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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #6 | 4.611 | 4.611 |
| Audio | #9 | 4.111 | 4.111 |
| Macrow's Picks | #10 | n/a | n/a |
| Overall | #13 | 4.046 | 4.046 |
| Art | #21 | 4.556 | 4.556 |
| Polish | #29 | 4.056 | 4.056 |
| Gameplay | #33 | 3.722 | 3.722 |
| Limitation | #82 | 3.222 | 3.222 |
Ranked from 18 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Honestly, I am impressed by the art, its super cute, the writing is actually funny, and the whole vibe just feels pleasant. Though you have to get your choices exactly right to progress, but the story is engaging enough that you want to keep playing anyway. Definitely a must play! Such talented deshi artist 👏
Maybe the real comfy are the beach babes we collected along the way...
Minor note: the game crashed once during my playthrough but the save file saved me!
actually phenomonal game; I can't believe you guys were able to create that much quanity and quality for art in such as short amount of time. Music was great, art was good, gameplay was casual and fun; I experienced one bug but it happened at the same time I did something on my computer so I didn't really count it against polish.
I was invested in the story all the way! Great game!
thank you so much for the kind words......!!! i'm so glad!!!! thank you thank you!!!
This game is actually impressively good. It did draw me in with the cute visuals but the writing is awesome and it's what keeps me engaged. Some parts felt a bit drawn out but for the most part it's good. I'm really glad to see the RPG Maker community is producing a lot of better looking games instead of the default asset stuffs I see all the time on Steam. I used to use RPG Maker too so I just like seeing it haha.
The amount of art assets in the game is huge, very impressive to see. With that being said though, the graphics does look to have weird scaling issues all over the place so it's one thing you could still improve on for sure.
One big obvious thing that's missing is sound effects. There were also a bug when I failed the 1st day the 1st time and then reloads, the textbox disappeared so I had to restart the game.
SPOILER:
Maybe it have something to do with the game jam limitation, but I feel like having a plot twist reveal at the end of day 1 where they were still 2 more days to go undersell the impact a bit. I haven't played through the rest of game yet so maybe my opinion will change but I think if the game ends right there or the reveal comes later then it feels much more impactful.
Overall, it's a really good entry, but I guess unfortunately doesn't get as many plays since it's download only but I think people should give this a try.
The scaling issue is definitely something I need to work on, thank you for the suggestion! There were a lot of issues we had due to the lack of time, but we tried what we could :,>. Everything we can patch is after the jam session is over.
I don't mean to be harsh, really, but the first day twist isn't only one of the twists, there are more. i personally dont believe that the limitation is where the game should end, but i def get what you mean!! it can work!! we just took it in a different direction.
regardless, thank you so much for your review!!! i'm really glad you like the art and writing!! it makes us extremely happy as it is our first entry
THIS. IS. GOOD! Also it looks much better than any game made in 2 weeks should! Unfortunately there was a bug that breaks all texts after 1st day which is a problem for game that is mostly about reading... Devs fixed it after submission so we may return to this game later cause we really have a lot of fun and we are intrigued how it will continue!!!
Ohh I'm sorry but have you encountered that bug now? I've tried my best to fix it. Please let me know if you did, as it is quite serious.
Thank you for all the compliments!!!!
Yo, I failed because I was too old and it shown in my dialogue choices PFFF
I might have missed things, but since I have the game now, I might replay it an other time! I demand an update to add soda guy to the romances options though. That was a bunch of fun and as I mentioned on discord, the vibe felt really nostalgic to me. You folks did a wonderful work, you can be proud!
ah did you fail to get 8 hearts on August? :,> yeah you need to have 8 hearts in order to progress, otherwise you won't be able to.
haha, i'm glad you like the soda guy though!!! thank you so much again!! i'm glad you liked it!!!
Ouh I kind of guessed that but considering the short amount of time we had for the jam, I thought that those other love interest could also not be in the game yet. That would've been nice to allow the player to continue the story anyway, knowing that they could go back at anypoint to 100% the game. That would also give a bit more agency to the player, to let them decide which of the romance option they want to mess with, and which ones they actually care about. I felt that lack of agency on some other minors occasion (the need to test the exact food combination to progress and the understandable nuh-uh of Eloise when we choose to not go on a date with that stranger in the first place, are the one coming in the top of my head), but that "win or die" is, to me, the more damagable one. One solution could've be to have a less linear experience, where the first day you meet the 3 love interest, and choose with which one you get to proceed with. (while keeping the win or die aspect, and each day would still be focusing on a different character, but at least you would know for sure that there are more to come, and you would have the feeling that you somehow lead the story)
ANYWAY, like I said, I might play it again one day, that blond dude is peaking my interest 😎 GG again for the game, I forgot to mention it yesterday because it was so late and I was so tired, but the amount of care you put in the game really shows. Also the art is super pretty, and the writing is funny af, it made me laugh a couple of time!
