I think its probably a really great game.

In short, i think it has a lot of potential, but at this state its pretty confusing and Hard, maybe its just me.

But i have some points that make it really difficult to play.

First thing, when you play in Fullscreen the game just ignores the blue light filter of windows, this is really eye straining for people who got it activated normally (i Have it on like 80%)

Secondly, i think the riddles are a bit confusing, you need a good example of concept before giving the player the riddles.

In the starting desert, i felt like i couldn't do most riddles because IDK how. I got 2 Violet Pillars, one with slime and one with a pot, IDK what to do with them. Also 2 Violet pillars with 3 empty squares, same here idk what to do, i don't think you can use Items of your inventory to place them? And the hardest part in the water was to see the flying shards and to be able to let the shells sink to the ground, but having no idea what for and if i miss something else.

The Minigame seems pretty hard (or I'm pretty bad) but i tried to play the minigame like most "Connect" games, i could kill a goblin, but the zombie was to tough). Also i could not get used to how they changed, so most of the time i just choose 2 tiles to switch.

ran into an issue where my crappy bluetooth headphones would cut out, then reconnect but for some reason the sound on the game wouldn't start back up when they reconnected. When I went to save, the clock just kept going faster and faster but wouldn't save. I have only ever experienced this issue when my sound would cut out otherwise I wouldn't think the two were connected. I guess this is a version 7 issue.

There is one thing i will say this game: I.LOVED.IT.

And no - i'm not exaggerating, i'm not making it up or anything. This was actually such an amazing experience. And i can say for sure - my expectations were, god damn, subwerted.

I honestly didn't expect much of it at first: "Another BE game, nothing special". But man, was i wrong! Character design, cutesy graphics, neat dialogues, such a nice attention to detail and more. It's obvcious how much love and passion was put into it. All these little details (just like i love), puzzles and secrets. So cool. And even though sometimes said puzzles feel a bit TOO complicated - it's still a nice feeling to try and solve them. Who knows, maybe i'll "wisen up" at some point and will come back to solve them. Combat is as unique as you can get too - i've never seen anything like that before, so i was uh... let's just say "confused". But that's probably a ME issue.

Oh oh oh! Almost forgot!

COMBAT OST! Man, the soundtrack during a fight is FIRE! First few seconds i was thinking "Man, it's not that bad..." and just in about a minute i was nodding my head to the beat! "Baaaaaam~ Pa-ba-da-ba Baaaaaam~ Pa-ba-da-ba ---- Bda-pa-pa-pa-da-pa-pa-bap -- Bda-pa-pa-da-pa Ba-badabum!" IT'S INSIDE MY HEAD FOREVER! I love how jolly and energetic it is! Pumps up your mood much better than you would've thought. "Ta-ta-ta-ta-" - okay, enough.

But, yes. Even though i absolutely love this game (and already added it to my steam "wishlist")... I can't deny that there are few issues:

1) TURORIAL. Man, was i banging my head against the wall for around 10 minutes, trying to figure out how the hell I am suposed to deal damage. Yes - it IS possible that some of it was on me and my lack of brain, but just in case - it may be a good idea to look into this issue.

2) LEVELING UP AND EVOLVING. So... I love chalanges. I usually don't farm stuff and prepare for battles, but instead just rush to the next enemy. By the time i beat final boss i was level... 11? 10? Something like that. So imagine my surprise when i coma back to "Evovle" and see that i'm requiered LEVEL 20. I'm barely half way there! (IMPORTNANT - i didn't lose once, so all my progression was as it would be if you don't farm) So i had to sit there and farm all these monsters for a whole hour... Result was worth it, but it was NOT a pleasant experience.  Maybe lower requierements? Or rework them in some way? 

3) EMEMIES TOO MUCH/NOT ENOUGH. Also a pretty annoying issue when you try to simply solve puzzles, or are on your way home. "I don't have time or energy to fight you, you silly LVL1 Goblin!". Losing is not an option - you lose levels. Running is not an option too - enemy is BLOCKING your path. So you HAVE to fight - and it's not always what you want to do. Here also comes lack of enemies when trying to level up (did i say that a solid 25% of my time on lvling up was wasted on simply walking around and searching for foes to fight?). There has to be a way to ALWAYS find a fight when you need one, but NEVER fight if you have something else to do. How? I'm not game dev, why asking me? You silly goose...

Khe-khe... Wow, that was a lot of text, huh? I hope you uh... won't get tired of reading it. Last thing: good luck with your project. It's filled with love, genuine care and talent, it's so... beautiful to see. I'm waiting for an open beta and even more for a paid release on steam. "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!" - as one ginger man said. Love to all of you, guys <3

With love - from me. 

