This game took far longer than I’d expected. I’d planned to complete it at least once so I could write a review, but it ended up taking three and a half hours. (I recorded a video just in case, so I can check how long my playthrough took.)

Despite spending so much time playing, I still didn’t quite understand the trust mechanic. Also, I’d like to be able to choose which item to share with NPCs, as some types of flowers are important for crafting, and while I’m trying to farm the ones I need, my inventory gets cluttered and my allies go hungry. However, the flower that’s important for crafting is right at the very end of my inventory, which means that if I want to share something, I’ll end up giving the NPC the flower that’s important to me, rather than, say, a piece of fruit.

It’s a real shame that you can’t interact with NPCs who aren’t on your team (or perhaps I just haven’t figured out how), which means that to progress, you simply have to restart the game numerous times with a new NPC to learn new skills from them—skills that are needed by other NPCs, from whom you then need to learn the skills required for the NPC you originally needed. At first, this frustrated me a bit, but then I started to see it more as a puzzle that requires a few restarts to solve. If I’d known this from the start, I’d probably have had a more enjoyable gaming experience. Well, or perhaps I wasn’t playing the game the correct way)))

I’ve only made it as far as the ending, which involves climbing a mountain. The game definitely needs some polishing, but for a game made in just one week, it’s turned out to be very substantial, with loads of content to explore.

Oh, and also, the first character I spoke to was speaking an unknown language, and I thought that absolutely everyone here spoke a different language, and that this was my comeuppance for not bringing a translator along with the team 😅

How do I do the 4 button combo thing? 

It doesn't do anything :(

Impressed that you did the jam on you own! It's a cool take on the theme, and the trust and crafting systems are interesting. I did find it confusing to start with, maybe if you patch it post-jam having some in-game tutorial or tooltips could help? 

Really fun game! I really liked the art style!

The game is minimalistic with the information it gives you, but this makes it all the more interesting to explore and experiment with different actions

The art style is cohesive, I especially liked the Chef, he was very unnerving.

Well done!