MUCKA33'S PROFILE

Hey thanks so much for checking out Faint Dawn and coming back to write a review! I'm glad to hear you appreciated all the custom assets that went into its production. They, by far, took me the longest to make haha.

Hi Lobo! I commented on the YT archive of your playthrough, but I figure I should post here as well. Before we begin I want to thank you for again for playing through the entirety of the game despite its flaws. As painful as it was, having you see it through to the end provides valuable feedback to me.

Faint Dawn is my first "big" game, and yes, looking back on it now, it suffers from a LOT of problems. I will admit I spent relatively little time balancing the game, which is where the majority of the problems stem from. The main character having so few skills is ludicrous and makes the battles feel super uninspiring. You're right: the game is 90% spamming your regular attack and grinding enemies that get really old really quickly. There's not much strategy involved in battles beyond choosing your weapon type from one of three options (which, as you noticed, are slightly different from one another but the shops and descriptions don't do a great job of mentioning it). Stats seem fairly arbitrary and the stat raisers are downright baffling in terms of obtaining them and where they're placed. And, in a genre that relies heavily on battling and grinding, these problems add up quickly and make a playthrough very frustrating and boring.

The plot is downright non-existent, yeah. That stems from me being too excited to make an RPG and not spending enough time planning, y'know, the main plot of the game...which is pretty important. There's no incentive for the player to fight the monsters other than 'it's an RPG and that's what you do.'

All-in-all, I agree with your review. While there are parts of the game and snippets of ideas I quite enjoy, the majority of it is just plain bad. However, that being said, your playthrough and review are extremely helpful to me for future games and potential revisions to this one. Seeing the flaws laid out plainly by a third party make it easy for me to note down what works for players and what doesn't. Playtesters are incredibly valuable to creators, and all your feedback is duly heard and noted.

Again, thank you for the Let's Play and the honest review of Faint Dawn!

White backgrounds are fine yeah. Thanks!

Of course! You can link it back to my deviantart if you'd like, but feel free to use it wherever :)

I feel you re: merch. I use Redbubble for things like stickers. You upload your design, and Redbubble handles the creation of things and ships them out for you. You get paid a small percent of the sale price, but you don't have to make anything, just provide the design!
From the looks of things, Zazzle does the same thing as Redbubble, except you can also choose pins to sell? I haven't used it, but that's what it looks like.

Anyways, if it's too much of a hassle, again, don't worry about it. Thanks.

Ah yeah, never even noticed that, you're right!