i got 4 random events in a row i just wanted ammo 

I got this game on Steam! :) Saw Markiplier play but wasn't too enthused about the gameplay (I did watch the entire video), then got the demo for myself and it's much more fun playing it on my own. I have lost sleep over this game 😅so it definitely has lots of replayability and intrigue to make me go back for more. 

The biggest complaint I have is the moon showing you the list of options every single run, even if you've already bought everything and are lunar shard capped. I am not sure if there will be more items added soon; regardless, I think I would prefer the moon store to be less intrusive (if that's the right word) by putting it as a separate option in the title menu, like the dream diary is (after the first or couple times the moon shows itself to you). Or, as something you can choose to select while you're choosing characters (so like a small icon you can arrow key move to or have a note that says "press m" to spend lunar shards or something.

The reason for this suggestion is that the dialogue repetition gets stale and there are a lot of screens to tap z for, which takes time. The frequency of screen changes in this game doesn't affect my visual sensitivity bad enough, but minimizing them when unnecessary would be very helpful.

Other than that I like that the game forces you to manage your resources efficiently because of the random outcomes. I'm familiar with roguelites enough to know that poor outcomes are not solely because of rng, even if a series of nothing events can get frustrating 😅I am curious and eager to learn more about the lore (rhyme!); definitely lots of open mysteries surrounding... well, everything, but especially Noire.

Hope you've been giving yourself enough rest!

I played through both V0.4 and now V0.5. I really enjoyed am excited play though each new major update to be released. I've wishlisted the game on Steam and am looking forward to what all comes next! With that said, I want to leave some feedback that may or may not be helpful with development.

- This is a little dated at this point, given the change you made a few days ago, but I agree that the previous art style is probably better, though still like the other sprites as well.

-Root was my favorite character to play as in V0.4, as her unique playstyle felt really engaging to me. In V0.5, she was more frustrating to play as than anything. Even in 0 faith mode,  my fight against Melody was still down to the wire, and I had even saved up a crucifix and two medkits for it! Maybe that's a skill issue, as I didn't have the grenade or either revival from the frog shop, which would have made things easier, but it was still pretty frustrating I couldn't get a good-enough run with normal difficulty settings. I usually had at least two mutations in each weapon category (accuracy, damage, ammo) and plenty more health, so I really don't know what I could have done differently. Unlike with Luna, Root's effective three-in-a-row boss fights after 60 percent felt hard to stretch my items through.

-My experience with Luna, contrary to my experience with Root, was really easy. Like. Really easy. My strategy was to get damage upgrades to melee damage (red room translator, goddess blessing anvil, etc.) whenever possible, accuracy be damned, and just get the first area's frog shop item where a missed melee attack is followed by another at 80 accuracy. Even without that, though, Luna was pretty hard to lose with for me, especially because I never had to worry about fleeing or ammo and could plan my item collection accordingly (no need for cigarettes or ammo). I don't really understand the razor blade from a gameplay perspective, though, as I never felt like I was moving too fast through a run, so I felt no need to kill myself to go back; If anything, it felt like it didn't move on from at least the first area fast enough.

-Noire felt pretty balanced, with the only regular challenge I had being damage output in the late game, but even that was easy enough to overcome with a little luck.

-The shops felt pretty balanced, and I actually found myself going to the long-gilled fish's shop a few times in V0.5, unlike in V0.4.

-The woman with snake eyes was an annoying fight, especially when it was one of my first few encounters of a game. I like the randomness of it, as with Noire from another timeline, but for the woman with snake eyes, snake scales aren't a very useful item, you can't get a mutation off killing her as Root,  and I always seemed to come out of the fight with more hearts lost than with most other encounters.

-Some playstyles and strategies were really unique and fun, like going for second-hand smoke blessings and getting a ton of cigarettes, and I wish I could make those sorts of things even more viable.

-I'm not sure how to feel about the golden bullet change in V0.5. It definitely feels different than it did inV0.4, but it didn't seem to help me with my Root runs, nor was it a game-changer with Noire or Luna.

-I found it very awkward and difficult to get item-specific encounter interactions to occur, like the hunter's knife with the hanged man or dagger 48 with the red mirror. I even did runs specifically to get them, but I couldn't get it after a fair few tries. They're definitely possible, but I never encountered any of them, let alone in my actual runs, and I wish I had.

-I also never figured out what the predator and prey blessing did. Maybe I just got unlucky, but I never encountered their effects after choosing that blessing in any of my playthroughs.

-I bought all the lunar fragment purchasables and then maxed out my lunar fragment counter pretty quickly -- way before I beat the game. I'm not sure what a sustainable way to spend them would look like, but at least it would keep me from having 99 of them forever.

-The game window was a bit buggy at times, turning into a borderless window when I got a notification to my desktop in fullscreen mode more than once.

