It's gonna be a no from me, dog. The game is cheap so I won't bother to ding its bizarre aesthetic or small scope. But that doesn't excuse the game design choices here.

It seems like people are kinda saying this is more of a "time management" or an idler. Which I wish I knew going in, but it's irrelevant ultimately. I still wish it wasn't like that, though. The "Animation Studio" theme is too thin. You hire people and they have jobs and they fill a meter. They have job titles like "writer", "editor", and "animator"... sure. But I'm not being given decisions like... what's the title of the animation I'm making, what's the genre, what's the rating... literally all of the creative components that would make me feel like I'm actually running something like an animation studio.

You just make a product like a TV short or an internet short by clicking that button. Then your workers fill the meter and it's done. No other steps. There's side mini-games that earn you perks or money or whatever. But those also lack any narrative connection to running a studio. You do stuff like play a slot machine or catch crap falling out of the air.

Do I need to play longer for these kinds of options to open up? I got through the tutorial but it didn't seem like those kinds of functions existed.

A lot of these choices are just weird, man. The mom character that's your nemesis and your mentor, the mini-game randomness, the purity choice, I think you can sell parts of your soul to get some quick cash? I guess you could call this unique flavor but it's kinda offputting.

It's gonna be a no from me, dog. The game is cheap so I won't bother to ding its bizarre aesthetic or small scope. But that doesn't excuse the game design choices here. It seems like people are kinda saying this is more of a "time management" or an idler. Which I wish I knew going in, but it's irrelevant ultimately. I still wish it wasn't like that, though. The "Animation Studio" theme is too thin. You hire people and they have jobs and they fill a meter. They have job titles like "writer", "editor", and "animator"... sure. But I'm not being given decisions like... what's the title of the animation I'm making, what's the genre, what's the rating... literally all of the creative components that would make me feel like I'm actually running something like an animation studio. You just make a product like a TV short or an internet short by clicking that button. Then your workers fill the meter and it's done. No other steps. There's side mini-games that earn you perks or money or whatever. But those also lack any narrative connection to running a studio. You do stuff like play a slot machine or catch crap falling out of the air. Do I need to play longer for these kinds of options to open up? I got through the tutorial but it didn't seem like those kinds of functions existed. A lot of these choices are just weird, man. The mom character that's your nemesis and your mentor, the mini-game randomness, the purity choice, I think you can sell parts of your soul to get some quick cash? I guess you could call this unique flavor but it's kinda offputting.