Tracks of Thought

I was eagerly awaiting the release of this game because it seemed incredible! Beautiful characters, captivating graphics, and solid gameplay. However, the game initially had numerous bugs. If someone experiences frequent issues with saving the game, they might, like me, lose hours of progress due to a silly bug. The game crashed at various points, and despite the gorgeous graphics and style, I cannot recommend it with these issues.

This game is adorable but that's all it is, I got this game because it's very up my alley. cute art style, bugs! and card game after playing it for a bit it's very clear that this game is very underbaked, the card game mechanic is way too simple and not fleshed out enough. I'd love to come back to this game if it gets updated and made better

Its a cute game/idea but the actual experience playing it is awful. Super buggy and you constantly get softlocked during quests and need to reset (there's even been a few times I had to just start a whole new save to stop a bug from occurring. From the looks of things now, the devs don't seem to have any real intention of fixing these bugs either, at least, not in any reasonable amount of time, even for an indie game.

I was so incredibly excited about this game. Super cute graphics, interactive and for me new game concept, LGBTQIA+ friendly, funny and at the same time quirky characters etc. It was fun at the beginning but there are so many bugs that spoil the game. - Quests don't complete even though you've done everything - Items are invisible (speech bubble appears out of nowhere, e.g. glasses at the art exhibition). If you click on the bubble, it also says that you've taken the glasses, but you don't have them in your inventory. - The card battles sometimes seem very random It's a shame. I hope it gets fixed soon and then I can play it properly. But I really appreciate the attention to detail and the thought behind this game. And since it's a small game studio that I want to support, I can forgive it. Please fix the bugs. Lots of love

Like a lot of reviewers, I was really excited for this game to come out based on the trailer. But unfortunately, the game is kind of buggy and the story feels very slow. The combat system isn't explained very well and it feels like its only purpose is to stretch out the game's playtime. The art style is very cute and the concept is interesting but I felt bored playing it and didn't feel motivated to keep playing after I got stuck. Unless the creator(s) come out with a patch or major update I can't really recommend this game to anyone.

This game was on my radar for a while, but I didn't get it before because of all the bad reviews. However, well aware of the risks, I finally decided to give it a try myself. And well, I have to say that I wasn't able to finish the game... but I really wanted to, which may be why my review is positive. I had the exact same issues described in some great reviews, from the health never going down in combat to some side quests being impossible to complete. However, I didn't mind it that much since I was really enjoying the adorable art style, the astonishing character designs, the train room designs, the variety of puzzles and the fun dialogues. That was, until I got to the museum/clue room which reward (spoiler: the IOU paper) blocked my game. I still managed to play the next room (the concert one) by using the cheats one of the devs said existed in one of the comments on the forum (that you can access by pressing F1). Unfortunately, as I said, I couldn't finish the game since (even with the cheats) I couldn't do anything in which i presume is the last room of the train. Now, the studio site and their discord disappearing aren't great signs to expect for a game patch... but the thing is that I would have loved to see how the story unfolded, and I did love the part I could play (which I think was plenty!). I think the game has a lot of heart, and you can really see the effort and love behind it, and that’s why I still wanted to leave a positive review. I understand why some people left bad reviews since some errors might prevent players from finishing the game and that’s very frustrating (been there, done that!). But, if I am being honest, I feel that while the game is clearly lacking some testing and polishing it could have been fixed with some more time. Plus, I think some of those bugs might come from the saves, which are always a tricky part of development, especially in narrative games and with such a small team to do the testing. So, what’s bugging me (pun not intended) is the fact that maybe those bad reviews that were actually bug reports might have been the reason why people stopped buying the game (I know it prevented me for doing so for months!). And maybe that’s what leaded to the devs not having the resources to actually finish it. It might not be the case, and I still understand why people would get mad by expending money in something that doesn’t feel finished… but that’s how I personally felt and I still think the game is worth it so I wanted to support its team while explaining my reasons. So, thank you for reading!

I would love to give this game a good review: it's adorable, inclusive, positive, and fun! The problem is there are too many bugs (I mean the game bugs, not the character bugs). I found it hard to progress because I gave the IOU Note to the guy and he gave back my scanner instead of the necklace. Now I don't know how to progress without completing the necklace quest. :( On top of that, the battles were fun but the HP is clearly "bugged" as well.

I was given this as a gift for my birthday - I've been very excited about this game for a while!!! However I can't recommend the game in its current state. I hope this changes soon! I was shocked that when going through the "tunnel" the game glitched and nothing worked, and then when I reloaded it, the tunnel would still black out random parts of the first car. When I finally got to the second car, the person who had been assigned to me (the ladybug character) didn't move or interact with any of the other characters? Maybe they're not supposed to I have no idea. The conflict resolution game is not explained well, and so therefore I have no idea what I'm doing. It looks like it was supposed to be better explained and then just wasn't. Stuck in car two because the woman won't take the dirty plates NOR the dish soap. I dunno. A bit disheartened but looking forward to it getting patched up!

Игра очень милая, но определенно требует наработок. Очень жалею, что не успела вернуть игру ранее положенного срока. Что-то мне подсказывает, что сами разработчики не до конца поняли концепцию спора в этой игре. Я могла закрыть глаза на визуальные баги (персонаж без лица стал, расположение диалоговых пузырей, коллизии со взаимодействием), но не могу закрыть глаза на баги карточного боя, который по сути должен являться главной механикой и фичей игры. Мне больно играть в это. Я понимаю, сюда вложено немало трудов, но почему мне приходится играть в это через силу? Необходим срочный патч, который пофиксит критические баги и карточный бой. Остальное можно решить последующими патчами. Вот только тогда игра станет конфеткой! А пока брать не советую.

Really cute game with great dialogue and character designs