Really enjoying the game so far! Best of luck with development!

maybe just have the mouths instead of both mouth and eyes? can add more emotion to the sprites without taking away from the surrealism

I have to be honest I played this demo so much ! Its just the demo but it has so much to do ! Such an amazing game !

This game was super fun, I definitely gotta get better at it

I read your comment on steam about the new design meaning to add distinctive features but I must say that I find everyone looks much more similar now. The eyes are uncanny in the wrong way. Like not creepy but just unaesthetic (I'm sorry  to say this😔) 

PLEASE switch back to the old design, I genuinely think that the new design, while only having good intentions in mind, is doing the opposites of what you were hoping for (as an artist myself I know how frustrating that feels)

- It looks unprofessional and incoherent 

- it's actually harder to tell people apart I find

- the anatomy is OFF (especially with Nadine and Rugs)

- the colours seem less vibrant and enticing (exterminating angel, and everyone's skin tone looks really bad)

- I especially loved te Crimson Dancers being faceless but I prefer that for the whole game.

- I also suggest going back to the square background it looked much better, I find.

Lastly I really appreciate that you communicate with the fan base and I hope you are taking our suggestions to heart because the game is really awesome and I loved the vibe and atmosphere but now it just feels like it lost some of its charm (which would be a real pity for such a great game)

This game DEMO was an amazing experience to go through!

SPOILERS AHEAD*

i originally completed the game in its entirety in V0.4 and came back to play around a bit with the new character designs and gameplay changes in V0.5 and I've got to say i love the new tweaks and add ons.

The atmosphere in this game is really like no other that I've played, from the small bits of lore, secrets and horror aspects its a really good mixture for what most gamers might find thrilling and fun. 

Reading some of the comments on the new designs of the characters made me want to add on to it, as much as i like the old designs, i definitely noticed more attention to detail for most of the characters in the new version, i love most of the new enemy designs, but as others said with most of the main characters now having a face, some of the uncanny/creepy feeling of encountering enemies have been impacted, furthermore i personally found that some of the faces or some general features of the characters feel a little to similar and may look the same. 

with this said, if i could recommend something, either the developer could adjust the facial features of each character and change some of the poses of them to somehow differentiate them or make them seem more uncanny would be a plus, but also could add on to the whole "loss of memory" story, An idea for this is to keep the characters faces removed in the first part of the game to add back the uncanny/creepy feeling, and when the character moves on to the next area they will then have their corrupted forms/design (as of the ones currently implemented), furthermore when you progress into the game and find each of the characters memories you can now see their faces in those recollections within the dream diary. (A little add on to this could be when  Noire first starts in the new area she can have a bit of dialogue questioning why she cannot remember who these people are when they dont have a face),  this is just a personal idea and i understand if this may not follow along with what the developer might have planned for the story or game, which is 100% okay. 

Other then that this game is a 10/10 for me and i will definitely be on the look-out for when this game fully releases, for the dev i want to say thanks for creating this experience of a demo and i hope you keep adding onto this cool project, but please don't forget to take your time :) 

I made an account to post a comment on this, genuinely amazing game. I completed a full run where I was able to take out THE MAN WITH NO SKIN. Will most definitely do another run through with the unlocked character I got. 100% worth buying when it comes out as a full release.

Ive been playing this game for a total of 5 hours today. pls help ;-;

this atmosphere is something i havent felt before, like the combo the the realistic, desaturated pixelated backgrounds behind the vibrant cartoonish (using that word pretty lightly lol) characters with their own unique horror designs really makes this game into something special, this shit is fucking gas

also the frogs are my favorite, if the game ever gets big enough to do merch please let us buy the frogs :3

also also the little lore drops after each encounter with the no skin man is really rewarding

I've had SO much fun playing! the demo is already pretty big, can't imagine how big of a project the final game will be. looking forward to hearing more :)

So easy to learn and hard to pass game. Im so waiting for releasy). Demo is big, one second i think this game have ending.

But no skin man meet me in 3 location 

Hello [NoEye-Soft],

I hope this message finds you well. My name is [omair], and I am very interested in joining your game development team. I have experience in coding with several languages, including Python, C++, and C# and your game is extranet well done with graphics and shaders, and I have worked with game engines such as LÖVE and Unity.

In addition to my programming skills, I also have experience in drawing 6/10 and have recently started learning music production using FL Studio, focusing on major and minor chords, among other aspects.

I am excited about the opportunity to contribute to your project and collaborate with your team. Please let me know if there are any available positions or if you need additional information from me.

Thank you for considering my application. I look forward to your response.

Best regards,

[omair]

Really amazing game, when playing it im always thinking "when is it gonna end, its just a demo it shouldnt be THAT long and complex" and its always making me wrong , love the atmosphere and concept mixing chance and strategies, there are already much really nice items and well balanced too

This was the best demo that i ever played before, too long. I thought it was a complete game. i can't wait to see the full game