They were probably trying to make it look like a watercolor painting, it maybe looked good as a sketch, but instead looks badly made, with the models stuck to the design. If there's something I can't really seem to comprehend, it's the gameplay and plot itself. It just seems repetitive and makes me feel lonely with the large world they're in, it's OK considering the ammount of people that worked on it but even some Roblox games have more intriguing ideas and maps.

I think it looks better the way it is coz it gives you that fairytaleish vibe☺

figuring the cheap cost of th game, too, makes it worth it to me. Hoping for updates to it as it ages. I think it's a fun game and got used to the art style after a couple hours. It's cute.

I've seen games with much better visual direction (simple art, beautiful result) done by a team of 1 artist and 1 developer in a game jam, so, the scale argument does not apply. By what the game shows, it seems that team had a certain vision of "Cute cudddly world where everyone are cute and loving and cuddly", but... Had no real visual reference for it that hits any spot... Like, the cats appear roughly trying to look like actual cats, same with other animals - They seem to have more detailed textures and far less cartoony features than the people... The people are 100% cartoony. The textures between things also alter their artistic intent... Some are water-color copy paste grid-texture, some try and do what old games did, attempt to make it detailed, like, with the trees, but end up feeling low effort... The tree leafs feel like they don't really relate to them. The color schemes are all over the place, and since they went with shadless/cartoony style, the textures differences look more blatant and apparant... It's clear there's no artistic direction in this project, everything feels cluttered together from very different visions. They didn't go 100% cartoony, that's the issue... They didn't go 100% anything in the art or world, it feels like they were busy creating more and more content, yet, not really having a clear guideline or direction as to what those assets are suppose to feel or look like, and they didn't try and remain in any singular art... Therefor, everything ends up looking extremely low effort. Nothing feels connected or related... And there's a heck of allot of assets spreaded around, "we want more and allot more" seems to be the direction here, allot of types of animals and humanoids, allot of stuff cluttered about... They want an expansive massive world, yet... They didn't bother to follow their own premise - Cute and cuddly. The trees and forest reminds me of some old MMORPG called "knights online"... That's a generic fantasy gritty game, that's not the right vibe. The cats/animals might fit some 3D generic farm simulator of some kind, they have the proper proportions, fairly realistic-like. The buildings/world looks extremely low poly... Unless they had extreme optimization issues, "smooth mesh" is a button press away. The humanoids look cartoony, have a specific stylistic direction, and they appear completely unrelated to anything else. And that's the key - nothing is related to anything... I can understand if the team had to use some random assets from the store, yet, even there you can choose wisely, it seems there was no artistic mind behind this, and it ends in something that looks, feels and acts extremely generic, let alone, break any form of immersion it might offer, since everything there is distracting and gives a completely different vibe in color/tones/textures. Also, it seems like they had a massive case of "The more the marrier", they wanted to make it big, massive, huge! Yet, just by the trailer alone, it looks repetative, void and lacking... Since everything acts the same, serves the same purpose, and as the gameplay clearly shows, you can't really do much in that massive world, and having a gritty MMORPG vibe in the background only makes it worse. Screw graphics standards, five nights at fredies looks like a masterpiece, and that game was made by one guy, and that guy had a clear artistic vision, clear gameplay vision and clear "feel" he wanted to give, to a point where he also made extra content, secret lore, easter eggs and allot more. The graphics and what the trailer shows is generic passionless effort at a POC that feels like something you might find walking around Second Life rather than a true indie project done by 2 people who knew what they wanted.

They should’ve knew their limits then, why work on an open world with a 2 person team. It’s admirable. But it doesn’t deliver

i dont wanna die

@@SZ_2909 I do (TAKES SHOTS)

I’m on my death bed

It looks unfinished

So far I've taken 30 (jkjkjk)

I agree with you on this, I’m surprised about all these comments since I’ve been enjoying it so much on steam, it’s such a cute game

@A Blind M0use I’m assuming the switch has more issues then steam, I haven’t ran into to many bugs on steam, a few ones but they weren’t game breaking or anything. More so just looked funny

What's it about?

@Ava Guzman omg that sucks! I’m playing on the switch and I got stuck between the grass and the tunnel trying to get past the giant cat. I couldn’t move and I was freaking out because I didn’t want to start over. It got fixed on its own somehow though! I had to save and quit the game twice, then my character was back on the grass lol

what is it even about?

Definitely agree with this. I backed the Kickstarter for this, and I wouldn't have minded waiting a little longer for a better experience. Hopefully the devs work on some improvements for it.

