App Store Editors’ Notes

Very close to perfection!

Firstly as someone who loved Palia in the past and wants to get into Stardew but can’t really get into it this scratches the itch in a big way! The graphic style, music (repetitive, but easy to listen to) the relationship building and the puzzles are all so engaging and has me constantly taking an hour or so on the mobile version. My ONLY gripe is sleeping being the only way to save is a big downer. If I leave the game for like 2 minutes or have to take a phone call, even if it’s a short one it closes and I have to start that day over and when you’re in the middle of the night cycle it’s VERY frustrating. Currently taking a short break because of it, I’ll be back into it soon. If there was a small auto save somehow like saving every 30 minutes or when you accept/finish a new quest would be a great feature. Other than that this is one out of 2 games I’m currently obsessed with and appreciate that the team put so much love and hard work into the development of this game!

3$ is reasonable

This game is ok, and can be pretty engaging at points. It just feels like it’s lacking a lot of the love and detail that makes games like Stardew and Fields of Mistria so excellent. There is a sense of hollowness to the world and the repetitive gameplay and simplistic / unnatural dialogue. I don’t know any of the characters well enough to have any interest in romancing them, except for maybe the bath house owner but she isn’t romance able (I guess she’d been deemed too old?) Feels like the developers were checking off boxes vs trying to make engaging gameplay. One example, healing people is supposed to be the core of the game but makes up a tiny fraction of the gameplay and seems to have little impact on the story or other activities. Really not a fan of the rhythm game for healing. It’s very awkward on a small screen and is not fun. The Simon says style game is extremely easy and also not very fun. The third type is flappy bird basically, also not fun. The 3$ price point makes it a very fair deal, I wouldn’t be satisfied if I’d paid much more for it. Ultimately, I’ve enjoyed spending a little time with it when it fits into my life but overall have no drive to finish it and find it forgettable.

Very fun, but also buggy.

I absolutely love this game and think it’s so fun & cute, but I have a couple issues with it. I am playing on the iPad Pro 13 inch and the UI doesn’t fit properly on the screen. Buttons are constantly off-screen or overlap each other in the UI, chat bubbles go off-screen, dialogue gets cut off, etc. and it makes it very difficult to play. Also, I seem to be encountering a bug where the thumbstick control gets stuck constantly and the only way I can seem to fix it is to enable the floating D-pad, which I do not enjoy using, or go in and out of menus until it decides to fix itself. Overall the game is fun, I just wish it would fit on my screen!

Great title

Really loving this. Anyone who likes Stardew Valley will like this game. It’s not as complicated as Stardew, would even say it’s a smaller, simpler game. But I appreciate that, I don’t feel rushed or stressed to finish my in-game tasks. The one thing I don’t like is the diagnosis rhythm-mini-game where you have to press the arrows as they scroll across the screen. Also I think the fishing mini-game isn’t working. It feels like the fishing rod button doesn’t work, not sure if I’m doing something wrong or if it’s broken and reviewing the tutorial for it didn’t help. This game is easily a 4 star game, but want an answer to the fishing game. The game is simple enough to enjoy on mobile but there have been some design issues that don’t mesh 100% well on mobile. I will probably get this on pc so I can play it better, plus it’s happened twice where the game didn’t save and I lost a lot of progress. So hard to recommend when it has an issue like this.

First Impressions

Ist hour of game play will have me playing for many more. Story line is fun with some build ups and resolutions, so good pacing. Quests don’t lock your access to locations right away, which can be used later for suspense and new challenges. You get the freedom to look into shopping for items from the start. Text font is a bit small on the iPhone, but still readable. Mechanics are easy to use, when moving through inventories, and real time movement to fighting scenarios. Staying outside of this game, while leaving it running, cuts out the sound permanently upon return. I have to completely shut down and restart the game; however, that may be the iPhone at fault. I stay in the game mostly, so my 5/5 rating is also here to stay.

Love it, just some minor issues

I got this on PC and loved it so much I got it on my iPad so I can play on the go or relax in bed. The only thing I noticed is the relationship status bar doesn’t show after you talk to someone, and when you use the controls on the iPad the icons tend to overlap unless you use a controller. So far I haven’t noticed anything else, I hope to see future updates! (Also I hope Derrek can one day be a datable character!)

so cute! but not great on mobile today

I've hit three bugs that make this hard to play: 1. I get stuck in shop menus - I have to restart, lose progress, and I'm afraid I won't be able to successfully shop once I have the money 2. I can't scroll through shop menus. I see an arrow indicating that there is more, but there must be some button missing, cut off. When a shop has tab/categories, I can see a bit more - but I'm still missing a lot of options. 3. The game doesn't save often enough for a mobile game. If I play for 10 minutes and have I put my phone down, I lose all 10 minutes of progress if I didn't happen to go to sleep in that moment I have to put the game down The game looks great on my iPad mini! and I can play between my ipad and phone too, that's very nice. I might try this on Switch instead. The core gameplay is great! Just some usability bugs that limit how much of the game I get to do.

Do not buy

I saw the reviews about the game crashing, but since the developer responses were from February, I made the incorrect assumption that this issue would have been fixed by now. It has not been fixed and now I just wasted $7. The concept of the game is really fun, but it crashes every few minutes and only saves when you go to sleep at night. This means you have to keep repeating what you do over and over again. I don’t know much about developing games, but I have a hard time understanding why they haven’t been able to fix this issue for 2+ months. It should be free if they can’t stop it from crashing repeatedly.

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