Bookbinding – Dark Cozy Sim

I loved my first playthrough and thought the creative element of decorating book covers was a great break from the heavy story (which I also loved, just appreciated that there was levity in between the sections). I loved it so much that after my first playthrough got an unsatisfactory ending, I did several more playthroughs to explore the storyline options (hence the insane play time). It is true that sometimes it didn't feel like there was a good dialogue option, and on one or two occasions I also got railroaded into plotlines that I was actively avoiding, but it didn't break the story too badly for my own enjoyment. I initially got the game for the bookmaking aspect, and would have like a bit more robust design tool, but eventually I figured out little tricks to getting it to do what I wanted overall. For a sub-$15 game I'm very pleased with the experience I had. I would have liked to see a few more story branches involving some of the central characters, but other than that I have little in the way of critique.