Yeah! Especially art style and graphics wise. A more uniform color palette and softer texturing would’ve sold the game for many! The visuals turned me off :(((( I’m really sad coz I love TGE concept! Maybe they’ll update it

They already said on their Twitter they are working on a patch as they find out new bugs after it’s launch. They probably didn’t have a big play test team and it’s only a two person dev team so they might have needed to release early to get some additional funds.

@@DangerCrow that's good to know, thank you for sharing!

@@DangerCrow yeah and there’s mentions of not having enough time for some things..such as chickens lol

The graphics remind of kinda like a water color painting it’s pretty!

The name reminds me of a shotgun

Physical copies available on eBay

Why

Thank you finally someone *whos played it* leaves a honest review!

ME TOO !?!?

Is it free?

Yep, it's just charming

@@willidukart2092 its 12$

Its cyberpunk all over again..

@@kamen6009 except cyberpunk is one of the biggest games of the year with a massive experienced and well funded development team, and I'm pretty sure this is made by like 2 people who haven't made their own game before haha. I'm willing to cut them some slack!

@@Whitepawprint yeah, it's pretty impressive in terms of "small team producing entire game" and it's definitely has an element of charm to it, but there's still a sense of it being a little graphically lacking. like, for instance, the clipping, or honestly the cat's entire animation at 1:30 feels... janky despite the idea of a cat cartwheel being very cute, and similarly there's undeniably an overall sense of ambition and hugeness to it all, at least from this trailer, but at the same time it feels a little hard to appreciate with the same "watercolor paints" texture put on nearly every environmental model. dunno i just kinda wish they went with a more flat color approach for the art design (in the overworld, at least), i feel that would've worked out better edit: just took a peek at the steam trailer for the pc release, and it looks a lot better there? not really sure why that is

It’s still being developed by the time it releases it’ll be done

@@madnessarcade7447 no it’s out now on switch

Two people made this , it’s impressive

Same. I hope they hire more people too

I'm buying it now (and loving it now) so they make money, and when they make enough money I'll look forward to a different version! I honestly love it now tho.

@@honeyplummm It's not very expensive so I definetely am buying this for myself and some friends!

Same lol Cover art catfishes me yet again

yeah this is another harvest moon and story of season incident for me lmaooo

@@marcie557 I haven’t played the new story of seasons in so long because I didn’t know who to go for😂

I also can’t wait for rune factory 5, even though I still haven’t finished tune factory 4 because I don’t know how to do weapon stuff😭 Edit: rune* keeps autocorrecting😅

@@marcie557 harvest moon isn't adorable anymore?

Kidnapping animals sound like a perfect game 👌🏻

@@apardo2798 ya mean pokemon?

Peta going commando

@@SpikeTheWolf oh no i ENDORSE animal theft

Also notice how there’s one scene where they just flat out kidnap polar bear cubs

It’s done by women soooooo...Just kidding, playing right now, it’s okay

@@bgmaximum99 is it worth the money?

@@Cuteemogirl94 IMO you should wait for a sale. It really has some annoying issues especially the camera controls. The trailer shows you EXACTLY what you get, though.

@@Cuteemogirl94 wait until they clean it up

@@Cuteemogirl94 it is, it’s very fun and i spent 4 days finishing it lol, i love the game and im sure you’ll do too

Explain to me why there's a bridge there that feels like world of warcraft. Am I suppose to get world of warcraft MMORPG vibes from a cute and cudly game? Forget unfinished, the art style has no clear artistic direction or coherent vision... Things just don't fit each other. It's not whole, it's generic and placeholdery.

So unfinished = wholesome? Do you speak English

"unfinished" isn't a style, it has a purely negative connotation. If you admit it looks unfinished you admit it looks bad.

why would you go for an unfinished style if no one likes it? as a dev, you have to listen to the players & the feedback you receive, not what you want to do

Wolfz Music What is there to not understand, the devs didn’t plan for an ‘unfinished style’ because there’s no such thing, it’s actually just unfinished

I guess it’s time for me to cry

I’m pretty sure it’s still in development, they r gonna patch it soon.

@@firefly6437 Meh. I'm tired of the "release it now and patch it later" mentality in the games industry lately. I don't need this to start happening to indies too

@@jimjam2282 It’s been happening with indies

@@jimjam2282 It's called early access.

Pop?

@@bookwormbon482 'pop in', it means that certain models and assets take a while to load, and 'pop in' when you're right in front of them, it's usually found in games that are unoptimized or have trouble loading assets quickly

there’s literally only 2 poeple developing the game, please give them a break.

