Little One

My hours are not quite accurate as I was AFK for some time during playing. Completion time would hover, maybe, around 4h, if you explore everything. Peculiar little game, friendly "cousin" of Lisa: The Painful. Same movement system, similar combat, although far more forgiving. + Cool themes + Interesting lore + Nice visuals + Likeable characters + Some optional areas to achieve "true ending" * Rather easy to miss party members, if you don't know from the store page what they look like, although game seems to be beatable without them * Open-ended, doesn't really give you direction where to go, can be confusing - Short - Easy - Pacing issues - Feels like it lacks polish here and there, lots of typos and game crashed a couple times I might have to advise going for it on a sale if you want a short, casual experience.

This game is so great! I loved exploring around and meeting all of the characters, they were just so fun and fighting all of the enemies was cool too. I got both the regular and the "better" ending or I guess true ending? But yea, I am so happy I heard about this game on the r/lisathepainfulrpg subreddit. I love how the game shows a mere glimpse of this mysterious world and leaves you wanting more, so much more. God I would love if this game got even more content, it was that fun to see all of it. I also adore Seph so much and also Valree too. I love how simple the call to adventure is, just getting dog food. Perfect way to introduce the player to the world, it's just a day in Seph's life. Amazing stuff. The writing overall is great, but a minor nitpick I did notice like two types (I forgot where sadly). I was so glad to see that after unlocking the shortcut from the Red Enclave to the marsh, that there was new content added about, was fun to re-explore those areas and see the monster at the docks, it genuinely spooked me. I've seen people talk about the difficulty being too easy, and I would have to agree for the most part. But even though I wish the combats were a bit harder…

I've only started this game, but I am confident I will like it once I finish it. I will update it with more of my thoughts once I do finish the game. I have finished the game, and I am even more impressed than I was before, this is definitely going down ad one of my favorite rpgmaker games and I really encourage you to check it out and play it. I wish I had played the game when it came out as I had planned to experience it much sooner. It's difficult for me to put what I like about this game into words, but the atmosphere is amazing the backgrounds are very simple and yet they add so much depth to the game and the feeling as you progress through the game. All the characters dialog is somewhat cryptic but it's nice and consistent. There are multiple times in watching the scenes in the game I felt an extremely strong sense of melancholy and bittersweetness, I may not completely understand the story but I didn't need to for me to be moved and enjoy the story as it unfolded. I was also very impressed by having things i the background and foreground of the character that you could face to interact with, this is something I haven't seen in an rpgmaker game in this style.

Little One is an underrated RPG with a lot going for it. I streamed the game and enjoyed getting lost in the world. The visuals are masterfully done, sticking to a few different palettes and using them effectively in areas like dark tunnels or oversized libraries. Seph, the main character, is a mostly silent protagonist, with his conversing only demonstrated in dialog choices and small sound effects used to confirm or deny the NPCs' conversations. The gameplay obviously feels like the LISA games. But the worldbuilding felt like Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass and, at times, Yume Nikki. Enemies felt like something out of Omori or Hylics. There's lots of RPG Maker flavor in this game, and it was fun to feel the influences - intentional or not! This is a great game, and I'd definitely like to see it through to see what else I can find. Backtracking and getting lost is a bit difficult, given the slow walk speed and the lack of any sensical direction from the game itself, but I think the exploration and lost feeling are somewhat intentional. Cool game, definitely worth the pricetag for the art and music alone.

This was one of the best short adventure games I've played. A world with a beautiful atmosphere and delightful characters. The main quest is to get dog food but reveals a story about emotional fragility, eldritch horror and hope. Not to mention the pixel art style is gorgeous and the music is great. If you enjoy meeting zany creatures living their best and worst lives you'll enjoy this game. I hope to see more from this creator.

i find it hard to describe what my favorite part of little one is because i loved every part so much. the characters are all great, the world (and story) is super interesting, the music & art is so nice, and the only "weak" part is the combat. loved the amount of interactivity, whenever i wanted to check something out, i could. it's really inspiring to see someone start out from making LISA fangames (90% sure he did) to making a full-on game that can stand on its own two feet whilst still showing it's influence