The Rosebed and the Bicycle

Checking in on the prospect of a GB Rom. How is that going?

First of all, I love the adventure genre and the whole idea of the game. After playing today, in 2024, I will point out some things that I believe can create more interests and make a game really different from other walking/talking games:

Changes - Just like in The Year After, it would be very interesting to see direct results in the city or university according to the conclusions of the missions, making the university completely different after the break, thanks to the character's actions. I saw this in the garden and with the aquarium in the room, I found it very interesting. I believe this could change the reaction of some actors too? Who knows!

Interactions - Create more interactive objectives in the game, perhaps marking them lightly to make finding them easier, increasing the characters' lore.

Point out a few things to improve game play:

1 - Increase speed on the correct route.

2 - In the menu, give the option to play the mini games. Create a score with actors from the game, perhaps? (example, the teacher who wanted the aquarium could appear there!)

3 - Improve the character's exit from the bike, allowing her to cross the bike without problems when getting off

Now something for you, developer:

Provide a paid version in development that would allow updates to the game at no additional cost. I don't know if it's possible on the platform.

Thank you very much for all your work on your channel, you have been a great inspiration.

Best of luck with the rest of the game's development, I'll be waiting and will definitely purchase it.

Hello,

I really love your game, it's one of my favorites (graphics, story, gameplay, etc.)

I especially love the fact that it takes place in a realistic world (no fantasy, no horror, etc.)

... a real “feel good” game  

any update on the GB rom? heavily interested in playing this and adding it to my rom collection!!

Hi! I didn't get to play for super long but I'm a 3D artist who focuses a lot on characters. I just wanted to say I loved riding around on the bike! I really wanted to learn more about the world and what makes it interesting so my only comment being able to interact more and get a deeper understanding of the characters and how they relate to each other, even if they are just a side character or you only talk to them once throughout the game. Great job though! I really love the bike lanes lol

Really cute. I loved it.

My main points would be to have a way to stop easily the music, maybe having different speed on bike depending of the type of roads (maybe faster on the bike lane ?) having more use for the bike than just going faster and having a way to park the bike at the entrance of a building when trying to enter would be nice. Having to get back getting out of the bike and going back to the door can be a bit irritating at times.
Hope this help, again thank you for your work (games and videos), it's inspiring.

Cute, I look forward to the game being expanded. Very well done.

Is this demo just for browser play or I am just not seeing the gb file to donload?

The idea of jumping on a bike and going to different places is brilliant, very clever! I've made an awful lot of GB Studio games, but actually the point of all of them was not to be a walking and talking game, there are already a lot of them. However, with the mini-games you can throw one of these up, this is also proof of that. We need more of these. :) Congratulations.

The penguin min-game would be an interesting starting point for a stand-alone game, and/or as a Pico-8 game!

Filled in the feedback form. Great foundation you've built here; the world itself is really well constructed, it just needs more to interact with and do whilst you explore it.