Probably the best interpretation of the secondary theme of any game I've played! The art was unique and I thought the color palette was clever, but I would have loved to see this embrace more of a gameboy aesthetic, both visually and in the gameplay.

I like the art style! The people walk just a little bit too slow, and it wasn't clear sometimes whether I had to press, hold, or tap the keys in a sequence or at the same time. Brilliant idea to interpret the theme as old memories!

I actually didn't mind the hints having ambiguity; by allowing the player to make the idea-to-input connection themselves, it gives the physical simulation of the photo development more impact. However, the very first one (wrap the film around the spool) required precise timing so it was difficult to get feedback that I was providing the correct inputs, especially before figuring out it was meant to be simultaneous and not a sequence. (Personally, I think a cool spool input would be: hold Z, press Left to spin it a little, press Left to spin again, and so on, until it's wrapped. Although, this would likely have the same problem without more explicit hinting.)

After this though, the ambiguity is just fine, and even rewarding like in the wash basin for the shake/swirl actions, the player is probably expecting a simultaneous input but instead is treated to something new and delightfully interactive.

The way this game made me feel is difficult to describe. I'm engrossed in the story depicted, and at the same time, it brings forth my own memories of dropping off film at the local photo lab. Reinforced by the soundtrack and red palette, it evokes nostalgia, slightly tinged with pathos. Maybe the exact quality is different for everyone, but it's hard to imagine that the game doesn't send a player down their own memory lane.

Great game! The story progression was good and the transition between the home vs. the photo lab was engaging . One piece of feedback I would like to give is that some of the button actions in the photo lab were not clear, to me at least, whether they were actually performing an action. The actions do work, but I just didn't know if I had to press the two buttons multiple times together, or one after the other, or both of them at the same time and hold. Otherwise, the game plays well, has good story, music, and vibe. Definitely a solid entry, congrats!

I like the idea of Old gold not referring to literal gold, but an old gem you find of yourself when youre young. Its a different take on the obvious prompt.

The graphics are really nice, and as someone who doesn't know about the original method of photo cameras, its fun to see the process through this. The only issue I had, was at the end, I took the photo directly above the door as the last one, and its red screened until i press z to continue it but i stayed on the screen for a while, that and there were times where I had to just test different tables cause I didnt know the terminology, but I loved this

Absolutely fantastic. I've shot with film cameras but never developed my own, so seeing the process first hand was pretty cool.  The art is very vivid and stylized, I loved the feel of the music. A really strong aesthetic and an enticing world I want to see more of. I like the Cooking Mama sort of gameplay, going through the steps on screen, but sometimes the control directions were a little unclear, and I maybe some kind of fail state could add depth to the game, like if you developed a photo wrong and it came out blurry or too dark you could try to improve your technique.

Nice game! I liked that I learned something about developing photos from film. The music fit the vibe of the game well.

The aliasing on the text made it hard to read in some places, I would prefer it to be pixel perfect which would make it more readable.

Nice game, nice story! I'm 34, so film photos were a big part of my childhood. If I could add one thing to it would be a progress bar to indicate, well, the progress of the actions like pouring the developer/fixer and rinsing. Good job!