Map Map - A Game About Maps

Cute game with a novel idea.

Like others I was looking forward to this game for so long! But unless you already know how to make maps it may not be much fun because [b]it doesn't teach you how to make maps.[/b] Instead it gives you bad and inaccurate tools with little explanation and asks you to figure out how to use and be precise with them within 0.1 "steps," because, don't kid yourself, the people this game is for will likely only be satisfied by total precision. (I want 0.0 on my first try way more than I want the Raven King's treasure.) But who [i]is[/i] this game for then? People who need to learn that you should be nicer to the wheelchair kid with a stutter (seriously)? You're supposed to be on a journey with friends except you're on an island alone with a pixie on comms who pouts and laughs at you and a robot that goes "WRONG. WRONG. WRONG," when you misinterpret your team's inane directives like "Mark the firepit" except there are four. Instead, you are the only animated character with no lines, no story, a derpy face, you do all the work, and you hum when you stand still. Maybe you just like mapping and will have fun even when you get to the later levels where WHOOPS NO MAPS! In early playtesting I encouraged the team to [url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/2702260/discussions/0/594024420581912282/]address some of these issues[/url] and specifically to add an accessibility menu with more options for button holding (step counting) or mashing (skipping dialogues), but it didn't happen by launch. Step counting still sucks! Appropriate tutorials and options (and a real intro) could still make this game really stand out as right now it really feels like a lonely beta, but at the end of the day it is indeed, as promised, a game about maps. BUT. The price is right at $15 USD and there is a free demo; the bundles are really worth considering too (I prefer Alba, but Carto + Paper Trail make a great package if you haven't tried them). As a community I think we want to see more games like this, with a little more optional hand-holding for those of us who skipped map class and a lot less Nutrasweet.