The ingredients for something good are here but I can't help but feel it a tad undercooked.
For instance there's this money mechanic that comes into play a few times. For instance signing your daughter up for ballet costs money. Buying the girls swimsuits does not, curiously.
I get that the concept is abstracted for the sake of the game, but I assume at some point later on down the track a lack of money could arbitrarily gatekeep you from certain choices. Anything like that in these kinds of games is anti-fun in my book.
Otherwise the game is at least serviceably written. Errors are few and not overly off-putting. However the writing style is also quite simple and not entirely engaging. It does the job, but it didn't have me hanging off of every word.
Visually the game is mostly fine.
Decent renders paired with less than decent, wooden animations.
I turned the audio off as soon as the game loaded, so you'll have to tell me if I was missing anything in doing so. The stock beep boop main menu music didn't give me cause for optimism, I can say that much.
All told I liked the game enough that I will probably check back in after a few more releases and if you have a couple of hours to kill I would say it's worth a gander.
For instance there's this money mechanic that comes into play a few times. For instance signing your daughter up for ballet costs money. Buying the girls swimsuits does not, curiously.
I get that the concept is abstracted for the sake of the game, but I assume at some point later on down the track a lack of money could arbitrarily gatekeep you from certain choices. Anything like that in these kinds of games is anti-fun in my book.
Otherwise the game is at least serviceably written. Errors are few and not overly off-putting. However the writing style is also quite simple and not entirely engaging. It does the job, but it didn't have me hanging off of every word.
Visually the game is mostly fine.
Decent renders paired with less than decent, wooden animations.
I turned the audio off as soon as the game loaded, so you'll have to tell me if I was missing anything in doing so. The stock beep boop main menu music didn't give me cause for optimism, I can say that much.
All told I liked the game enough that I will probably check back in after a few more releases and if you have a couple of hours to kill I would say it's worth a gander.