Up front, I am not the audience for this game. It runs against my tastes on a bunch of axes. That said, I understand that this conforms to a number of genre conventions where the stuff that I don't appreciate is expected. I don't feel like it's really fair for me to criticise the game for being what it is trying to be.
I feel like a little more variation in grass and doodads (furniture, etc.) would help relieve some of the game's monotony. It would also be nice if the pause menu came up faster - taking long enough that I start to question whether I've pressed escape twice or not makes it difficult for me to not feel like the game's wasting my time.
I played long enough to collect 8 bears and moved on after that. Assuming there's an ending, good work and congratulations on putting together something complete!
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