fun little thing

i was drawn in by the low poly sorta brutalist visuals and an imagined megastructure but that aspect, while not bad by any means, quickly becomes uninterestingly abstract after the enticing opener.

movement was unique and sucks you forward in a way that encourages speed and getting good at unsafe jumps and hidden paths over clumsily taking the obvious safe paths. the massive amount of momentum you carry makes you look ahead for a line similar to an extreme sports game perhaps of skateboarding nature. feels good, the invisible hand guides you towards the most fun option, although the same systems make thorough and meticulous exploration more tedious than i was willing to bother with, which is a shame when i was pulled in by the environment.

yep.

this is friendslop made for mobile devices with a target audience of grade schoolers. they want your credit card soooo bad. good thing bad party games are fun

it is quite fun, the presentation is great and the game loop is satisfying and grabbing. it does feel like there's a lot of unexplained rules however - everything is consistent in behaviour, so after some time you learn, but it feels a bit backwards for a logic game to have trial and error discovery. for example, how different villagers lie isn't consistent amongst roles, and how certain cards interact is not clear a lot of the time. there's also a couple things that are just worded very poorly, like the baker's ability. speaking of the baker, shes not very fun - she seems to exist only to take away information, and having rounds where theres 3-5 of them because of rng sucks. dreamer is similarly disappointing although not as impactful; despite having an active ability, the only useful information she can ever give is whether she herself is lying, and only after you have already confirmed an evil. lilis is a cool, fun card, but i wish it was less common since it can often completely take over your round. the markers and ability to draw are really good, but the fact that theres no eraser and only an undo is a bit baffling - it means you can only undo notes in a linear way, when logic games where you are exploring multiple lines of thought and possibility.

tldr the core content is strong, but it needs more qol (and content, but this is just a demo so i can hardly complain about that)

does not respect your time, extremely loose and vague story that leaves little to bite into. nice atmosphere sometimes.

not gonna change ur life but ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ is it good to turn your brain off to, with or without friends

very much felt like watching a good by-the-numbers horror film but with the best execution you've ever seen.

friggin awesome mechanics, tons of good ideas executed well. really refreshing to see a 3d platformer that actually expects the player to be good at the video game. writing is cute and charming but nothing life changing, was more linear than i was expecting, and the worlds were a little hard to ground myself in since its very dreamlike and doesnt necessarily feel like a real place that follows a lot of logic but its still very much navigable. really good overall!!!