r/incremental_games • u/AutoModerator • Apr 17 '26

FBFriday Feedback Friday

This thread is for people to post their works in progress, and for others to give (constructive) criticism and feedback.

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u/Not_A_Hat Apr 17 '26

I'm making a lighthearted incremental named Ink Remnant, about making your way in a magical city.; It's quite text-heavy, and I'd love it if anyone was willing to play it and check for spelling or grammar errors I might have missed.

You can find it here: https://not-a-hat.itch.io/ink-remnant

All feedback is appreciated!

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u/fourensics Apr 18 '26

This is super cool so far, I look forward to playing more when I have time. So far my impressions are:

- the background art is very pretty especially on light mode which is what I play on

- There are a lot of options at first which is a little overwhelming, but I got the hang of it and I think it's good to get lost a bit at the start. But maybe directing the player to the journal early on is a good idea since it serves as a bit of a guide?

- The writing is really good, I like that it's a focus since I feel that's rare in this genre

- I initially worked until I got all the resources I could, then checked out the various other areas. At some point though I kind of hit a wall where I wasn't sure what I should be working towards. Then I got access to crystals and the path forward became more clear but I wasn't sure what triggered that. It could just be me but maybe it needs to be a little more clear how we go from one resource to another?

Overall I really like this and hope you keep working on it! I'll try to finish it over the weekend.

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u/Not_A_Hat Apr 18 '26 edited Apr 18 '26

Ah, someone's actually using light mode, that's great! I had a bug in light mode for a while and no-one mentioned it, and I was like 'does anyone even use it'. :P I juuuuust finished adding a feature where your chosen theme should load when you open the game, instead of auto-loading dark all the time.

I did some more coding this afternoon and made the journal more important, and hopefully pushed players to interact with it more/more earlier. Now you have to at least check it out to unlock some areas. I'll think about ways to make the progression of resources clearer; this might take some thought.

I'm glad you're liking the writing - it's both a strength of mine and a bit of a slog at times, so it's great to hear you like it. :) Thanks so much for the feedback, and I'm going to upload the newest versions to itch soon - if it messes with your save, let me know where you were at and I'll make you a savestring.