This is a lot of fun in theory, but the tutorial is a little too convoluted, and the randomized level layout means sometimes you don't have enough resources to even make a basic loop to all the stations you need.
It kind of satiates the same childlike wonder as you'd expect, and it's satisfying to set up little production chains, but the way everything's worded and formatted means it's a little harder to learn and figure out if you're doing something wrong or if the explanation just wasn't doing its job properly

It sucks because this is so close to being an absolutely wonderful game, but just a few major issues ruin the whole thing.
This is my first LBP game, since I didn't grow up with a Playstation, but I could FEEL nostalgia being crafted with the music and environments and general good vibes. Like, it was actively creating memories that didn't exist of me playing this as a kid during a snow day, it's that kind of game.
Unfortunately, among a bunch of other problems, the maximalism just does not work in terms of level design. I could write an essay on all the places where the level is just going too fast and you're not sure if you're supposed to maintain speed or slow down because the environment isn't keying you into what's about to happen, and then you end up jolting through a teleporter you didn't see in the background and it's flinging you into a death trap and you don't have time to recognize a platform you're supposed to defy physics to hit. Then the next moment it's like "hey, do you like soft wistful romance songs being played with the low hum of a spaceship in the background?" and you're like "oh fuck yeah"

In no way is this the type of game I'd enjoy.
Like, visual novel point-and-click stuff isn't exactly up my alley just because of the stereotypes established around that genre of narrative. I don't follow or actively appreciate anthro communities, although I have friends there. I don't love the tumblr aesthetic of "break into an AMV edit now" or the implications of horniness around characters just for the sake of it.
What I DO love is the pure GOLD that is the Romani and Slavic artistic inspirations. For the few hours it took me to complete the first chapter, I was completely enraptured in the atmosphere and music and visual tone. I cannot explain it, but there's just something so special there and it feels like home to me, regardless of the fact that I grew up in rural Michigan far far from this type of culture or art. The devs just do such a wonderful job exuding the warmth and magic of the world, down to the little details surrounding what the cultural and artistic history must be like, and the subtle hints of magic and surrealism that slip through the cracks of a richly realized folk lore.