This game does a lot of things right, but until the in-game resource economy changes, it becomes a job in the mid-game.
Ore is necessary for everything, yet difficult to accumulate in large quantities without grinding for hours upon hours.
Pals eat a single berry, go back to work for a bit, then turn around back to the feeding area for another berry.

Once you reach the point in the progression where everything, including the catching spheres, needs ore/ingots/nails all the time, you stop going out to explore.
Instead, you go and sit in your base while the Pals work around you, fend off the occasional enemy raid, tell them to cook the same meal for the nth time, and wait for things to progress to the point where you can get back to exploring for a little bit.

This game has "potential", but it needs a lot of adjustments to be an actual game, instead of playing like a second job you go to after work. :/

This game does a lot of things right, but until the in-game resource economy changes, it becomes a job in the mid-game. Ore is necessary for everything, yet difficult to accumulate in large quantities without grinding for hours upon hours. Pals eat a single berry, go back to work for a bit, then turn around back to the feeding area for another berry. Once you reach the point in the progression where everything, including the catching spheres, needs ore/ingots/nails all the time, you stop going out to explore. Instead, you go and sit in your base while the Pals work around you, fend off the occasional enemy raid, tell them to cook the same meal for the nth time, and wait for things to progress to the point where you can get back to exploring for a little bit. This game has "potential", but it needs a lot of adjustments to be an actual game, instead of playing like a second job you go to after work. :/