HIRO IS THIS MY HEART THAT YOU WANT OKAY HERE IT IS ON A SILVER PLATTER, TAKE IT AND DON'T GIVE IT BACK
It is everything I've ever dreamed for, my ship coming true in a very cute slice-of-life scene!!!!! To be fair, I played the enhanced version because OF COURSE I NEEDED TO SEE VALE I'VE SHIPPED HIM SINCE HE APPEARED IN QUAINT I NEEDED TO SEE MORE OF HIM!!!!!!
And it was very cute and, honestly, very funny! Lawrence is a great protagonist, and it was delightful to see him all flustered whereas Vale was instead completely chill. It really is a wholesome game, and beyond communicating a bit about self-acceptance, I don't think it holds anything too deep to analyse: it is a pleasant, wholesome and fluffy experience, which is EXACTLY what I needed! I know you were hesitant about making a game with a lighter tone, but honestly, you did it justice!
Also, the art was amazing!!!!! Vale always looks good, but Lawrence too, and his expressions were priceless! I really love the colours you used, and the BG was gorgeous. The music is very nice to listen to (listening to it while writing this comment) and, in particular, I do love your GUI, great colour and the mix of textbox and speech bubbles was very great!
It was overall a very great game, so THANK YOU SO MUCH HIRO FOR MAKING IT REALLY THANK YOU THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE TIME TO THINK ABOUT THEM AND WRITE FANFICTIONS
Also, for funsies, notes I took during my playthrough lol (spoilers though for anyone reading this):
- vale's chest is canonically warm and firm
- vale joins the alphabet trinity with Q and T
- yes it is gay to play with your homie's hair
- yes it is gay to get all hot and bothered when your homies does that to you
- you can have had girlfriends before and be gay, it's a mindset lawrence, be gay, do crimes
- yes vale is great at kissing because i canonically decided so
- kissing a boy would feel better lawrence especially if it's vale
- "Can't even have a gay crisis in peace" I SCREAMED
- oh the T and Q stickers are cute