Scarlet Deer Inn

I bought the title just on the premise of the craft behind it, the fact that the creators went out of the way to embroider every single sprite in the game is nothing short of insane, and yes the game looks wonderful, a very unique style and lost of animation for the characters, the hard work behind it it's worth the asked price alone. The game itself is a short but fun platformer with a horror vibe around 3 hours of game with a lot of atmosphere and great folk music to accompany everything. It really feels like a fairytale with this mother desperately trying to save their children. My only nitpick with the game is there too much stuff taking place in very dark caves which require the torch to proceed otherwise you die in darkness. The game is very generous with checkpoints and shortcuts so dying isn't the problem, but I was hoping to see more of the scenery outside. But like I said it's just a nitpick and I really enjoyed my time with this game, now off to get all the collectibles to finally nab all the trophies!

Really nice looking game with awesome music. The gameplay is on simpler side with some light puzzles, however it was enjoyable for me.

《红鹿旅馆》是一款绣花风格的重叙事平台跳跃游戏，玩家将扮演一位旅馆的老板娘，为了拯救自己的孩子而行动。 游戏的画面风格非常不错，也是第一眼就吸引到了我，这种刺绣风格，搭配上其色彩，以及中世纪的背景，就很容易让人置身于宫崎骏的动画电影中，制作组也说了灵感来源于吉卜力工作室的作品，看来我的感觉还是比较准的。 游戏中玩家将扮演红鹿旅馆的老板娘艾莉丝，早年丧夫，一个人经营着旅馆，还带着两个孩子。游戏的开头非常的日常，就是各种日常的对话，去给隔壁邻居送两瓶酒，然后就被要求帮忙干这个干那个，又是搬草料，又是送蛋糕，当最后前往养蜂人家送蛋糕时，听到地窖有动静，然后就下去查看，这下坏了，发现养蜂人就是最近村子里孩子失踪的罪魁祸首，然后被养蜂人发现，逃脱之后去告诉领主，但是养蜂人早已清理现场，没有抓到证据，回家之后孩子还被掳走了。即使感到害怕，艾莉丝还是独自一人前去救自己的孩子。 游戏的主要玩法就是普通跳跃，难度方面可以说是完全没有，但是游戏大多数时候都处于地下矿洞之中，昏暗逼仄，这一点又让游戏的画风优势没法发挥出来。然后游戏引入了一个设计，就是点灯，游戏中处于完全黑暗的时候就会受伤，需要用火把点亮地图中的各种火盆和火把，难度也并不高，就是要考虑一下两点之间的时间间隔。 游戏的流程设计存在一定的问题，首先游戏流程不长，两三小时足够通关了，然后大部分时间都在地下，这一点到没啥，主要游戏中会有追逐战，女主需要在没光的情况下追着一位拿着发光虫子的精灵（应该是），这种桥段在游戏中重复了三四次，略显无聊。还有那段金纺车纺杆纺锤换东西那段，流程也有点重复，虽然是还原欧洲的传说故事，但是放在这总有点硬插入的感觉。 《红鹿旅馆》在画面音乐的表现很不错，叙事部分就比较平淡了，游戏流程还有待改进。 [quote] 执笔勾墨色，挥毫著文章；阳春布德泽，璞玉生光辉 欢迎关注[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44174077/]吟遊诗人的手札[/url]，书游戏特色，写游戏魅力 [/quote]

I usually stay away from platformers because I'm terrible at them, but the artwork really called to me. I haven't finished yet, but I've had a lot of fun exploring the maps and retrying when I fail. It's kept my attention and I don't think I've felt truly lost or without a way forward. Can't wait to see how it ends.

What a nice, grim Story enveloped in such beautiful handcrafted artworks. Even if its a rather short experience I enjoyed every moment. Can recommend.

The game is so beautiful. The stitching is wonderful, the characters are adorable, the music is phenomenal. Yet I can't recommend the game. It is plagued by navigational issues. The key for the wheat man's drawer. I found it first, but the game didn't let me take the key. I had to find the chest, see that it's locked, then go BACK for the key! the underground labrinth is crazy. you need an in game map for that. I got so twisted I had no idea where to go next. It needs a map. Also, you need an in game map for the overworld. it's so difficult knowing where to go. when I got to the guard at the castle, he said "Lady Vorsila ordered me to not let any riff-raff into the castle!" so i left and tried to find out what I'm supposed to do next. He said "the lord left and i don;t know when he'll be back." So, naturally, I think I'm supposed to find the lord so I'm let into the castle. Nope. After so much wandering, I got frustrated and looked up a guide. I'm supposed to just walk right by the guard!? After I come out, I'm supposed to give meet up with the woman healing the other woman. No idea where her house was. Had to skip through the walkthrough video to find that. Please! Put a map in the game! After I get the golden distaff, I go back to the castle talk to both merchants, the lady in the kitchen, and the lady in the church. None of them take the distaff. I have no idea where I'm supposed to turn this in. Back to the video. Come to find out, I went all the way to the left of the castle but didn't go UP. I just kept going right, thinking that's how I would get into the keep! This kind of thing has happened several times already. Please highlight objects that are intractable. I see how those are stars in hindsight, but it wasn't clear to me the first time; I thought it was stairs to get to the battlement which wasn't a place I would be allowed to go to. I'm supposed to go to the village. I'm at the castle waystone. My options are to the Mill or to the meadow. Where's the village?! Apparently I never opened the waystone at the village. Why was it not highlighted? this shouldn't be something that a user can miss. It causes so much frustration. When I get to the bear cave, I hit a wall that I cannot progress. There are posts blocking my character so I don't see the vines. I crouch, nope. I attack, nope. Have to use my walkthrough video to understand there are vines there that i need to BURN. So unclear. The game would have been better as a cinematic heavy, story driven choice base game like dispatch or the old Telltale series. In it's current state, the frustration outweighs the beauty. Which is saying something, because the game is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ beautiful.

Fun lil game to help fill an afternoon with. The art style is very fun and the story is very straightforward with some fun thematic stuff going on. Even on two runs to help get some of the stuff I missed it isn't too big a time commitment so bonus for achievment hunters as well. Also you can pet the sheep and geese.