Pls add a sharper, thicker font. Cannot play. This should've been top priority in a story-heavy game

[unique umbra]

I am veteran of farming sims and when Kynseed came along, I was beyond excited to back it and wait for release. The mixture of fantasy elements and farming sim mechanics where such a sell point for me. To my surprise and dismay, I was unable to play due to grainy, unclear and unreadable font. I have waited for years to play it since the devs mentioned plenty of times they will be "working on it" and but insofar, no definite changes that substantially make the font clear and readable. I did checked latest accessibility options but it is simply not a good enough choice for this font in the current iteration. We need another font that is clearer either baseline or in accessibility options.

This has been an issue that multiple people have reported over the years and tbh it doesn't seem like this is being taken seriously. What can't be more important than people being able to read the story that you so carefully crafted? to even get into the game and follow along? I have tried to play this game in its many iterations over the years but I just simply cannot follow the font. It literally gives me headaches. Even with the later changes added, it is simply not accessible to me. I simply cannot play this game.

I think this is a matter of considering the visual health of your players and avoiding eye strain and headaches over some very particular design choice that tramples the overall gaming experience. The font makes my experience always such a miserable one and in a sea of choice for faming sims this get placed at the very bottom every time after I tried, which to be fair I have in many occasions. I have given this game a fair chance.

Pls add a much clearer choice for font in accessibility options. Something easy to follow along. This should have been priority number one.

[mighty crest]

Thanks for the feedback.

[unique umbra]

@mighty crest ofc. I am beyond excited about the prospect of being able to play it someday. For real. I hope you guys can add a different font that doesn't give me headaches.

[karmic sedge]

@unique umbra - could you send us a screenshot of how the font looks on your computer?

[unique umbra]

so the mayor issue with the font is the the grainy particles at the bottom and around round characters like "s" "m" "c" or vowels. that makes it super hard for me to read and eventually cannot follow and gives me headaches. I think applying also pixel art to the font as well makes following the text so hard. you guys have a much clearer font in the prelude of the game, maybe using that??
also the font is super bouncy when talking to people. Most games have options to disable text bounciness. For people with dyslexia and other visual impediments, following that text is a nightmare.

this is the font used in the prologue. this is easier to read, maybe a bit thicker than this would be the absolute dream

this wall of text is super eye draining for me, the letters feel like they are shifting and get blurry

this video shows for me how the text both bounces and is not sharp, very very eye draining. cannot really play after this

[karmic sedge]

Thanks. The grainy particles you can remove via the anti-aliasing option, but it looks like you might have tried that. We won't be changing or offering an alternative font, I'm afraid. One day we could look a the blocks of text to see if some carriage returns might help legibility, but I doubt that will happen any year soon. I'll add the text box bouncing comment to our suggestions log, but it looks sharp to us in your video.