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If Hallmark Started Making Video Games, This Would Be it...

...And that is NOT A BAD THING.
I honestly want an entire company that makes games exactly like this, with full funding. There are no high stakes, and I LOVE that. There is enough gameplay to make it feel worthwhile, it's insanely cozy, the setting is gorgeous, the music is sweet and good, and the characters are exactly the sorts you'd find in a Hallmark movie, with the same problems, and it's PERFECT.
I genuinely mean this, I LOVE that this feels like a Hallmark movie. It made me realize that that's just not a thing. I'd love to see this concept expanded on, perhaps with even a little more gmaplay. Like imagine if you were playing a Hallmark romance with characters to choose from? Imagine one of those ones where like it's a time loop that you have to figure out, and you've got to hunt down exactly what makes it different- or you come back to take care of your family's farm, and you have to do farm chores every day. A farming game that isn't EXACTLY a full farming game, but a soft sim.
My Only Complaint
For reference, I'm playing on SteamDeck.
My only real complaint is the camera. I tried checking the settings to see if I could disable the snapping of the camera while you drive, and I couldn't find anything. I think the idea was to have the camera comfortably sit so you're constantly able to see the sky, but my eye is distracted by the entire bottom half of the screen belonging to the back of the mail truck. It's bright white, so it stands out in VERY stark contrast to the rest of the setting.
If I keep my camera stick slightly tilted, it stops the camera from resetting, so I can kind of angle it exactly where I want it, but I do wish there was a way to stop the camera from constantly snapping back to where it wants to rest. I haven't tested if there's an ability to go first person, but the option to be able to drive in first person mode (not as a replacement, but a toggleable option) would also be a great way to work it.
Mild Wishes/Complaints
With full funding and a full dev cycle, this could probably have been expanded on a lot. It's obvious that certain things just couldn't be modeled/animated, like the inside of a character's home when you go to babysit her kids. The world is so beautiful, and I'd have loved to be able to see more- the actual kids, the inside of homes, being able to walk around in my home.
I do understand why it isn't. If there was ever more funding for future games similar to this- hell, even in the same setting with a slightly different story, or a "different town, same atmosphere"- I'd love to see what it could accomplish.
Also, let me fish. Idk what it is about games like this and being able to go fishing, but I want to go fishing, lmfao.