Travellers Rest

This game has a really good core loop, but it needs so many reworks and tweaks rather than the devs worrying about stuff like pets or multiplayer. Most skills you unlock are passives that you won't notice in any satisfying way, worsened by all of your EXP being locked to the slow, grindy tavern management. I don't know if it's because they're trying to not be Stardew, but it feels like a downgrade from having your skill levels tied their related actions. Tavern management's repetitive, and I think the devs understand this because at a certain point you will be hiring employees. Except employees are expensive, so either you're forced to keep their levels low or continually up the ante on ingredients which sucks when trends are cheap food. Decorating and renovating is also expensive, and repeat decor has diminishing returns so early decor will look Frankenstein'd together. Fishing's tedious. You need 5 different types of bait that will each take an inventory slot unless you know what fish you're trying for with wht bait, which requires months of farming tokens to buy the hints. Some bait requires you using fish or meat (which are important resources for your tavern), taking them to your tackle table, converting them to bait or 2-3 usage traps (that can give you trash!), and then returning to the appropriate spot to try for that fish. Did I mention the beach is very far away? Animals feel like a chore forcing you to micro-manage their water level, letting them in and out every single day, and individually filling each trough with grass feed even if you let them graze outside all day long. Again, I'm not sure if the devs are simply trying to avoid being Stardew, but there's a reason it's the gold standard for this kind of thing--because it understands what is tedium and what is engagement. Even basic bucket water sucks and forces you to manually carry and refull 20 buckets of water, some of which are for misclicking your sprinklers when you go to collect produce.

Much better than the last time I've played it! Keep up the good work!

Aside from all of the positive things said in the other comments, the community of the game itself has formed such a bond that you really can't help but smile at it. All your questions, suggestions and media is very well received by the people and I really respect that.

There's a cat! Stardew-ish, Graveyard Keeper-ish, but very chill and plesant. Hit customers you don't like with a mop, what more could you ask for.

Really enjoying the game, gotten to a point where it's fairly grindy and repetetive but I really don't mind since the game is charming, relaxing and has decent gameplay. Some areas are closed off in the game, seeing as it is in e.acc. but that only fuels my anticipation for the upcoming features, since most of the story is shrouded in mystery. Give it a try!