This game is super cute! It feels very nice to play, but I really think some hints for the fetch quests would be nice, especially finding the raccoon doll. :3
Reviews for "Maple's Maid Service"
Bleak-Creep responds:
Yeah, that seems fair. I feel like tea quest is probably the trickiest to figure out, but Lillian at least gives you a little hint about her glasses if you talk to her a second time. :)
So firstly, I would like to thank everyone who worked on this game very much!
This is a Very good game!… mostly at least. Unfortunately my takeaway isn’t entirely positive... but that shouldn’t take away from all your accomplishments, you all can be proud of this project!
Its a Game With lovely Visuals and Music, nice ambiance too. There many tiny Friends you can talk to and help out, or alternatively: violently assault with a ̶D̶e̶a̶d̶l̶y̶ Dirty Weapon!
Love these lil Guys, there kinda like Bobbleheads to me really, if you squint and cross your eyes. I DO would like to poke-em in the cranium, but gently so they don’t get hurt!
It was an overall gentle and Nice time that made me smile!
I wanted to be positive first, because I might come of as a bit harsh later maybe.. but you’ll see. Firstly some Points I’ve noted while playing that I think are worth bringing up:
- When delivering the pizzas, your told what map squares your supposed to go to, animal crossing style (...i think). However on the, Map it doesn't actually show you the squares at all… I wonder who is responsible for that oversight… and I wonder even harder if I know exactly who SHE is.
- When leaving the House I noticed right away that it sounded like in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon.
I thought that soundeffect was only a nod, made to sound like it came from that, but then I noticed other soundeffects that are clearly taken from PMD. There Reason I’m bringing that up is because I’m not sure if its allowed or not.
- The Tea drinking event on the bench takes maybe just a bit to long. At first I sat there for several minutes, but it just wouldn’t finish. I honestly though the game had broken after I had interacted with the bench once before. Later I tried it again and left the game on idle for maybe 10 minutes, then it worked.
-It seems pretty inconsistent with when it plays the music or not. It could be that your also supposed to just hear the ambient sounds sometimes, but it comes of more like its screwing up to me, who knows.
Now for the end, I do have some issues, two mainly:
Firstly: The Fishing “kinda” sucks. When your unlucky, fish can just decide to fuck you over and trash around right after it bit the Hook. Then your stuck at the bottom, he dose it again and Oops, you lost. Otherwise you reel it in slowly, but even if you hit in the right spot without fail, it trashes and undoes all your progress, when your unlucky this happens over and over. The Feedback on this just isn’t great and the Line Speeding up only makes it easier to fuck up once the fish has started, evil bastard! It feels like something the game could have done without, or at least make it more predictable and let the Fisherman explain it to you.
Secondly but VERY IMPORTANTLY, please make it so it gives you a disclaimer before you go to Bed if you haven’t done all Events. I thought I had them all after I filled up the Heart, only to learn that I didn’t after I looked at the achievements. The Heart is Full should equal You’ve done all the Events, especially if you have that as an achievement. That made me mad honestly, It feels like I am being made fun of for getting invested, Its like giving me a “Fuckyourselfover” Button, but not labeling it as such. Please for the love of god put that in please, I played this for at least half an Hour or so and now I have to start over, this is just mean!
In conclusion, its a very lovely little game and the work that when into it is very evident!
I would be lying tho if I said that I wasn’t annoyed with the fishing and Especially that thing with the Ending. The Hiccups hardly ruin the Game, its still good, but they do needlessly sour the experience for me, leaving me way more mixed then I would have liked to be.
I’m sorry about that honestly.
P-PAMda responds:
Thanks for the criticism! Totally understand all of your points, had some of them myself at the start. I had to ask for help with fishing for example TT TT
im glad that still you enjoyed a lil the experience, thanks a lot for sharing your thoughts!
Bleak-Creep responds:
Fishing definitely takes some getting used to at first, but yeah, you just need to hold in the button while you're in the blue/green instead of tapping, or you'll struggle pretty hard. The pirahnas are still pretty tough to catch even when you know how to fish though! Angry little guys.
Peti responds:
Thanks for the review! When fishing, are you tapping the button when it hits the middle? You might have an easier time if you hold down the button while it's in the middle area, that's how it's supposed to be done. If the heart was filled, but you didn't earn the achievement, then you have accidentally encountered a bug. I've updated the game to make medal unlocks more reliable. I'm very sorry for the frustrations.
This game OOZES charm, I'd buy a book using the visuals alone! Great work team!
I wish I could play a bit more and see what all the fuss is about but I accidentally interacted twice with the bed and finished the game. Guess I'll never know. Hey at least I get to hold the WR speedrun, right?
P-PAMda responds:
now you need to do the speedrun completing all the tasks-!
Bleak-Creep responds:
Maple was too tired to get any work done today.
Heya! Just wanted to say that this is a really well amde game, gives me a lot of stardew valley vibes!
I just have one little issue cuz of my stupid brain: How do i catch the fish? Been trying for some time and i still cant figure it out..
But other than that, really cute game!
Bleak-Creep responds:
Thanks for playing!
The fishing took me quite a while to figure out myself, but the trick is that instead of tapping the button when it's in the green/blue area, you want to hold it down instead. It'll only reel in for as long as you're holding the button, so a brief tap will only reel in the teeniest bit.