interesting game!
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i found shooting the animals to be pretty tricky at first because you continue moving while shooting and some of the animals move quite often and in fairly unpredictable patterns. shooting diagonally is especially tough. my initial reaction was that the mechanics could be improved quite a bit, but after a while it actually became a fun challenge to master. having unlimited arrows really helped to keep missed shots from being too frustrating.
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i like that there is such a variety of animals and each one has it’s own distinct behavior. the deer(?) are probably the toughest to take down because of their movement patterns and they take so many hits. birds are also difficult to target, but at least they only take a single arrow. also sometimes an arrow will go right through them.
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the lack of UI indicators like health bars and shooting cooldown also was a bit frustrating but in the end makes it sort of more realistic in a way.
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upgrades are a nice idea and i think could make this game more fun, but they didn’t seem to change the gameplay in anyway. i didn’t notice a difference between when i started to when i had maxed out everything.
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the day/night cycle also didn’t seem to have any significance. it could be cool if there were different animals to hunt during the day and night. it would also be cool if there were some rare animals that show up night and give a special reward item or something. to add another dimension to the game, the day/night cycle could also be tied to a hunger meter and you have to kill enough animals to eat each day so you don’t starve. maybe each animal gives you an amount of meat and you have to choose whether to eat it each night or sell it at a market, then you use the gold you get from selling to buy upgrades.
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i was hoping that it would have some kind of satisfying ending, but it seems to just go on endlessly.
overall, pretty cool little game. i enjoyed it!