Farewell North

Simply devastating. Beautifully done. The gameplay had one bug (for me, on mac) that was resolved by reloading, but otherwise every puzzle and mechanic ran smoothly. Very charming, but truly a tear jerker.

没人告诉我会哭成泪人啊，玩到最后谁不动容

Fun little game with a heart warming story well told. Also Border Collie.

It was a relly fun game loved the ending the music was excellent and so was the story line

手感差，指引不明显，剧情不明，视角乱晃

The story of Farewell North made me ugly cry all the way through the ending. I really enjoyed the ride, and the emotional ringer it put me through. It was a really nice concept for a game, and I would love to see more games like it in the future. In terms of gameplay, I think there were a few points for improvement. I suggest these knowing this game was a one person project, which was an achievement in itself, but I think the following could have helped elevate this game just a little further. 1. The game offers up Scottish Gaelic subtitles and emphasises the cultral importance of the language to the land and people. This was a wonderful touch - but given the effort to include Gaelic subtitles, I think it would have been even better to have the game voice acted in Gaelic, with English/Gaelic subtitles. 2. Cailey's character model - Cailey was a character I grew to appreciate by the end of the game. However, it took me longer to bond with her because her character model was so severely out-of-the-box, cookie cutter, generic female model. She had no individual or distinguishing features. I think a little extra care in designing her character model would have made her feel as important to the game as Chesley, rather than an afterthought. 3. This game needs A MAP T-T Even within the argument of immersion, you would bring a map kayaking around several islands. Even if you argued "these islands are home, so she knows them by heart", she could have them sketched in her notebook as an immersive way to give the player a map. Revisiting the islands to finish gathering collectibles became punishing without a map to refer to. Which meant the emotional note the story left me on was tainted by the immense frustration of the last hour of gameplay finding collectibles. All it needed was a map. Wonderful concept, less than perfect execution. But an achievement for a one person develoopment team.

Overall, great game. I loved the emotional side to this game that no other game really seems to capture. Gameplay was solid and no bugs at all. I was very emotionally invested and truly enjoyed the storytelling and the story it told.