Moriko! As always, thank you so much for playing and for the gameplay ! Your feedback is always valuable, specially considering you are some sort of Dossowstorian after having played pretty much all of my games (even the most obscure ones that aren't available anymore).
I think I should clarify that it was me who made the sprites (I should have made it more clear in the intro credits). I wanted to try a completely new approach for the Alesa series, including the change from top down view to sideview, and new artwork from my collaborator, the amazing NewmoniaCute.
After all the "epicness" from Alesa 3, I wanted to do some sort of small mystery that didn't involve the end of the universe or something like that. I mostly took inspiration from films in the giallo genre (specially Argento, one of my favorite directors ever), mixed with the sillyness of the Alesa series and I also wanted to bring back some of the more serious creepyness and body horror from Alesa 1.
This game means a big change compared to the previous games (including the remake), so I understand why it might feel like something else, maybe even a completely different game, but I made sure to keep most of the core elements of the series, references to the previous games and some enemies are even spiritual succesors to previous monsters (like the sisters, or the nanny being some sort of new mother).
I'm glad you appreciated the bike scene, because it's one of my favorite parts of the game and I had a lot of fun making it (it was also a good excuse to include a song with vocals). I definitely wanted to try out many new gimmicks and I'm happy with the results.
I'm not sure if the change to sideview will be permanent, since the top down view has its charm and it's the classic one, but I definitely would like to keep expanding the series in the near future, or maybe even make a spinoff.
Thanks again for playing and for the video Moriko! By the way, you missed one ending: you had to reset the clock at the top of the clock tower 22 times to get an ending that involves Zagaracathal!