@@homuraplushy there are many games developed by teams of one or two people that don't have the issues this Game has

@@homuraplushy look up bright memory, that's a game made by a single person in a free to use engine

Deceiving thumbnail

The Cyberpunk videos are THAT way --->

It's called clickbait

@@extrashotofespresso_ it’s definitely a good game! It’s just the graphics that don’t make it absolutely amazing.

It’s the official cover of the game

While I agree that there's much better looking games than pokemon on the switch, saying that it's just marginally better looking than this game is just a plain lie. In the end tho, it's the gameplay that matters. I can't speak for this game as I've never played it but pokemon swsh is the best playing game in the entire pokemon franchise, at least where it matters aka vgc.

It was made by two people actually. I absolutely agree that people have unreal expectations for this game. It honestly looks pretty cute! Even if people have a problem with the art or textures, they could just not say anything. They’re just being rude at this point.

In my opinion, in some parts (granted very few), this game looks better than Pokémon Sword and Shield, only slightly though. I will probably buy it, I could tell you how it is if you would like!

The game is really good, their are a few glitches, and the graphics honestly look a lot better than the graphics in the trailer. Controls are a little weird but nothing that you can’t get used to in about an hour. Overall pretty good game, if it seems interesting to you, I would buy it.

Yes!! The entitlement in these comments is🤢 and the game is honestly so fun, def worth $12 lol

the backflipping cat?

I get what you mean, the backflipping cat, the girl eating(?) a cat - 1:40 and the cat cult(?) - 2:06

The Tumblr/Twitter SJW artstyle of the humans?

It’s unfinished. If it’s not I will cry

It's just kinda unfinished-looking. The rudimentary animation routines (no doubt free ones from an asset store) make it look a bit janky.

That poor cat is getting possessed by somthin’ unholy, that’s what

Looks like a glitch they ran with lol

Well, it doesn't really seem like it was what the developers were intending to do. It just doesn't work for this game imo, there should've been more art direction and planning for a game like this. Goat sim seems like a game that's supposed to be wacky and weird, so it works. But this seems like a game that would really benefit from pretty graphics, since I believe it's supposed to be comforting and relaxing. Take Sky or Animal Crossing for example. It doesn't even have to be Genshin levels of pretty, just... enough so it doesn't look like a roblox game.

Available physically on ebay:-)

Can confirm if you pick up certain large animals like deer their legs flop bonelesssly around when you move. Its pretty amusing

....that's exactly how it went down fr.

joneslr25 damn. That’s really what happened!? Oof that really sucks for the devs

publisher: noun: Pub•Lish•Her: an abusive middleman between a developer & its customers

@@willowmacotire2653 i think they were joking xD

@@willowmacotire2653 Nah, this game is actually just developed by indies and apparently had a kickstarter, I came across it in an indie game site. But yeah they were joking

No wonders this is a stealth release. What a shame, I thought it could be something like animal crossing 😑

@@user-eo6yj7xh6c yeah it's such a disappointment that acnh has such high and great graphic design with it's amazing concept while this game has terrible quality in graphic design for such a great concept for this new game

Just because graphics are improving in gaming doesnt make it absolutely necessary for a good game.

I’m the art director and I won’t be insulted by some furry freak

@@yellowriverboy5734 Ok but seriously this game looks really ugly

You are? then let me tell you, the graphic sucks

@@yellowriverboy5734 Haha. Yeah and my uncle works at Nintendo

@@yellowriverboy5734 You definitely need to go back and redo all of this if that’s true, it’s so washed out and frankly horrendous

No but I heard they were adding Bongus in later

Will it feature tom though?

the real questions

They have to fix the graphics first

ikr

this game is meant for people with anxiety issues and is intended to be a comfort game!

@@lizhailey right but it still has terrible graphics for a completely finished game

@@poysona i think it’s because the company had a tiny budget to work with because of how small the company is. idk how they would put out a graphic extravaganza with little to work with, you know what i mean?

@@lizhailey Why lead with that as a defence against criticism on this and the other commitments? Your second comment here makes sense in the context of the criticisms against the graphics, it comes off as trying to guilt trip people into changing their approach FYI

Came to the comments for this.

Just don't throw it.