I'm not sure where to go to ask this but is there any way to skip the pyramid scene? I have no idea how to fight the monster there and it takes forever to get through the cutscene leading up to it. It's incredibly frustrating. If it doesn't exist in the game, I think the ability to skip incredibly long cutscenes like this would be great for repeat playthroughs since I really have no desire to go through that pyramid conversation again before trying the monster again. Aside from that I've been really enjoying the game so far and I love how polished the art is. The fact that I've been enjoying the game so much is what makes being stuck in the pyramid so painful for me, I don't want my playthrough to end there.

Great game, it was hard to learn at first how to play and the puzzles were some times annoying (like having a crystal that was hard to grab) but I got better at it!

Quick suggestion: can we get an even bigger warning for the point of no return when finishing the first town's plot? There's stuff I need to go back and do there, but the game's making it sound like we only go back there in the endgame, or maybe never, plus if I had known the next save point was like half an hour away and the next town is about 3 hours of gameplay away, I would've farmed a few more things and finished crafting before leaving.

hey can you redo the whole walkthrough? like post videos and add pictures to it? also when are you expected to release the whole game? its really good

Maybe I'm an idiot or maybe my game's bugged but I just cannot turn the gear on the star shooters. I grab it just fine but no matter how hard or soft I pull it doesn't move. What am I doing wrong?

Nvm, mouse wheel, I am an idiot

Will there be impreg?

is that item thats alllow you to rank up a haracter really hard to find or obtain?? and were i can find a fire stone? ima tired loking for it

I've completed the demo and had a really good time (except with some of those forest puzzles lol) but I was wondering if there was an easy way to farm shards? I wanted to recruit and rank up the rest of the girls but collecting shards is really slow going with how few Shape battles I get.

How do i start this game?

is there a currently implemented way to see the higher ranked version of enemies? i see that they are in the game but im either not far enough in to have a way to get enemies past base rank or it's just not yet in the game

how can i start the game over. im stuck think ive miised alot of stuff early in the game but it keeps loading my old save

Will there be a mac port?

there will be an updated version  of cheat version of the demo?

How do I access to the debug menu? I tried with SHIFT + ENTER + F2 but it only brings me to the inventory

anybody know how to unlock sandcastle ?

Android?

Your link v9 is error man

Hello there. I've been loving your game and have been supporting you for a long time.
Sadly I'm dealing with an issue with my cursor drifting to the bottom right of the screen. I was trying to setup controller support through steam and it worked for a bit. But then suddenly the cursor started drifting on it's own. Really hope there is a easy solution/fix. Thank you so much~

so wait is the only public version the demo or?

I'm in love with this game. The style, music, characters, everything. It's fun to play on its own merits (played through the whole last demo) I'm just wondering if theres gonna be more BE content in later versions. Not that it's a big problem but it just seems like you find the amplify upgrade after a couple hours of an otherwise boobless gameplay.

I so very much want to enjoy this game, but I just can't make any progress because after a while, fights will freeze the screen upon the final hit being dealt. The game still works in the background judging by the sound effects, but navigating back to a save room blind is basically impossible, and that's without the possibility of running into another fight which would genuinely be impossible while blinded like this.

Tried the debug hotkey mentioned in a different comment but am not getting any jingle when pressing and holding left shift and enter then pressing f2, so im at a loss now

I really want to like the game, but as soon as I got into the forest (after the crash), I lost my marbles at how impossible it felt, I don't even know half the time what is hitting me. First run against a fairy and I couldn't even get 10hp% off with its healing and whatnot. I just feel completely lost and overwhelmed at what is going on. I don't know how much level difference affects, but being couple under shouldn't be that bad right?

Otherwise I love the style and everything else, but the fights I can't deal with at all, too much going on with all the colours and moving bits for my brain to focus on.

Do you know if the final version will be free or not?

This is so good but I do have a huge problem that prevents me from progressing. I'm in the Biscotti tunnels and every time I exit them, the screen transitions to black and stays like this. I can move the characters around and interact with objects but I can't see anything. The screen is pure black besides the date on the bottom right.

This is truly a very nice and beautiful game and I'd like any help to be able to enjoy it more.

I would like to see the new public version of the game as soon as possible.

can anyone know how to play new version without playing start over ?

hello its me one of your loyal fans and im back after my depressing birthday but hows it going nose becc? im doin another check up cuz i love this game so much

Any idea when the final version will be released on steam or itch? 

hi when i try and start the game in the itch app it keep saying there is a fatal error? is it just me?

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FATAL ERROR in Vertex Shader compilation

ShaderName: shdr_ItemShine

D3DXCompile failed - result

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is this an h game ?

How to reset your saves?

does anyone know how to unlock the pyramid sand castle ?

Just out of curiosity, have you looked at the page? White text on a black and white background is pretty difficult to read.

horrible time cuz im 2 days late to the party but merry Christmas nose becc and to all who read this