Ichima-san

まさかの市松人形ステルスアクション！ｗ アクセスは操作感もよくBGMもアップテンポで楽しい！ ツッコミどころもあってクスりと笑えるし、なにより市松人形がめっちゃ可愛い！ｗ オススメ！

It's a fun but short game, there are only 4 levels + garden and final run section but it is a charming collect-a-thon game. Ichima-san runs very cutely and the minigames are fun, the dance one controls weird if you're using mouse and keyboard but it's adaptable. I wish there was more of it, looking forward for a future sequel or updates.

This has to be one of the best games I have played in a while. While not my normal genre of horror, I didn't regret trying this one out for a single moment! It definitely has plenty of content for the price they ask, and will keep you busy for at least a few hours, maybe longer for the completionists! I highly recommend this one to anyone who just wants to enjoy the time they spend in the game! Seriously, try it, you'll like it! Not just fun, but also has it's cute moments as well! Here's my playlist if you want to see some gameplay! I must warn you, I'm pretty cute in these videos! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtgUW4CLgeY&list=PL6wZqs9DoMHrtzo0og4yAmtO0OeH4jBWr&pp=iAQB

Its a quite soulful, casual and unique indie game. A fair amount of the game's content is thoughts, tidbits and food recommendations/recipes from the dev which were an interesting window to a culture I am not part of (I believe the dev might be Japanese... possibly...) While I did like the game, I would not recommend it for its base price (11€). This is mostly because the game itself is short (half of my playtime is from my minmaxing backtracking to get a 100% clear), but also because the slow pace and buggy mechanics can be frustrating at times (having to climb up human-sized staircases as a tiny crippled doll was a very unique form of punishment). I bought it at 50% off, and for that much I think it was OK. While the game has English localization, some of the in-game collectibles are manga which aren't translated, but that's a solved problem these days with phone image translation apps like Google Translate.

I very much enjoyed this game! It'd be very easy to compare it to chibi robo, a game that has you also running around as a small figurine with a constantly depleting life meter that needs to be recharged at certain locations on the map, but if I'm being honest it reminds me more of that over the hedge ds game where you have stealthily get through the homes of people (regardless of whether I can remember if it was good or not...), which is what you do, though this time you're the resident and they're the intruders! If your spotted or caught by any of the burglars before finding a place to hide your life meter is instantly depleted and you have to start the point you last saved at, but luckily the ways of avoiding your enemies aren't limited to just hiding but also finding ways in dropping nearby objects on an enemy's head with your projectile, all while finding different routes set up that you have to climb or hookshot to without making yourself seen, so it is very engaging in that sense. It's also just a very charming game with the interactions you get from the dolls around the house despite its mainly meek, creepy yet relaxing and monotone atmosphere (especially with the minigames), never being overly quirky but never dull either, while never taking too long. Its equally as funny as it is emotional, it doesn't try too hard to express itself to its audience, which can be very rare with heavy dialogue games like this. Though I do have one objective complaint, and its not the jank of the game having me fall of ledges I try to climb or whatever, for its hardly in the way at all and is just a mild inconvenience, but just the look of the areas of the game, for while the atmosphere does change here and there with the fittingly great music, all the areas for the most part look exactly alike. I get the point that its all apart of one house but still, it was sort of disappointing to go to a new location and find nothing new about it aesthetically. While I see this as a missed opportunity, I understood from the start that this was a low budget game, and games even remotely similar to it have higher funds, it just surprised me with what it had on offer so much I thought it would go through the lengths, but alas. Overall, those who are thinking about trying this game should go ahead, even the asking price of the game is worth it I feel, for even with the jank and aesthetic repetition of its areas, its still holds up as a very fun little game! P.S I can't find the 3 coins in the library or the last two stickers! Hayami... Somebody.... help a brother out :'(

とても面白かった！ かくれんぼ的なゲームで隠れながら目的地まで行くというのがとても面白かったです。 日本人形ちゃんも可愛くて踊りをずっと眺めてました 笑 トイ・ストーリーの日本版？みたいな設定のゲームをあまり見ないので、新鮮かつ期待通りの内容だったのでとても満足しました。 難しいかもしれないけど次回作があると嬉しいな。もっといろんなステージを攻略したい。