Lol that was my fave part of the trailer 😆 he looks so cute & jiggly

dont say it like this! :P

Two people made this game , and for that reason the graphics are impressive, unless you can do better

@@Quandaledingleberg if they had worked in the graphics for longer the results would have been better. One of the most important things in game development - aside from budget- is time. They arent under any company, no? So i guess they didnt had a deadline. The game would really improve a lot if the textures were a little bit better, change the font and the speech balloon, clean the models movement. All these things could have improved the result by a lot. You could say "but there are only 2 people, how can they make all of that" with more time. Now it just looks like a beta project. (Im studying for a degree in game development and 3d models, we often have homeworks to try and make some easy games using simple programming. Our deadlines goes from a week to 3 days, and exactly for that reason the results arent the greatest, but quite the opposite.)

@@Quandaledingleberg if they knew they’d struggle with 3D, why choose it? they should have done something easier cuz nobody likes the art style

@@wolfzmusic9706 Speak for yourself because there’s plenty of people that actually like the art style (including me) :b

I kinda like the watercolor textures. I think its the geometry that's ubdercooked

@@LeahLuciB The textures themselves look nice, it's just that they look awful when they repeat so often.

Doesn’t mean that the game has to be garbage

I thought everyone had beards, but its just crappy face shadows, really makes thew characters look weird!

@@LeahLuciB I agree. The lineart as well. I think if they ditched the outlines and got a more uniform color palette the game would be beautiful

Watch yourself, soldier, you might get hurt on this hectic of a battlefield.

The bad comments really dont put this game to what its worth, its really fun! I just got it and enjoy it alot! Its a bit strange but i feel like it was worth it

They did their first update yesterday, they are working hard to address feedback

@@sophialore7958 That makes me happy, hope it works out

I swear when I saw the first trailer to it, it looked more competent. Idk what in the world the team is doing.

Why so salty

@@mapleto4st637 not salty, just stating facts

*Ok I'm kinda a bit annoyed by the people completely destroying this game but this is actually pretty funny*

@@SubsWithnoDadChallenge ? Was this comment necessary im pretty sure very few ppl worked on it and didn't have much help

@@mapleto4st637 there was only two devs. They released the game hoping to get more money for updates

@@ominous_fox704 yea , personally I like the game

@@ominous_fox704 Serious Sam was made with barely any budget.

@@mintmochifrog5186 yeah i play a lot of indie games and life sims so this got both of my favorite things in one

Huh? The style is like a constant watercolor. I like the style a lot.

@@HisAmicae it's not just the style lol, look at the lighting, terrains, decoration of the world. A flat ground forest without any grass, a room with big empty space. The mountains with flower baked as a texture instead of 3D models or particles. a city that's literally just road and tree, no decoration at all. The lighting lacks fog effect and len flares, etc.

I think the graphics are intentional, for me it gives it like an easthetix

Listen, games are REALLY hard to make, really time consuming and expensive. For a small company or small group working on this, it’s actually really impressive. I cost me less then $15, so it’s not priced like a full triple A game. You get what you pay for here, a small charming experience from a small start up. Hopefully they’ll work out the kinks in an update.

@@campingbabe Stardew Valley is also $15 and was made by 1 guy. It was much more polished than this game for its release.

Yeah the concept is so wonky I feel like the weird bugs just make sense lol Of course a game about spotting random animals in the wild and stealing them to take them to your cafe would have bugs if you try to sit down

nah you clearly haven’t played the game lmao, not everything is the same pattern, I’ve been playing this game since release for hours.

@@firefly6437 tell us more what are weak and strong points what do you like and dislike. Is the trailer misleading? Accurate?

@@Meilk27 The trailer is what you get pretty much, (except for a few things probably) the only thing I don’t like about the game is there are some glitches and the graphics aren’t amazing.

I already love it 😍

Trust me you have to play it to understand it's potential It's really lovable once you play it

It doesn't look like something i'd pay money for lol

I agree

What do ou think about the game ?

I disagree, dood, cheesecake was the best part without a doubts Edit: forgot to add the good goods

What is the song?

The game must suck then

It’s worth it the controls can be a bit janky at first but it’s had many updates since launch and the video doesn’t serve it justice. The music is amazing, everything is too cute. It’s hard to describe once you’ve actually played it but it’s amazing

It’s literally 9,99€ it’s worth it !

This was a launch trailer so not beta. Just because its cel-shaded doesn't mean it looks like those games. People didn't complain about BotW or Borderlands or Jet Set Radio's cel-shading so idk why you'd assume the cel-shading is why people complain here. Game just looks bad.

You can always wait for a sale.

@@NuiYabuko ehhh maybe free

$12 is how much you’ll pay for lunch. They’re really not asking a lot. I was surprised it was that low of a price tag.

I paid 12 for Stardew Valley if I remember correctly and that was a really good game. So no excuses for me!

Clearly you've never made a game. Shoo.

