So around 20 hours in, using an online guide extensively, my desire to play the game has dramatically diminished. It's not cool that everything is so specifically triggered that without a guide, you could just wander around the village indefinitely, swap items in and out of your shop, hoping for something to happen, wondering if time just needs to pass, if certain people need to come to your shop, if you need to visit certain homes and locations -- OR WHAT THE HELL WILL
ING ADVANCE THIS GAME.
I think I'm done with it. I might try to play it one more time to see if there is still interest. I should probably just trade it on.