Assemble with Care

gameplay length: it is extremely short. its 3hrs on my record because i left it for lunch, without lunch is probably around an 1-2 hours of gameplay. 14 levels including the epilogue. the thing is, i expect the puzzles to be somewhat intricate for the item assembling but turns out it is very VERY easy, no challenge. i've spent more time on the narrative rather than the assembly gameplay. the story. the game is leaning HEAVY on the VA quality (10/10 btw) and storyline, yet the story is pretty tame and the typical "a resolved happy ending family conflict", mediocre depth, but not intriguing enough for me. EVEN SO, you bought the game for the gameplay of assembling things, yet the devs kinda lean on the storyline heavier than the actual gameplay. in my humble opinion, this decision is a bit of a miss. the balance between story and gameplay should be equal or heavy on the gameplay. graphics. the art is great, but lots of the 3D objects to be assembled is pretty bare, plain, low poly low shader low shadow situation, compared with the great arts in the game? quite the difference. replayability? absolute 0 i think. but doesn't matter if length and challenge could outweigh it. bugs. bugs does exists but didn't ruin the experience. jankiness. quite the jank but i understand you want some jankiness in these type of games. a very chill game with 0 stress 3/10 length 6.5/10 story 1/10 challenge 9.5/10 VA/SFXs/Sound 7/10 graphics. 0 replayablity would i recommend it for supporting indie devs? 100%, discounted or no discount. always a good thing to do. would i recommend it solely for the gameplay? No, discounted or no discount. they aimed the assembly-esque gameplay, expected a puzzle, expected a challenge, got barely any of it. but i get it, indie devs, even having the idea and making it. enough for me to give the respect they deserve. more assembly gameplay length (levels/chapters), more challenge, would entirely change my recommendation of the game, but we got what we got.