Played it pretty early in development and the game was very cumbersome to play. The minigames were fun, but grinding them got tiring. You werent really sure what exactly you are supposed to do, as the game didnt give clear enough hints where and at what time you were supposed to go (the town has schedule that keeps moving on as time progresses. So it becomes very hard to just stumble on where you were supposed to go).
Did that get fixed? Is the game more smooth now?
I would say it is more smooth, but the game still have some bumps.
there is now a quest diary you can check with what you have to do, but sometimes you do reach a point where the diary could be considered "poorly written"
there are also some puzzles that have very few hints. but in the thread you can find a guide on how to solve it.
Still with all the difficulties I recommend the game it is worth it. I just personally recommend using cheats to give yourself money and items. you do whatever gatering quest you have to do on 1 day, to get the gameplay experience then cheat the rest giving yourself the remainign items.
for example. there is a section where you have to give girls cookies, baking that shit and getting the items is a bit painful. I just cheated the cookies.
anyways even if it has horrible gameplay i think it is worth playing. I put this game at around boy hero ken levels. with slightly worse gameplay. but more story and scenes in comparison