The Time Paradox

hey there Garan, just played through the demo and i have to say it's pretty damn good!) the plot is leaning on the classic formula but with some cool twists along the way, the main characters are all cool (even though there's a bit much of them, the main is already, what, like, 6 people? oh well!) and memorable, the battles are pretty challenging, too - the first ever orc almost killed me, it was fun!) the save rooms and their scattered nature is one of my favorite aspects, too - it's pretty unique and it rewards exploration on the part of the players, i like it a lot) the few bits of humour in the game are worth a laugh, too, like the interaction with mr. Dovis's house, lmao))) and, finally, the choices the player gets presented with during the game not only add replayability but also a roleplaying aspect that i very much adore!)

now that i listed all the good things, time to list all of the problems, of which there are a bit but it's only a given since this is a demo) firstly, most of the events that you can step on to activate (ESPECIALLY in the early stages) can be repeated by just stepping on them again, same thing with some characters who you can talk too, to - like during mr. Chester's tale you can talk to Ethan and Ms. Mary as Kaz multiple times to basically dupe potions and rings for yourself)))) my advice is to do it like with the chest example event (you can spawn it by right clicking on an empty tile as far as i know), make a new event page in all of those repeatable events and make it so that it activated on local switch A, with said local switch A activating the first time you interact with the event, and voila!) next, you have to check the direction fix box on the event for the purple-haired lady, both of her timeline variations, too - cuz as of now interacting with her body/corpse from different angles will make her change sprites to another character altogether! next, when James and co. go back in time and Kaz joins the camaraderie he starts with 1 HP even though there's no reason for him to be this worn and weathered at that point in the story)))) and, finally, even if you don't have Meinfoo with you, when interacting with Chris the almighty god of time and save points she still has a phrase in the dialogue with him. none of those bugs are that bad but polishing them out would make the game feel better overall, i'm sure)

all in all, this was pretty fun! i loved the story and can't wait to follow it through and i wish you best of luck and lots of inspiration while developing this project, Garan!) take care!