The story and writing are quite poor but the idea and art captured my interest. I love the idea of mad libs conversations solved by balling-rolling puzzles but it is just nowhere near snappy enough to make it work. Too much text and the ball-rolling levels feel too long to keep up the pace.

In general, I'd say text-heavy games do not work well on the playdate. It is far too small to read tiny text on for long periods and even the best writing would struggle with its limitations. I think story-based games can work on the system, but only by relying less on long conversations in favor of environmental storytelling and moments of action.

Although I could see a version of this game, leaning more into the mad libs element, having no idea what the conversation is even about until after you finished filling in the blanks. I would definitely be interested in seeing the idea further explored.

Also, it is kind of unacceptable for a VN not to have an auto-text-advance option. It is like the bare minimum for quality-of-life features.