Newfound Courage

!!Spoilers Below!! Gameplay Pros - Pretty decent and simple gameplay. - Puzzles are relatively harmless (Base game) - Failsafes in objectives if the player were to be somewhat gullible. Gameplay Cons - Many instances of padding (DLC). The Carnival rides takes too long, the Magpie nests, backtracking to find keys (might be better to be able to have the means to grab them earlier rewarding those that pay attention), and the Palace being either repeating or winding hallways makes the DLC feel longer than it shouldn't. - With the type of gameplay it has, there preferably has to be a means to be able to change keybinds. Which there does not seem to be. Story Pros - Relatively sweet plot. Not perfect, but most certainly not bad either. Applied to both base game and DLC, but more in favour of base game. - Jake's rejection as a great means to show maturity in relation to the inevitability of unrequited romances. Especially when both Jake and Alex still choose to stay as close friends. Even better with Alex needing a bit of time to grieve a love lost. Actually both Alex and Jake's relationship is rather decent all things considered. - Town NPCs having a relatively good presence as their own characters (Base game). - Amusing dialogue for failsafes. Story Cons - Music doesn't gradually reduce volume but instead it usually stops abruptly within a cutscene. Breaking the flow, and potentially immersion. Decent game overall. However I cannot say I would absolutely recommend nor absolutely wouldn't recommend. The game is mostly saved by its story, but the gameplay has a lot to be desired. But when it comes to the DLC... to be honest, it's inching towards 'not recommended territory' due to the gameplay alone.

This game hit me right in the feels and has a good story, will be playing book 2 next

sweet and quick! Can't wait to play Book 2 and the DLC next :)

Awesome Game! the characters were so cute, the humour is hilarious, the art style is beautiful, along with the story, i just wanted to keep exploring the world and meeting the quirky characters. Look out for ol' Marge, shes probably sloshed again! <3

LOVE IT! First those reviews crying because it's ending is sad can A. grow up and B. play book 2. the story is great, wish it was longer though, really hoping for either a book 3 or a sequel game! would buy either in an instant. Also i beat the game start to finish on my steam deck, the ONLY "issue" was it would say keyboard buttons instead of the controller buttons

Infelizmente desinstalei logo no início ao perceber que a tipografia usada era pizelizada. Assim não dá. Chega de jogos indie com fonts estranhas em pixel que não dão boa leitura. Pelamordedeus. Ainda mais num jogo em que o texto é essencial. Por favor.

A beautiful story about love, friendship, growth, and perseverance.

A very sweet short game with both imagination and heart, just what I wanted :)

A quite nice quite simple mini-rpg

This game and its DLC are really cute and have tons of heart put into them. There were moments when I literally laughed out loud at some of the humor, and that's unusual for me (I'm more of a silent chuckler when read something funny). This is a very personal game. Even though it is short and relatively easy, it is packed full of emotion. The cover art is a bit misleading. If you are getting this game to play a gay romance, then I'm sorry but you will be disappointed. The main character makes treasured relationships with other people in this game, but there isn't any romance story to speak of. It is a wonderful game, but if you are looking for a gay romance story, you will not find it here.