NATBIRD'S PROFILE

Thanks for your feedback! It's important to remember this game was made entirely in a month, so it's not quite as in-depth as we wanted it to be (plus, we were limited to RPG Maker 2003). Yes, the gameplay is very fetch quest-y, but our plan of making a more non-linear adventure exploration game wasn't exactly suited to a one month game contest. The full version will be truer to our original vision (including stealth that is far less Pokemon-like!).

author=thesacredlobo
To be clear my issue isn't with the basic gist of the plot, but with the VR Helmet. My problem with this device is that virtual reality, by definition isn't real and as such the character can't be on the station itself. Yet with the way the game is presented were supposed to believe that my actions taking place in a virtual simulation are somehow having an affect on the physical world.

There is no VR helmet actually! The technology in this version wasn't really designed around realism (or even analogous to existing VR tech) - in fact, we're very aware that the way VR functions in this version of the story is a major plot hole, which is why we're completely rewriting and redesigning it in the new version, with more focus on plausibility. The green filter during the VR sequence is purely an aesthetic choice, I won't deny that, but it will remain, because fictional technology is fun.

author=thesacredlobo
...the story also suffers a bit from how it shoehorns the letters from our pen pal into the story. In my opinion it would have been better to start the game with our protagonist writing a letter to his pen pal with a desperate request for a response or having the protagonist reading through old letters while mumbling about how communications between the stations are down because of the actions of stupid adults. As it stands the letters just feel shoved into the game in order to establish the type of bond between the protagonist and his pen pal in a way that completely breaks the flow of the narrative.

They're not "pen pals", they are in a long-distance relationship. Ollie and Dylan are boyfriends. Again, this will be more firmly established in the new fleshed-out story. As for the emails, don't worry, there will be plenty more.

Thanks again for taking the time to review Moon Tree, and I hope you'll play the full version when it's released! We assure you it will be a drastic improvement over a small 20 minute game we put together in 30 days.

author=Pikasprey
This looks cool. Are you okay with others doing Let's Plays?

Of course! Feel free.