MV - Isekai Anthology: Seriously, there is a CatGirl Maid Cafe in the Forest

This is an entry for the IGMC 2018.


A personal note: I come down with a godawful case of the flu, and it really hampered development. Make sure you wash your hands after downloading!

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Note: The readme included with the download file should have all the credits, and, as always, please let me know if something is missing from the credits!

* What I liked when I played?
-> The comics. It fits the game well and I enjoyed the humor. :)
-> Using busts.
-> Animated enemy battlers make battles look more lively.
-> Maps are great.
-> It was always clear what I needed to do. And if I didn’t know, there’s always the catmaid at the café to help me out.

* What I didn't like?
-> Mix of sprite styles. I'm going to assume that was due to the deadline and not a stylistic choice? (I’m talking about using Mack’s new sprite style and the tall MV sprites. Since the tall MV sprites and the default MV sprites have the same style and there’s a reason why they’re different, those go fine together.)
-> Random Encounters in the caves. I hate random encounters :(
-> Battles were boring. I just spawned Attack all the time without ever getting into trouble.

* Did I complete it?
No, the game closed itself during a battle start in the caves where I need to find the two catgirls. It didn’t give me an error, I just stayed black for the longest time and then it closed itself. o_O
Anyway, I did play more than one hour and was nearing the end I believe. (I had found five of the six catgirls).

* Other things the developer needs to know? (Bugs, suggestions)
-> Minor annoyance when DLing: When unzipping the file, you immediately get all folders, dlls, exe, etc. I'd prefer to have gotten a single folder with all that stuff in it, as I like to export it to another folder with all my games in (or sometimes even to my desktop).
There's nothing you can change about it now, so something to think about in the future.
-> Why is there a "controls" option in the options menu when you can't change anything?
-> During the comic scenes the little hammer from the window skin would still appear and it would appear in the middle of the screen instead somewhere near Press Enter.
-> Isn't it a bit redundant to use busts and facesets? (Meeting Ren scene)
-> When the bust is already on screen, instead of going down and being replaced by different expression, just changing them would be nicer (like VNs tend to do)
-> “Received” is the correct spelling. (On catmaid café map)
-> When visiting the farm/village, my party members have stopped following me. This happens on other maps as well: Forest, the maps with the ghosts.
-> Stray pixels above the old woman's sprite
-> I had some lag when opening the Lady's shop for the first time. The times afterwards there was no lag at all.
-> The bird flying in the forest stopped midway during a cutscene.
-> No animated battlers for the wolves, orc
-> On chibi island: spelling error calamity*
-> Why did we even go to Chibi Island? What was the purpose?
-> Suggestion for the future: Having different SEs for different monsters. The same SE gets tired after a while plus it sounds weird for certain monsters, like the water spirit.
-> I think you forgot to credit REFMAP for the characters.