For furshit, Changed's dialogue is pretty tender (despite the grammatical errors), and the art style is fine for what it is. The fetishes were a deadly blow upon launch, though. All this guy had to do was keep the fetish shit out, hire a translator, and release it in early access, and it MIGHT have been only marginally smaller (and also less controversial) than NITW. I like that this game doesn't try too hard to be too meta like Undertale, NITW, and even Cult of The Lamb to a certain extent. I can't comment on the tone of Cave Story, Hollow Knight, Maple Story, and Celeste, but if we say Changed competes with THEM more than Undertale (despite having a more Undertale-esque artistic direction), then it was total shit at launch, since it's heavily flawed (despite the surprisingly personable art style and characters for an indie game). Without the fetishes, it could've had the mixed aura of boykisser fans (as in some are just sparklefurs and memer kids) instead of the TOTALLY degenerate grooming aura of Changed fans.
What am I saying, though? Sonic 06, Big Rigs: Over The Road Racing, and many other games could be salvaged with more time, but they were released incomplete for money, just like Changed. That makes it crappy based off what I saw, unless Dragonsnow pulls a Cyberpunk 2077 and overhauls everything (in the case of Changed, it would be making the controls/difficulty less clunky, fixing the grammatical errors, and either removing the fetish shit or at least making a fetish-free version maybe as a separate game as a few recommendations). Rare indie kemono representation, a throwback to arcade-like gameplay with simple stories, and mere potential that was never met doesn't excuse it.