Wayward Rose

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I love the concept but the edges are too rough and could really use some polish. There is no volume control and the characters breathing is loud and annoying. No indicator for the "recharge" of the sprint except the aforementioned loud breathing. You lose camera control for a few seconds every time you open the map. Otherwise a cute indie game that with some polish could be really great!

Played the game and died regularly. Had this been an element in one of the later Fallout games I would have persevered. However getting from one end of a murky forest to another is all there is to this game and it was not enough to keep me playing. The game downloaded, installed and played flawlessly and I had no problems when I opened or closed the map So it isn't a bad game at all, it's just not for me.

Wayward Rose is one of literally thousands of student projects infesting Steam. It's from John Paul the Great Catholic University in California. Which is a confusing name because are they saying John Paul is great? Or John Paul was a great catholic? Or it's unrelated and they think it's a great catholic university. This is an eternal ecumenical mystery. Anyway. While student projects tend to be better quality than most "amateur" made games, we must still question what value such projects have for gamers. As with all student projects, this isn't really a fully fleshed out game, it's just the result of an academic exercise, and as such it has much more limited value as a game than a professionally developed game would have. Educational institutions should not be using Steam as a dumping ground for homework assignments (especially if the students didn't even pass the course). Sure, it helps their marketing and helps the students feel good about themselves, but this is another case of a business putting themselves before the needs of gamers. Now thankfully there's no overt evangelism in this student project, instead it's a story about a young girl, Rose, lost in a dark fores…

Incomplete, bug infested and total waste of time. Everything about this is so janky I simply don't even wanna make a giant list. I reviewed fck ton of student projects there are ones out there with AA/AAA quality. Looks like this university is teaching based on 2000s horrendous Harry Potter. Heck even worse. I guess that's what happens when any abrahamic cult corrupts a place where it was supposed to be taught appliances of science.

I will recommend this game, but only insofar as it seems to be a proof of concept and not a fully fleshed out game. I will elaborate below, but first, likes and dislikes Likes: - Interesting scenery. I like the ambiance of the world, and the simple design. - Simple controls, very much appreciated - movement and third person view control felt comfortable, natural, and smooth Dislikes: - No HUD. I would have appreciated being able to tell how much sprint I lost/regained - Sound design is quite poor. The breathing is far too strong, and is present at all times. - Static and movement animations, while not terrible, do not seemingly work with the movement speed, or the atmosphere the environment is trying to evoke. Another thing, when hiding, the character just disappears, with nothing to indicate what causes the (what I assume to be) invisibility. - Compass and map aren't the most helpful. Again, a HUD map that adjusts with orientation might be better - Some bugs, such as adjusting third person view not working for the first few initial seconds after closing map, and the character model seemingly spas out when using the map Overall, I would love to see this turned into a full game.…