some work. while i do appreciate the effort to incorporate enby characters, i didn't find any of the villagers appealing, Waldo aside. the fact that nothing was explained once i fixed the mirror?! no conversation, no nothing? and some things straight up don't make sense, like the fisherman hating it when i gift him a moonstone grade fish, but then buying it from me?! now i just feel guilty when i catch moonstone fish??? or paolo submitting a sandwich for the fall festival when their signature recipe is LITERALLY a pumpkin pie. the npcs just feel... shallow, and the chat/joke/flirt mechanic is boring. almost wish this whole part was just kept off the game.

all that said, i had a fun time, enough to spend a couple days of my perishable lifetime on it. hoping for QoL improvements and new furniture, perhaps i'll play some more after a few updates.

(also PLEASE PLEASE make the glider animation shorter!! it's lovely the first time but GOD it makes me not want to use it at all)

First of all: incredibly cute and cosy! i love the style of the game, the decorations, the spirits are adorable and the playlists are lovely.

as someone with ADHD, this game helped me... for three days. because that's how long it took me to get all the spirits (just because i didn't realize they were tied to the sounds tab), and all the stuff i wanted for the room. now i don't have as much motivation to open it. i think the users could benefit from it being a bit more difficult - maybe a spirit per day, or higher chances of it showing up the more tasks you do? slower leveling? perhaps this could be an in-game setting. also, if the game could default to the same playlist i was listening to last time, that'd be really neat.

anyway, that's my two cents! for anyone who's thinking of using this game as a reward system - only leave it open when you're actually being productive, it'll help a bunch. :P

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edit: game now saves your music settings from last session! ty devs ♥