Mr. Sleepy Man

what a joyful little game. one can clearly see the early 3d era influences, in a world with its very own artstyle. the gameplay feels sometimes a little bit challenging, but not in a too frustrating way. thank you for this funny experience!

This game is seriously so impressive for what one person can make. Everything about the game is really enjoyable, there was clearly a lot of love and care put into it. Obviously the game isn't perfect (no game truly is), and despite encountering multiple bugs, I really enjoyed my time with the game! This definitely scratched that 3D platformer + collectathon itch of mine. Ummm idk what else to say but I like this game it is very cool and fun.

An incredibly charming game that is a ton of fun to just mess around in, but also has Plenty of stuff to do on its own terms with a large variety of... tasks, and tight platforming challenges 48 hours well spent! Probably more after I post this

I'll amend this review once I've 100%'ed the game and can give my full thoughts, but for now I'll say this: Mr. Sleepy Man is legitimately awesome and one of the best games I've played in recent memory.

This is a fun, extremely polished collectathon-like experience focused on experimentation and discovery, with insanely detailed lore, in the style of n64 games of yore, a deep message about nostalgia, an amazing soundtrack (If Dreams Remain is a total banger) and...it's all made by ONE guy? Like, tripleA games should be ashamed by what the DeSanti one-man-army accomplished, refined, and charged with feeling and emotion. Is this for everyone? maybe not unless you're into 3d platformer and adventure games. Was it fun for me? absolutely, though the nostalgia left me with a heavy heart. I can't wrap my head around why this game isn't more popular and dominating the retrogaming communities, getting interviews, and hopefully a community that will dig into the game and reveal its most hidden secrets if there's more - and I think a lot has gone undiscovered yet. I just have the feeling that there's more to the ending that nobody has find out yet.

i think this game has a lot of good ideas but the execution didn't turn at as well, i've had so many small issues that made the game unfortunately not fun for me when i started the game, i selected that question block that plays a random five second second before you start playing and the first song i ended up getting was something like "you'll get cancer and die" and it immediately soured my first impressions and i was really hoping this type of humor wasn't all over the game, thankfully it wasn't that much but i still kind of don't really like the overall humor of the game mr sleepy man doesn't feel nearly as fun or satisfying to control like other 3D platformers i've played, i can't quite put my finger on why but one big reason i can tell was whenever i wanted to dash, i always would get confused between the blanket and pillow buttons, because if you're on the ground you use the blanket to dash, but in the air it's the pillow to dash, i know it's because the pillow is a weapon and the blanket is a glider so they can't both function as a dash both on ground and air, but it's very inconvenient when i think "i need to dash" and press the wrong button each time, aside from that the gameplay feels kinda fine, i do wish the game was a bit more cohesive tho, because it kinda sucks how you're thrown in with barely any explanation of the main mechanic of the game, because i got jumped between a nightmare(?) and a boss and then was in the nowhere and i wish the game at least clarified the main mechanic is basically having to restart your night, there's also no timer on screen like in majora's mask so you have to rely on finding clocks to know the time, but if you're somewhere without clocks then you have no way of knowing how much time is left until bedtime, and i assume you can't clear certain objectives past bedtime i also just am not a fan of this game's voice acting, all characters with spoken dialogue almost have very little important things to say, and then nothing important, it doesn't help that they're all irritating to listen to and reeeeeaaaaally drag on their words and sentences that it gets exhausting to sit through, it's a minor complaint but i wish they had more interesting things to say or at least gave more direction other than just one important piece of information and then nothing, if you need hints, then you need to buy them at the shop, i didn't find any other in-game way to find hints from different characters, the reason why i mention hints is because you have a blank to-do list, but no indication of what to do, you can naturally complete some of them by messing around and experimenting, but there are some stuff that you probably will need hints to figure out and you can't "unlock" objectives, you either know your objective after you finished it and crossed it out, or buy a hint also when you start the game, you're only guaranteed to get the blanket, because it's in the same room you start in, but i don't really know how the game expects you to get a pillow (your main weapon and air dash), the next objective is to go to the clock tower which would unlock the shop, but i feel like the pillow should be a prioritized objective in the beginning since there's no tutorial that leads to a guaranteed unlock of the pillow, i only managed to get it by exploring a bit before going into the clock tower, but i feel like the game should give you a linear set of objectives that make sure you get your base toolkit before letting you loose to explore freely the game didn't click with me and i unfortunately didn't like it

Editing this to personally ask Devin to put this on Switch faster so that my friends can play it and I can talk to them about it instead of having to not spoil anything. Pretty please. Beat the game, recommend it strongly. It's not perfect, but it is really brilliant. The music, world, gameplay, and levels are all quite good. Bosses are whatever other than the last one, but it's a 3D platformer and most 3D platformer bosses are bad. Even having a good final boss is pretty rare. Some of the sections in this game are among the best things I've played in a game in years, if not ever, and the game as a whole is going to be one of my GOTYs. For some perspective, I'd say it's a heck of a lot better than Mina the Hollower... not that you need to praise one thing by disparaging another, but the level of passion put into this as well as the general gameplay is really impressive for a solo dev making his first game. It's a really, really special game. For flaws, I'd say the progression system is utterly wack though. I ended up using the official walkthough to help me on a part of the game's "critical path," and doing that made me realize that what I had been doing before was pointless more or less despite feeling incredibly directed to do it based on what the game was telling me. All of the side content feels like main content and is solid, but it truly is just on the side- there's not really a reason to engage with it. I completed a quest that was heavily pushed at the start of the game thinking it was required, and then realized it not only was optional, but didn't actually contribute at all towards the main objectives of the game. It was very bizarre feeling. I absolutely wouldn't have found out what to do if I hadn't consulted that walkthrough. I think it would have made sense to have a traditional "shiny things" count that you had to meet to beat the game too, even if it was just 30 of them in addition to getting all the required items. Now, the optional content is still generally quite fun and the world of the game is great, so it's worth engaging with regardless, but it's still quite weirdly designed. I think the game would feel better paced with that traditional collectable count requirement. It needs a little more Banjo Kazooie and a little less Breath of the Wild. A few quality-of-life updates would also help a bunch. 1) Please give the ability to skip all dialogue and not just some. It's strange not being able to and makes it a bit annoying to have to go back and re-complete things, especially because that's practically necessary to beat the game. 2) Maybe remove the stamina meter from basic movement and just make it for the blanket maneuvers? Bing bing wahooing all across the map is fun. 3) Give the option to disable the slowdown animation when you get hit. It takes so long. 4) I really do think the game would benefit if you had to get at least 30 or 40 shiny things to beat it. Still, despite all that, I'd say the game is an easy 8 or 9 out of 10, but it's more like a 10 out of 10 and a 6 out of 10 alternating, which for a game like this probably makes me like it more than if it was consistent.

If you have nostalgia for any of the 64 platformer classics (mario 64, conker BFD, DK 64, banjo and kazooie, etc.) this is a must play. Its absolutely insane that all this was done by one person. the music 10/10, lore 10/10, gameplay 9/10. I'm sure some people judge the graphics and visual style but to me, they are also a 9/10 as they are perfect for the overall arcing theme.