Hii!
So I just made it towards the end of the game & wanted to share a brief feedback on its current situation from my own perspective!
I will mostly talk about the things which I did not like as much / things that should be improved on, as I believe that those are much more important to know.
Some of these complaints you may already be aware of and/or tackle in a future update, however I will go over everything nonetheless.
The main thing that genuinely bothered me was the insufficient Quality of Life that was present
A few examples would be:
- Missing an "Options" button (both in game & title screen) to make various changes, such as:
* adjust the music & sound volume
* remap key binds
* change resolution and so on....
- There is also no way of pausing the game, as pressing ESC merely throws me back to the title screen, instead of displaying a Menu of some sort.
I also think that it is much more convenient for the Inventory tab to be located at said menu together with the rest of the stuff such as the options, (hence still keeping the hotkey for the inventory, but also adding it to the menu, so one can switch items fast-paced or slowly.
- Individual Save Files should be added (=at checkpoints)
In the beginning, I did not even realize that the checkpoints also saved the game, as I thought they were merely for recovery.
- A missing Map makes it much more difficult to navigate through areas such as the forest!
- The general exploring aspect of the game should be balanced with a way to simultaneously give the player a way to navigate, as one may not know how to proceed the story at times & quickly lose interest due to that).
Example: go to X and do Y (while also showing a symbol on the map to indicate the current task's location)
- Also, the player should be capable of moving with both WASD & the arrow keys!
These were the things that immediately came to mind when playing and genuinely bothered me / made me uncomfortable, as nowadays many people are so accustomed to them
However, I honestly enjoyed both the animations & gameplay, and am excited to see more in the future.