Hey! With FQ9 ending soon, I wanted to let you know that I won't be able to cover your game until after the event. If you're okay with waiting, just keep the game on the event and I'll be getting around to it over the next couple of months or so. :)

Stream VOD: https://www.youtube.com/live/U3U-uP-c1mA?si=KISanzqs4oxkagWv&t=215

I can tell the game is way more polished! Having the little quests was nice. I did see a few assets on the first moon that had some clipping issues near the big rock surface and floating stone at the starting area. The minigames were a cute addition but for me they did start to feel slightly long. I did end up a bit motion sick afterwards but I'm pretty prone to that - maybe an option in the settings to toggle a persistent center of the screen cursor would help? A number of games I play have that accessibility option and it helps a lot. Placement of the grass was so much easier and I like the batch placement feature. Did run into some awkwardness trying to align things with some fences that I didn't make square. Wonder if there's a way to use a scroll rotation for more fine tuning of the angles? Overall super cute and love where it's going!

Thanks for the invite, this is my live record, i will make an episode later

Definitely felt the improvement from last year, I can see that you are nailing down the core game play in a more solid way for this feedback, I think I did encounter a known loading bug, only one critical thing you might want to consider is the building blocks being able to be replaced a bit quicker, usually in this genre, the players expect being able to replace the old assets placed on map with a new one going over them directly, that has been pretty firmly established, you will need to figure out how to match that expectation with yours, using the bot to blow it out is cute, but players who are used to this sim genre will expect being able to replace the floor with new floor tiles.

ohhh my god these creatures are SO CUTE!  I felt sick to my stomach looking at them! They made me feel so maternal like the way they kept waving at me and hopping around... I just wanted to shake them!!

I think it would be nice if there was a grid for placing decorations and buildings like there is for placing foundation - It might just be me, but because I couldn't figure out how to place things perfectly, I felt less motivated to make my layouts as pretty as I know they can be. I'd also love if we could place bigger areas of foundation; the limit definitely threw me off.

Also, since the creatures are SO RIDICULOUSLY CUTE, I must request the ability to zoom in more. I think I was getting closer to my screen at some points just to see how cute the little critters were. SO cute... SO cute...

Looking back at my footage, I think there was a bug where I was playing one of the whack-a-mole minigames and I clicked on another tutorial-bot, but before I could read that tutorial, there was another text popup that overrode it once the whack-a-mole minigame was finished. I think I ran into a few other small progression bugs as well - It took a few tries teleporting a Kibu to complete the "Teleport a Kibu" goal.

Initially, I wasn't really sure how progression would be without an economy, but I think it's done really well! Unlocking new areas along with new props with unique aesthetics is a cool way to have the game expand. It's SO IMPRESSIVE that you've built all of this as a solo dev! Good stuff!

Played the game here on stream around 1:52:30. I wanna apologize also... I was trying to make a cute little town but I kind of nuked everything trying to find furballs and it all went downhill. But a REALLY cool game!

HUGE progress from last year. The game movement and control of the game feels a lot more polished. Still needs a little work there, especially with the world rotation. That can whip around kind of suddenly. 

One of the improvements you mentioned before we played was the replacement of the grid system with a freeform placement. That was a game changer. It's such a more pleasant experience putting things where we feel they would fit the best now. 

Also the cursor doesn't quite point where things are placed, and while we can see the square highlighted to know where items will go, it still throws us off a bit.

We can definitely see how the visuals are all unified along the same theme, with the types of colors and softness of shapes. It does well to make everything feel like it fits. That said, the mission task list in the top right and the dialog in the bottom right are a little too subdued so that they are easy to miss and forget. It might be a good idea to make them stand out a little bit more and have a more noticeable visual cue when they appear or when things change on them. 

On the subject of the checklist, we noticed that sometimes a task would come up with a number of things to put on the map and it doesn't count things we put on the map before the task came up. Not sure if that was by design but we were like "but we have more than that number already." 

In terms of the UI, we love having the option to make the HUD disappear, though we did find that by accident. It might be good to have a key reference that could be opened to see at a glance what keys do what and then closed when not needed. 

As a test to see the loading system, we tried to load our previous game, though it didn't seem like the save carried over what we placed last time, so we tried to get back out to start a new game but the only option to get out was "Exit Game" which exited the entire game. An "Exit to Menu" option would be helpful.

At a certain point, we unlocked the little wooden signs and those are really cute. One suggestion for those would be the ability for players to type messages on those signs, so they could say things if players hover the mouse over them. For example, if we make a path that leads from one area to another, we could type "To Cozy Garden" or something like that on a sign placed at the beginning of the path. 

The addition of new minigames, like catching the butterflies, was a really nice touch to keep things interesting. At the end of our stream, we found scaring the wiggly guys out of the water was a bit challenging. We managed it, but it might be a bit frustrating for more casual players just looking for a cozy experience. Also, it might help to give more explicit messaging as to what happened when players don't win that section. We didn't know we failed that part at first. 

Finally, we really liked the music. The volume and the vibe were a perfect fit. It never felt like it got old or repetitive. Not really any notes on that. And obviously, we love that we can pet the kibus! This game is definitely something Squab would play on her own for hours to unwind. We're really looking forward to seeing more progress and the full game when it releases. Keep up the great work! We absolutely love it!

I'm LatinaStrike a streamer. This is my feedback about your game. If you would like to watch my stream where I played your game, I will leave the link below.

VOD link: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2877390209

I had a great time playing this game! I streamed about 2.5 hours, and it kept my attention the entire time. 

I loved the cozy atmosphere, colorful visuals, and relaxing gameplay. It was really fun watching my area come together as I progressed. I was getting very creative with the stuff I had. Lol. 

I eventually got a little stuck because I wasn’t sure how to find the furballs. Because of that, I wasn’t able to unlock some of the features I hoped to see, such as the fences and other decorations shown in the screenshots. These may simply unlock later, or I may have missed something during my playthrough. I will definitely continue to play the game to unlock more things. I can see my self spending hours playing the game.

A couple of suggestions:

• Add a way to delete a single row or line instead of clearing a larger area. Sometimes I wanted to delete a row and couldn’t. Could be user error from my part.

• Add a way to rotate tiles, if that isn’t already possible.

I also would have enjoyed more decorations and customization options, although I may not have progressed far enough to unlock everything.

Also is there a way to move things? Like if I wanted to move one of the huts, I would just delete it and place another one. But would be nice to have a drag and drop option. 

Overall, I really enjoyed the game and would definitely keep playing to discover more. Great job!

I apologize for any typos or awkward wording, as I’m using text-to-speech to type this feedback.

I love the cozy vibe! I haven't had enough time to make something super extravagant but I can certainly see the appeal. Unlocking new stuff to place is super satisfying and makes me want to engage with the minigames. I do wish the tutorials were a little more sectioned off; I managed to get into the moth capturing game a bit early and was confused why I wasn't making progress ^^;

Also I appreciate how fast it was to get into the playtest on Steam too.