I’m going to be honest, I had a lot of trouble with this game. Initially, I didn’t event notice the keyboard prompts. They were so small and blended in with the environment they were hard to make out. However, my biggest frustration was not knowing what I was supposed to do. I managed to figure out that the metal bars go in the furnace, and I managed to even get as far as (what seemed to be) building a full sword, but I never figured out how to actually give the creation to the customers. I lost every time and I just had no clue.
I definitely could see what was supposed to happen. I’ve played similar games in the past, I just couldn’t figure out the process. This game definitely needs some instructions on the steps to making the items. I think that one little change, even a little window to the sides of the screen with steps to build would have made this game a lot less frustrating.
That said, I think the presentation is generally solid. The individual items read well, the shop layout is logical, the character moves around nice and smoothly, and the menu screen looks quite nice. The audio is nice and chill as well.
If you’re interested, I played this game on my stream last night.