Hey Emily! I thought I had replied to you earlier but just realized I missed it. Not to mention it looks like I missed one of your questions from your previous comment. Shame on me!
"Edit: In the book about Ashanna, Haystack Village is referred to as Harvestville. Is Haystack Village a smaller location within Harvestville or was the latter an old name for the area?"
Oh wow, that needs to be updated. Harvestville was the placeholder town name I used for a while. For a while the game's title was "Harvest Festival" but I decided to change it because of the title similarities with Harvest Moon.
"Understandable, I also like rescue dogs! I just asked because I might try drawing Huxley and wanted to look up reference pictures of his real life counterparts. It's not an issue, I'll find something convincing!"
Oh, gotcha! If you're looking for a point of reference, I would say a beagle-lab mix is the closest to what I had in mind for Huxley. Something like this. But since he's just pixel art for now, don't feel like you have to be confined to that.
"Speaking of art, I've been working on some potential Marion dream drawings/fan art and I'll let you know when they're done!"
That'd be amazing, I'm looking forward to seeing your fan art!
"Out of curiosity, do Ron and Pamela keep a futon in their drawers or behind their counter during the day? If not, is there a bed in an inaccessible room?"
So, I imagined the door to their room being on the side of the wall (and inaccessible) but in future references I'd like to make each house more personalized.
"After Millie tells you how to break the boulder and your objective is updated, other NPCs will still discuss the boulder question."
Ah, you're right! I'll update that.
"When Colby responds to the boulder question, he says, "I'd help you break that boulder but my muscles aren't quite what they're used to.". I'd recommend changing it to something like, "I'd help you break that boulder, but my muscles aren't quite what they used to be"
Good catch, thank you! As always, it's a huge help and I'm very grateful for your insights. :)