omg it's the nicest thing i've heard so far🥺
i dont know where to start... well, first of all, my intention was to make the atmosphere of anxiety and tension, without any jumpscares and anything scary actually happening - and i'm glad i succeeded at that!
I always thought that this game's weak point was that it had countless tiny details that only a very observant and dedicated player could notice. And you can't expect an average player to do that since it's a 90% rtp game, and doesnt look attractive - most players just skip them. I'M SO GLAD you noticed everything I put there, I really appreciate it!
When I made this game, i didnt have a drawing tablet, didnt have any skills at drawing(and zero confidence), zero rpgmaker knowledge, so i used rtp assets to the fullest and did all i could do with what i had lol. Recently I had to transfer it from VX ace to MV to have a browser version and remake the eventing bc it was horrible and nooby:>.
There is no canon explanation, and you have an interesting version of it:) Actually it was inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's works - Black Cat, The fall of the house of Usher, Berenice... And also I wanted to make it something kinda David Lynch's movies:D
I'm super surprised you liked Enice diary - everyone else called it weird and hard to read and full of grammar and spelling mistakes😅English is not my first language and i'm not good with it, but i wanted Enice to sound more sofisticated, and Allan more casual. (But if you noticed, his speech changes as he keeps reading her diary). ... That line "my half is done"... yes, I love that too, and think it very impactful.
yes, i think it's a good idea to give a player more hints for puzzles and endings. I didnt think of that because i tbh didnt expect people to be interested in this game at all...
(and you probably didnt notice a secret room and a dead end hehe)
And GANA is nothing misterios actually - it's just a name of a fictional country where all of that happens - "Great Alliance of North Allpa". It was formed from 3 countries - Verdeglas(where Aurinko lives), Vallestrana(where Allan lives) and Marginea. I will present more information for the lore in future games:>
Huge thanks for playing! And im always ready to chatter about my games for hours😂, so dont be sorry for big reviews!🖤 Comments and ratings are the life and blood of a dev😅
i love tiny details!! it's one of the things i like the most about games, and when i notice them it really says a lot about how much effort and thought the creator(s) put. while i obviously couldn't focus on everything, every small thing added up and created a super effective game feel :> and ooh, i didn't know you had so many unique sources of inspiration, that's so cool!
for what it's worth, while i did find misspelllings sometimes, stuff like that tends not to bother me and i don't think they detracted from the game or the diary entries. but yeah english can be friggin' hard haha. i think you did a good job in making allan and enice sound different from each other tho!
and oh GANA stands for that, i see! fictional countries are always fun haha. can't wait to see what you've got in store for it! :D
oh i already have a plan -
1. Spin-off for Westwood
2. Quiz game for Sowa, it will contain a lot of lore information, especially historical
3 Gardening game for Millena and the the evil spirit that affected the weather in Hedgems
4 Series final - Halloween game with Enfys as a protag, but it will feature other charas too.(probably this one will wait for the next year's halloween, I need to concentrate on my main project, "GOTH")