A time traveling curiosity, not unlike me getting to this half a year later (but I did! Cuz you web browsered!). The audio levels need some adjusting, and the narrative focus of the work is curious. So much of the "Work" of the piece is done behind the scenes with the father, leaving us with the sort of negative-outline of his efforts until the demon takes an active hand. The plot is like a scale--the impetus of the story comes from the father's active meddling, whereas Callum is reactionary, thrown into the chaos through no will of his own. I wonder how it would felt if we saw through the father's PoV, his confusion about the son's possession.

There's a decent chunk of characters to juggle, and the nature of the repeating timeline makes them seem a bit stilted and flat here and there. There's even some without sprites, which makes it feel like they're sort of speaking into the void. I wonder if this could have had a similar ambition but felt a little tighter with a little streamlining of the characters/premise, to give the rest of it more time.

I was more curious about the time plot than the characters themselves, and knowledge of the hidden ending made me aim (unsuccessfully seemingly, before I gave up) to replay a bit more. I initially only got endings 1 & 2--other than the completionist viewpoint, I feel like there's a gap between us and the cast (which is not untrue to the narrative, but that disconnect is a fine line to walk).

I think this is an solid attempt at a first visual novel, and that where it suffered was for matters of ambition when working within a one month window of time, and that with a little more refinement of scope (with regards to the working window) you'd be able to execute your complicated visions with more finesse.

3.5 stars, but itch only allows whole numbers, sorry.