From the moment I saw this submission, I was excited to play it due to how drawn I was to your thumbnail art. XD With the game's name and star drawing mechanic, I was expecting a puzzle game, but the visual novel aspect was lovely. I enjoyed the games aesthetics quite a bit, and I really liked the character portrait art.
I felt that each character had a distinct personality, and I appreciated the journey of this family learning confront and overcome their differences. The ending was really beautiful, and it left me feeling a little teary even!
Out of all the other games submitted during this jam, this one felt the most "complete"... in terms of length, but also by having a contained story that reaches a satisfying conclusion.
I had a little bit of trouble figuring out how to draw the constellations, and this ended up being trial and error for me. Also, as TelinArtho said below, I had trouble differentiating between the monikers "Granny" and "Grandma", and the story made much more sense once the story explained the relationship between the two.
Thank you for your submission to the HF 2023 Game Jam!
Thank you so much, Woahhjess!
I caught up on your stream this morning and truly appreciate you taking the time to play through the whole game and summarising your points so nicely and clearly, and then taking the time to make this comment too!
We focused on using the MOSCoW method to prioritise what we thought definitely needed to be in the game, to ensure that we had a complete project. I thoroughly enjoyed crafting the story and am delighted you found the ending to be beautiful! Drawing is not my strong suit, so I'm very happy you like the characters! I love jHomps' choice of colours in the game and I do feel he guided our art direction very well.
Your feedback is also very helpful for us if we choose to go back to this project. I have a few ideas on how I can improve the differentiation between Granny and Grandma in the writing, and I am sure we can polish up the constellations too :)
Thanks again! This has been my first attempt at a game jam, and I have absolutely loved it.
I'll be keeping an eye on HF 2024!