Arbor's Eve

[KasperKalamity]

i included the solution to the misplaced forest in that download, so check it out if you get stuck. i accidentally made the puzzle unsolvable, but fixed it for that demo. I wanted to make something frustrating, like zelda's lost woods.

The reason you come and go at strange angles like you described is that because in every non 3d jrpg i've ever played, everything is represented from a head on point of view. i wanted to interject a bit of realism into my game, by not having everything face the same way. if you check out the world map in the spoiler, you'll see that Benzol and Mount Athos are both sideways. that is because i want the player to realize they face different directions, but cannot necessarily do that in two dimensions. were i to extend Benzol's map further south (down), it would take the shape of a cove, but the character can't see that far on the map, so it was cut.

tl;dr, i didn't every map to face the same way. if you can suggest how i can make it clearer, i'm open to any feedback.

World Map