I think it's just rather unfinished. Maybe more work will go into it... or maybe not since I think it's already been released.

it’s the generic looking sjw/tumblr human character designs, it doesn’t translate well on 3d

@@qai3962 ???

@@HisAmicae ?

@@qai3962 they mean what does "sjw" mean

*put it back in the womb, it’s missing a limb.*

Exactly. And half the people here don’t even understand the art style is supposed to look like watercolors, and are calling it unfinished.

It’s good if it’s was free

It's a harmless indie game about cute cats dude, chill

@@mr.exposition why wont you let people have opinions, edgelord?

@@mr.exposition Sorry but I think I gave a pretty level headed response and even if I didn't that doesn't change the fact that an unfinished game doesn't belong on a commercial storefront.

Dude calm down the game looks good. The only problem present in the trailer is a texture that didnt want to stay still.

Same lol

The key art looks so good, then the game is just... this. Hard pass for me, not into it.

@@lizhailey Really? Because I actually do have anxiety issues and that still doesn't excuse the games presentation. There are plenty of Indie comfort games that look exponentially better than this.

@@KingofJacks86 the company is a tiny one with a tiny budget! Not sure how you would be able to put out a graphic masterpiece with so little to work with. The game is not even a lot of money either!

@@lizhailey stop being so salty. Let it go.

@@KingofJacks86 It’s pretty obvious they had little to work with. Just be respectful towards the creators.

@@lizhailey Hollow knight, I rest my case. But tbh, the texture and colors is all for a game when is this simple. Like the original animal crossing had basic gameplay but made it work with the town looking alive with more buildings, trees, house layout and so on. If they redesigned the areas and made the models eyes not so tiny they are barely noticeable it would be worth the money

You can ride huge house cats, and your excited for polar bears? 😂

@@campingbabeYuh why not?

it's like they only know how to code and never thought to find an more artist friend to help or even look at color theories cause sometimes it's too much imo

Or it could be something called an *artstyle* and mabye you shouldn't judge a book by its cover

@@ethanunglesbee1137 ???? Ethan my friend, I didn’t think I’d have to explain this but trailers are supposed to be enticing, they are the “book covers.” Maybe this will be a fantastic game, but I certainly couldn’t tell by this trailer.

It’s the chin shadow but it definitely looks like a 5 o’clock shadow

Aww thank you!!

@@EmilyAndersonMusic wow is this your Song?

@@andereskonto3906 yes it is! Hi!!

Agreed. The animals are the only cute things

Yep, I was kinda excited seeing the cover art then game itself, really disappointed by the artstyle and all that you mentionned. It's a pass for me, for now tho

Keep in mind it's only like 5 days old and there's only two developers

@@Bee_Moonstone 1. I get what you mean but constructive criticism can be helpful 2. yes but this is a video of the finished product, it’s not a clip of the game in progress

@@Bee_Moonstone low quality isn’t acceptable no matter the size of the team, Stardew Valley was made by one dude, small teams can make great games.

Oh I wasn't alone :)

I think its the shadows 🤔 it does look very odd though. There's weird shadows on all the character models it looks like and they aren't doing anyone any favors.

Thought the same lol

And sadly it’s not

The game is a 2 person made game they said on their Twitter they are planning to patch the game as funds go in as they were on a tight budget. So we just gotta wait

@@rabbitrulez hopefully

@@rabbitrulez why didnt they do something easier if it’s such a small team

Defiiiiinitely looks like something that should be free.

Like something on the App Store for free

Ah, I got MMORPG vibes from some of the assets there.

Thats what sold me lol

I will Try It

It’s a good game! I’ve been playing for hours now.

It is playable for sure :)

It is playable, BUT i ran into a game breaking glitch where i got stuck and had to delete my save file within 2 hours:(

Its playable but i cant finish one quest for Dapper Pigeons because I can't find 1 of them..and think its stuck in a wall..

literally how

cause of the weird textures, the bland text and the very stiff and repetitive animations

Me too

No! NO! *NOOOOOOOOO-*

@@shiny9690 No! NOOO!

@Violets Are Blue I was joking about it being Joshua bad, that's just what it reminded me of 🙂

Probably is running at 15fps considering its on switch.

**Laughs in The Witcher 3 and Doom (2016) & Doom Eternal**

@@JosephKun27 that's what happens when the developers care about their performance on Switch.

@@gavinbradshaw9055 sony fanboy detected

@@SubsWithnoDadChallenge jokes on you cus I dont even own any other consoles besides switch.

Knowing what I do about the developer and the publisher, some of them probably *actually* have beards.

REEEEE