I played the full game, so I'm gonna be a bit critical, hope you don't mind :).
First of all the style of the game is great, nice graphics and the part above the water was fun, collecting your gear and the turotial buttons in the world.
But the game itself was a bit slow, it could be a whole lot shorter, either by creating a smaller map or having double the movementspeed. I get that it is to explore, but there is not much rewarding for exploring, which makes it more frustrating then fun. The thing that kept me going was the suspense towards the ending, but in the end it was just a dream haha. For me that was kind of a bummer, but I think that is more personal.
One last thing is to maybe have a danger sign at the downwards paths where the fish swim. because they are almost imposible to dodge if you don't know the first time, making you respawn all the way back.
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Sure, such a feedback is in the end even more helpful, than a simple "great game" :-D
Totally agree in nearly all points (except the ending :-P). I wished there would have been a few more days to fine-tune everything, because i also personally noticed it on my latest playtest, and seems the "slowlyness" is really the main critic point. Definitely have to try to avoid such parts in future already by design...
The danger sign is a great idea.
Thank you, especially that you then even played it to the end in your "frustration" :-)