I like the minimalist style with the black background.
The white text on the black background fits well together with the piano music, perhaps because a piano has black and white keys, but also because the minimal graphics and O2A2 limitation fit well together with having music played on a single instrument. And I like the music. It’s simple but not too simple. And next to the text it sounds poetic.
And Ren’Py’s default UI, while generic-looking, definitely has some readability and simplicity that suit this VN. When not playing in fullscreen, I can still read the text but it feels a bit small, but I see the point of having the text at the default size where it looks like the flame in a sea of darkness. (And I can press shift-A and change the font size if I really want to make it bigger.)
What I liked most: the music and the text together.
What I’d suggest changing if you make a post-jam version: On the main menu there’s a flame sprite, and I think it could have made sense to show it somewhere in the script. Perhaps when showing the last line. But I’m not really sure. Having no sprites can work well for the minimalist style, although I guess it’s also possible to make things too empty, so do whatever you want.
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I like the minimalist style with the black background.
The white text on the black background fits well together with the piano music, perhaps because a piano has black and white keys, but also because the minimal graphics and O2A2 limitation fit well together with having music played on a single instrument. And I like the music. It’s simple but not too simple. And next to the text it sounds poetic.
And Ren’Py’s default UI, while generic-looking, definitely has some readability and simplicity that suit this VN. When not playing in fullscreen, I can still read the text but it feels a bit small, but I see the point of having the text at the default size where it looks like the flame in a sea of darkness. (And I can press shift-A and change the font size if I really want to make it bigger.)
What I liked most: the music and the text together.
What I’d suggest changing if you make a post-jam version: On the main menu there’s a flame sprite, and I think it could have made sense to show it somewhere in the script. Perhaps when showing the last line. But I’m not really sure. Having no sprites can work well for the minimalist style, although I guess it’s also possible to make things too empty, so do whatever you want.