This game has top tier UI for any game, not just game jam games. Fantastic job on that!

The animations and sounds and design were all good too. It seemed especially stable and bug free. 

I lost track of time, trying to decide how to optimize how many new things to get per the weather. And after I figured out you get optimal points for neatly filling the bag, I did that every time. 

The core loop is great and could be developed more by having some sort of tension in deciding what sorts of sand piles you want to dig up, or if there was some conflict to avoid at the beach. 

The meta loop was excellent with the upgrades, which of course could always be more balanced with time and testing. 

I think the hook or goal of the whole experience could be a little stronger, (such as paying back your loans in Animal Crossing, or escaping your hellish home in Hades) 

I'm telling you these three things in case you make something bigger from this, which I kind of hope you do. 

I had to stop "early" (after a half an hour) and I was curious if there was an end game or ending, or a set amount of levels? (I noticed the calendar) 

I was fun trying to pack the fossils as optimally as possible, reminded me of playing Talos's Principle which I also enjoyed greatly. The entire game is really well-polished with stuff like UI animation and footprint trail. There's also lots of upgrades that I can research on. The weather system also adds a bit of variety to the gameplay.

Also tried the puzzle mode which was very fun.

For some reason the music becomes choppy when moving around, not sure if you aware of it. I'm using it on microsoft edge if that helps. Also I think using scrollwheel to rotate the pieces would be nice.

This one is just awesome. Having an extra puzzle mode ON TOP of the regular game in a jam is insane (I 3 star-ed all 15 levels of the puzzle after getting all the fossils lol)
The art is great and I'm a big fan of having a button that does nothing but play a lil animation to mash while I walk back to the tent lol
The puzzle mechanics were nothing new/unique, but a really well-polished execution of them, great job!

Such a good game. The animation and the art style blows my mind.

If I ever make a game HALF this good, I would die in peace!

Really incredible art direction, and execution. You all are rock-stars!

Thanks for sharing the Behind the Scenes too, I loved those and learned a few things from it!

This game is genuinly SO good! It is so polished with every last aspect and expecially the sound is amazing same with the art direction. As other people said it is lacking theme and limitation but it still an amazing game. Genuinely great work!

This is AMAZING! I enjoyed every bit of this game, and the ending letter was so sweet and added the perfect finishing touch. The gameplay is so fun, it really kept me engaged the whole time trying to find all the fossils to fill the logbook. And the inventory management along the way was 'chef's kiss' so enjoyable and satisfying. The art is just incredible. Great job on the parallax and animations! I would 100% buy this game if it was made into a full game. Others here mentioned that there was lacking in the theme and limitation which I do agree with, but that is the only critique I have to give about this incredible game. You all nailed it!

Great game! Especially love the art and animation! Also so cool to see the journal down below :)