'You decides to sanctify yours village'? Between that and the screenshot with 'aquaduct', I'm a bit concerned about whether the budget included proofreading.

The game does look pretty, though.

That's shameful.
Clearly, it should've been "aquaduck". Though there's a weird mix of low-res character art and...not-so-low-res art for most everything else. But maybe that looks better in game/videos than in still images. I honestly don't care enough to find out.

Also: "Sacrifice a 20 souls?"

Yeah, the severe contrast between the heavily pixelated characters and mostly non-pixelated other stuff is weird. If the intent was to make them stand out from the background more, that doesn't really work because of the colors used.

Seeing this absolutely Programmer Art amongst that background makes me doubt the authenticity/artistry of one or the either. You can't just mix styles like that, better known studios and indies have tried and it blew up in their face.

I need to see how the game looks in action, but after just a quick glace at the artwork, I'm loving it. Maybe a tad busy for a game, but as something to hang on a wall, I'm all for it!

Hi!
I am the developer behind the Miwa: The Sacred Fox,
I think I can agree with you that the budget is lower - it was the game released during high school as a student, but I tried to make a lot of details (even the small ones) connected to real stories, mythology etc. :) The game is still however work of fiction.

Thanks for the comment :)

Thanks for the response. If you ask the staff, they can give you developer status with orange text on the forum (though as someone with a 2018 account, maybe you knew that already).

Good to know.

Guys I'm looking at the screenshots, I don't see the lead character. Is it a 2D platformer mixed with Where's Wally?

I just caught on to this myself too after reading this page then went to the game to look for reviews if any were up alr and noticed the name, gd catch and thx for sharing.

I took the liberty of reporting that review, since I dont think its proper that a dev gives his own game a positive review without disclosing he is the dev....
We alr have a pletora of obvious fake bought reviews, when devs start doing it too it just removes trust in reviews, which is alr incredibly fragile as is.
I will not be buying this game now sry, it breaks my trust and shatters integrity imo when devs/pubs etc do this withuot full disclosure at least.

This is so bad tbh... I certainly hope its against GOG terms that devs cant just go and review their own product?

https://ibb.co/Q3vd9yDK
https://ibb.co/gMbNqvBN


@GOG hope u will take a look at this and remove it, unless this is allowed here ofc.

Im someone who cares deeply about real reviews and authenticity, in a sea of AI bots and bought fake reviews all around to drown out the real reviews who might mention the bad, or simply to sell it which this case seems to be about.

Devs simply cant/shouldnt review their own games, they are de facto incapacitated and biased since its their own game and the credibility of their reviews obviously dont apply.
I think this is 'illegal' over on Steam, if they are caught they get flogged in public!

This looks interesting. Unfortunately, the tags also contain one of my big "don't buy this" warnings: 'Souls-like'. Does anyone know how souls-like this is? Is it a relaxing game? Or a chore?