DECENTTREATMENT'S PROFILE

Hey there, aquatorrent! I'm so happy to hear you played through 0.7, and even had a somewhat positive experience! I'll try give a thorough response, for both of us.

Graphics
I'm glad you enjoy the UI because I've thought a lot about it over the past year or so of development. I'm still working to make it look and function better. For example, the next update features an illustrated inventory menu.
The other graphics have also been a labor of love for me, and continue to be refined. I'm redesigning some characters from the ground up currently, which hopefully will bring more eyes to the project.

Story
I'll have to add subtitles to the opening speech at some point. It's likely that the intro will be changed, so I'll hold off on this until things are more solidified.
Yeah, the story is meant to be difficult to parse. Ideally, the final game should strike similar narrative chords to Dark Souls 1. To elaborate, a heavy mythology which drives players to uncover a story for themselves through item descriptions and NPC dialogue. Leaving room for players to derive their own meaning is an important element of this device. I'm in the process of learning how to make this work in my own style, so thank you for your patience.
I can see how establishing more evident context for limited time events would be beneficial. Partially, signposting like this will inform how a player manages their resources in Throne. Now that most gameplay systems are in place, I can focus on narrative issues more for future updates.

The Game
The combat has consistently been hard for people to understand during beginning parts of the game. A stronger warning and tutorial will be important to implement in the future, because this difficulty is often what causes people to stop playing.
Speaking of difficulty, the cracks in the cave need to be reworked. Ever since I implemented pixel movement, they have been a problem. To be noted, using the chariot allows you to run over the cracks without damaging them at all. Perhaps a revised description for the card which hints at this is an order.
I'm glad you liked The Chariot!! I really dig that idea too, but I'll probably change it to a non-tarot item in the future so players don't have to switch when they want to use one for battle.

You'll be happy to know that most of your criticisms are already taken care of for the next update, 1.8. For example, I've finally come up with an autosave system I'm happy with! Also, the crashes are gone.

Thanks for playing, and contributing your valuable feedback. If you think of any other suggestions, please don't hesitate to let me know :)

Hey, I'm interested in learning more. Here's my Twitter for sample artworks: https://mobile.twitter.com/DeficiencyP
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author=aquatorrent
what should i do with Shrine of High Devotees? i assume it has something to do with Ruins of Thence, but what exactly should i do?

also, is there nothing to do if you have finished everything by the first day except tarot reading?

Hey! Thanks for checking the demo out. Lets see if I can try to help a bit.
Now that I have the core gameplay ideas fairly settled, I'm going to shift focus to generating content. The next demo update will focus more on changes from moon to moon, unique things to discover, and new dungeons. Things are developing quickly, so keep your save file when you finish! :)

author=TheRpgmakerAddict
Look, already downloaded. After the first game I am curious to try this one. Looks really dark and creepy but portrait style somewhat reminds to me of Exit Fate. Nice, I am curious.

Awesome! Thanks for checking it out! Yeah I've been releasing updates every few days. As is , this is kind of an early proof-of-concept. I'm listening to all the feedback I can.
I had never heard of Exit Fate, but I'm glad you brought it up! The portraits look really well-rendered.
Hopefully you enjoy the alpha demo!

Inspirational alliteration! The whole thing feels very poetic!