Time Princess: Dreamtopia 12+

I uploaded the game to play while stuck in bed after surgery. I found that I enjoy it much more than I expected to. Adore the clothes and the story line is very well written. Definitely done by someone with a good knowledge of English, unlike some of the other games I’m playing. As I explore the game, which I don’t find super intuitive (but I’m an adult) it’s also nice to find lots of ways to earn more diamonds and coins. The cons- once you get stuck bc you need an outfit with certain attributes, you can’t play other than to wait and collect diamonds and coins. And even while you collect wealth, if you need a particular item to craft the clothes needed for a level that item may or may not be available in Parvens shop. So you can be rich and you still can’t move on in the game. The solution is to borrow clothes from other players, but I like the privacy of playing alone. You also need a crazy volume of items to craft clothes and that is where the temptation to make purchases w real money comes in. If the items are available you want to be able to get them. So, I love the game and will keep playing but I can tell it’s going to take a while unless I cave and borrow clothes. I also wish there was an option to spend money to buy pieces of clothing with diamonds or coins instead of crafting everything. That would help if you are rich but stuck waiting for an ‘ingredient’ to craft with.

I’ve had this game for over a year now and I’d say overall they’ve improved a lot of the issues (particularly quantities of crafting materials) for newer stories. I’d say, going off of what several people have said my main frustration at this point is that they have events where you can buy outfits (I do spend money on this game, but not an egregious amount) but you typically only get the blueprint and therefore still have to craft the items that you pay actual money for and they typically use waaaaaay more materials than the story items. The season outfits and the fantasy fair clothing are great because once you buy them you have them and don’t have to use any crafting materials to get them. I think they could balance out between people willing to spend money vs those who don’t want to and just give you the items if you pay real money and have other players use diamonds for blueprints and use materials to craft as usual. I think they have been pretty good about taking in complaints and trying to fix issues with the game so that’s really my main complaint. I know some people don’t like that they release a story per month now, but some of us who have been playing longer have essentially played out all the older stories so I think that’s how they incentivize people to stay. Not to mention, not all the stories appeal to everyone so I think it’s good that they’re adding a variety.

First I want to start this review with saying that this game is very fun, the outfits and character designs are beautiful, and the stories do a great job at getting you invested in what’s going on - I’ve definitely spent hours playing this game without realizing it. It’s also pretty easy to get coins and gems without pulling out the wallet, which is something other games struggle with.

However, there is one glaring issue that I’m sure others may have noticed. This game is very . . . White. There are little to no POC characters, and even the ones that are supposed to be poc still appear predominantly white with fair skin instead of darker tones. It’s nice that they allow for our own characters to have various skin tones to represent us, the player, better - but it sort of defeats the purpose of having that as an option when the drawn images you receive in stories still shows our character as a white woman even if we aren’t. Now I know these images were most likely pre-drawn, but it wouldn’t be that hard to have alternates with different skin colors to better represent the player (I’ve seen it done in other games). This is really the only reason I’ve given it 4 starts instead of 5.

TL;DR: The game is super fun and beautiful, resources are easy to get without money - but poc aren’t included as much as they could be.