Okay, this isn't a bash or anything but before the 8 heart date, there is a save option prompt that comes up that allows you to save the game. It should have come up, and I added that thinking the player might fail the date game, and can come back anytime they want to. I'm curious, did that not pop up for you? I get that you want to like, choose who you want to romance, but the story that we built unfortunately doesn't allow that to happen (it's not really your regular dating sim after all)
I know this might sound harsh, but choosing the character destroys the story of the game. There's a reason to why it is like this after all, as I don't want to put spoilers in the game. but i def understand what you mean. I think there are a ton of things I could have done to polish the game, hopefully after the voting ends I can come up and polish it more!!
Again, thank you for playing so much!!! I geniunely appreciate it!!!
You didnt sound harsh xD
I got the save don't worry! But the feeling of being trown to the door for not randomly picking the good option in a discussion with a guy I don't vibe with, I got it too xD A button "try again?" instead of immediate title screen would've certainly ease that out a bit 🤔
I understand that the point was not to choose your endgame, and instead to get them all, that's why my suggestions pointed toward letting the player the choice of the order of the dates itself, and that I didnt complain about having to date, but having to date PERFECTLY (I failed with 7/8 hearts) But I also can imagine this solution not being suited for the experience you wanted for the players. That only was the first one coming to my mind in reply to the aspect of the game that lost me a little: the sentiment that my presence, as a player, made no difference. The game is neither skill based, nor is it creative, and it's not reflexion based either. So to me (and your view on the subject might differe here), what is left is choice. even minors ones, even only a handfull of ones, but some that make me feel like I am in the story and that I am the one leading it, you know! (and I dont count the "nah actually you cant choose that" and "you can choose what you want until you choose the actual right option" choices, because they reenforce that sentiment that I'm talking about)
My goal by sharing that opinion isn't to tear you down, it isnt neither to diminish the incredible work you made for this jam. I did it because I feel that jams are great opprtunity to have our game played by a lot of different people and see how they experience them. If our point came across as intended and what went lost in translation. So in short what I mean is that I tried, clumsily, to be useful to you 👀
I'm only one kind of player and I might just not be in your target audience. But I figured that for you to know if my taste aligned with your objectives, I had to talk about them, about what I did enjoy, and what I didnt resonate with.
Ho and after that text wall ponctuated with like near to 0 emoticones, might be a good idea to say that I come in peace: what can be percieved as aggressivity is just me being a really direct talker with no people skills xD
This game is really cute!
The colour palette is great, the music is really good too and the dialogs are just so funny!
The characters have a lot of personality and the design really fits them too!
I think it would attract more people if it had a html build, but I did not mind downloading it and I can say it's great! You did an amazing job!
ohhh a html build wld be a great idea! thank you for the suggestion and thanks sm for enjoying our game<33!!
OMMMGGG I LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCH THE DIALOGUE IS KRILLING MEEE (heh)!! everyone has so much character, even the NPCs are so sillyyy!! i saw the cover art during the jam and was eagerly awaiting the upload >:3 !! the immediate 67 ref made me laugh too HAHA i can't believe how much art and story dialogue you guys were able to finish for this game and how deep the lore is!! i love tana... so yuriful!!!
YURI FTW!!!! and….. girl..omg NGL I DIDNT EVEN REWLIZE I MADE A 67 REFERENCE NOOOO AHAHAHHS BUT SO HAPPY TO HEAR U ENJOYED IT And the…unintentional… 67……. :/ TYSM!!!!
date sim wow
Hah this gave me a lot of giggles! The art is fabulous and the limitation was excellently implimented! After I've finished my queue I'd like to go back and play the characters I didn't finish. I also loved the pacing / styles of the text appearing, it really added to the feel of what I was reading.
it’s so funny because i just threw out this story concept before i even realized there Was a limitation and we screamed when we realized it fits the limitation anyway and knew we had to do it, haha! thank you for playing our game, so happy to hear you’re liking it!!<33
This game is so cute!! I love the characters and the art!!!! And why is the writing kinda good!!! Thank you for creating this game!!!! (Update I love Eloise now) (Update 2 WOW IM SO GLAD I FINISHED THE GAME WORDS CANNOT DESCRIBE HOW MUCH I LOVED THIS GAME THANK YOU FOR CREATING THIS GAME AND IM SO GLAD I JOINED THIS GAME JAM)
WKWJKW THANK U SM!!! SO GLAD U LIKED IT!!! I THINK IM IN LOVE W U!!!
Oh no I wanna live hahahaha
Amazing game, fits the theme and limitation perfectly! The art was also on point and the text made me laugh! I'm usually not fond of this kind of game, but I really enjoyed this one!
Hahaha, I'm really glad you loved it!
Great game would fall for the barwoman again! Loved the art too!
Thank you so so much!!