I think a better way to have more replayability with the main game is to introduce new game+ after beating it once, it's pretty much the main game but all the houses and locations are open from the start so you can enter any place first before going to the next in any order, and it would take less time to go through the game again looking for new content then to just have all areas unlocked from the start.
#New Game+
elfin spindle
velvet summit
i absolutely love that idea
when all achievements unlocked:
unlock New Game+;
end```
(yes ik thats not how it works, they use unreal engine blueprints and c++ (i think))
pine umbra
This would be wonderful! I think the whole point of going house by house in the game is to introduce the player slowly to the town's world so they can mess around in it in free-exploration mode with knowledge as to where everything is. The game does a wonderful job of teaching you the layout of it's world but on future playthroughs it just kind of becomes a level based game as opposed to the open world town filled to the brim with secrets that the game is supposed to have. I really like this idea as on future playthroughs there really isn't any point in slowly introducing players to the world as they pretty much already have it down. I would love to be able to go around and get all the museum keys in whatever order I wanted all at once and then go on one big museum marathon.
I love those moments when this game rewards you for using it's open world, they're few and far between but they're always cool. Sometimes I grab the fire extinguisher from the bakery to use at the Mayor's house just because it's cool. A feature like this would reward players for thinking with the whole world in mind rather than focusing on just one house placed in a much bigger world. This suggestion is one of the best I've seen and doesn't seem as difficult to do as other things suggested. I love this idea so much!
pine umbra
There is one issue which is the nightmare sequences. Perhaps the nightmare sequences would still be possible in New Game+ but would be something that is optional to activate. You could pick up the shovel and start nightmare 1 but only if you want to.
I do also hope that it is more like an optional thing you can do after you beat the game
you get the option after pressing new game to either pick New Game or New Game+
elfin spindle
my idea is that they would be either removed entirely or reworked for some of the puzzles