A really great start for a game marred by a couple of minor but persistent annoyances.
Pros:
Beautiful, original art
Interesting and original storylines
Well-written prose
Excellent use of animation basically everywhere from sprites to objects to backgrounds
I almost always skip transitions in Ren'Py games, but they were fine in this one.
Meh:
The time-of-day and navigation systems are a negative for me and I found them annoying rather than interesting, especially when you have to click through multiple screens to get to where you need to go. Still, it's far from the worst I've seen.
Cons:
You often have to click multiple times to advance to the next line of dialogue as the text box disappears rather than displaying the next line. It got pretty annoying for me, especially in a few scenes where it happened literally every line.
There are a lot of pop-ups for things like achievements and items acquired and you can't advance past them with the enter key or spacebar. You have to physically click. You have to click a ton to navigate the map anyway, but I'd rather not have to rest my hand on the mouse for the entire game or have to keep moving it back and forth constantly.
Pros:
Beautiful, original art
Interesting and original storylines
Well-written prose
Excellent use of animation basically everywhere from sprites to objects to backgrounds
I almost always skip transitions in Ren'Py games, but they were fine in this one.
Meh:
The time-of-day and navigation systems are a negative for me and I found them annoying rather than interesting, especially when you have to click through multiple screens to get to where you need to go. Still, it's far from the worst I've seen.
Cons:
You often have to click multiple times to advance to the next line of dialogue as the text box disappears rather than displaying the next line. It got pretty annoying for me, especially in a few scenes where it happened literally every line.
There are a lot of pop-ups for things like achievements and items acquired and you can't advance past them with the enter key or spacebar. You have to physically click. You have to click a ton to navigate the map anyway, but I'd rather not have to rest my hand on the mouse for the entire game or have to keep moving it back and forth constantly.