I played the demo on steam and not on itch, so if there are any differences, I don’t know about them.
I really loved the demo of the game, and am looking forward to the full release. I will be ranking the game on a bunch of different criteria.
1. Atmosphere - 8/10 The game is very relaxing, and it holds up well even compared to game like stardew valley. The only issue appears when you cross 4000-ish points, the music starts getting slower and the game overall gets more laggy. (And no, this isn’t because of me having a bad pc, I have 16GB of memory and a RTX 2060. This should be enough to run the game.)
2. Graphics - 9/10 The graphics in this game are phenomenal. I fully understand that this is just a demo, but in the full release I would love to see more sprites for the different tiles, maybe even some animated effects.
3. Gameplay and balance - 9/10 The first game (after the tutorial) was very fun. Exploring all of the different interactions with the buildings and just in general how to play, gave me similar vibes to a game like minecraft or no mans sky. However after a couple of rounds I discovered this (maybe unintended) interaction which when a lot of Meadows and Forests are huddled up together, placing down another forest can award up to 70+ points. I don’t really understand why, but I soon found out that this was the quickest early game way on how to get a bunch of points early on. Also the whole Agriculture pack seems rather underwhelming, especially when compared to the other two. Also parks are really good. The last couple lines may have sounded negative, but overall I enjoyed the game.
4. Bugs and glitches - 6/10 This section can be very easily disregarded, for it is still only a demo version. I have encountered only 3 glitches. The first one happens when you try to highlight the top part of a tile, it will rapidly glitch out between selecting the empty space and the tile. The second one I’ve already mentioned, and it’s that at around 4000 points, the sound slows down and the game becomes laggy. The last glitch happened to me at 6377 points, and the game stopped registering me placing any tiles. Try as I might nothing happened. All in all, I’ve seen AAA games release in waaay worse condition, so I wouldn’t give up on the game over it
OVERALL RATING I enjoyed the game a lot. Apart from me not being able to continue past 6377 points, the game is very fun. I have already wishlisted the game on steam. I would consider my 2 hours on the game well spent. My final rating is 89/100.
I would like to challenge anyone to try and beat my score of 6377(https://imgur.com/a/r0tGQkK). If the devs want some footage, I have a recording of me getting to 4072 points (and then promptly dying).
Hey there! Thank you so much for checking the demo out :D and thank you for the feedback, it really really does mean a lot!
I’m really glad the atmosphere and graphics really landed well for you - I’m happy to say the glitchy tile bug has since been fixed for the full version and will make its way into a demo update soon, that’s very interesting with the game slowing down after 4000 points though, I’ll be looking into that very quickly, I imagine this will be related to the third issue you listed as well so definitely one I’ll want to get fixed
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I played the demo on steam and not on itch, so if there are any differences, I don’t know about them.
I really loved the demo of the game, and am looking forward to the full release. I will be ranking the game on a bunch of different criteria.
1. Atmosphere - 8/10
The game is very relaxing, and it holds up well even compared to game like stardew valley. The only issue appears when you cross 4000-ish points, the music starts getting slower and the game overall gets more laggy. (And no, this isn’t because of me having a bad pc, I have 16GB of memory and a RTX 2060. This should be enough to run the game.)
2. Graphics - 9/10
The graphics in this game are phenomenal. I fully understand that this is just a demo, but in the full release I would love to see more sprites for the different tiles, maybe even some animated effects.
3. Gameplay and balance - 9/10
The first game (after the tutorial) was very fun. Exploring all of the different interactions with the buildings and just in general how to play, gave me similar vibes to a game like minecraft or no mans sky. However after a couple of rounds I discovered this (maybe unintended) interaction which when a lot of Meadows and Forests are huddled up together, placing down another forest can award up to 70+ points. I don’t really understand why, but I soon found out that this was the quickest early game way on how to get a bunch of points early on. Also the whole Agriculture pack seems rather underwhelming, especially when compared to the other two. Also parks are really good. The last couple lines may have sounded negative, but overall I enjoyed the game.
4. Bugs and glitches - 6/10
This section can be very easily disregarded, for it is still only a demo version. I have encountered only 3 glitches. The first one happens when you try to highlight the top part of a tile, it will rapidly glitch out between selecting the empty space and the tile. The second one I’ve already mentioned, and it’s that at around 4000 points, the sound slows down and the game becomes laggy. The last glitch happened to me at 6377 points, and the game stopped registering me placing any tiles. Try as I might nothing happened. All in all, I’ve seen AAA games release in waaay worse condition, so I wouldn’t give up on the game over it
OVERALL RATING
I enjoyed the game a lot. Apart from me not being able to continue past 6377 points, the game is very fun. I have already wishlisted the game on steam. I would consider my 2 hours on the game well spent. My final rating is 89/100.
I would like to challenge anyone to try and beat my score of 6377(https://imgur.com/a/r0tGQkK). If the devs want some footage, I have a recording of me getting to 4072 points (and then promptly dying).
Hey there! Thank you so much for checking the demo out :D and thank you for the feedback, it really really does mean a lot! I’m really glad the atmosphere and graphics really landed well for you - I’m happy to say the glitchy tile bug has since been fixed for the full version and will make its way into a demo update soon, that’s very interesting with the game slowing down after 4000 points though, I’ll be looking into that very quickly, I imagine this will be related to the third issue you listed as well so definitely one I’ll want to get fixed
Great job on such a high score too!