OMG, thank you so much for your patience and love, RainbowGirl80!
I was smiling all the way from the beginning to the end of your review ^///^
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First of all, I'm both surprised and flattered that you remember the small details about each route--you even managed to read between the lines lol, like how tooth-rotting Kahlil's route is, with Arya & Guntur having to endure their PDA and the subtle feeling they're acting as parents to those two X'D
I do agree that I could've done better, maybe add a couple more interaction scenes--however, when I write scenes for the bachelors, I usually have a rule: to balance the amount of scenes between 3 of them. I try to be impartial & it also involves coding, so I was stuck between a hard place whenever I wanted to add a new scene >_<;
Another reason for the ending (not having interaction between love interest with Maya's family), is because I honestly have surpassed the word count I was aiming for a long time ago ^^; it was a mix of impatience and fear of making my supporters wait for too long, so I decided to focus more with the relationship/interaction between Maya and the LI. I think I did drop a hint here and there about Maya wondering about how her family would react to Guntur/Kahlil, but yes, I could've done better & I'll take note of this!
As for how Maya could've been more helpful with her Tarot Cards--you actually guessed it! She's more subtle with her help during the 3 main routes, but she's more active during Kaiden's route! You could say that I was saving her moments for Kaiden's route ;) that, and because she's still a young adult. She wants to help and while she works hard in her own way, she tend to depend on her companions since they all have very strong personalities. I do agree that Maya could've more scenes about her making use of the Tarot Cards though. Like maybe making some extra 'cash' during her stay in the Autumn Village? At that time, I was thinking more about Maya interacting with the villagers more, I didn't want her to have the impression of depending too much on the Tarot Cards but I think it backfired? I'll take note of this!
As for why Sarah didn't have an alternative sprite (As Killa) in the game like Maya's parents did... Well... I did consider to make Killa/Sarah, but in the end I went against it... because Pandu & Mr.Smith didn't have one :') I know it's a weak reason, but in my mind, they come as a set. It feels a bit lacking to me if Pandu & Mr. Smith isn't there & I think Killa's silhouette, which eventually lead the reader to Maya's parents, are enough 'hints' for the reader to learn about reincarnation so... yeah.
As for the gap in the album, it's actually a remnant of my unachieved Indiegogo Goals >_<;
So you see, there are Goals during my campaign in Indiegogo for Nusantara: Bermuda, and one of them is: If I reached XXXXXX fund, I'll make an extra romance route for Gale--which didn't happen so I just leave the gap there lol. The fund is actually still lacking back then, but I was stubborn and still went ahead with 4 routes. I think the gap is a good reminder for me to keep working hard.
With that said, my next project is already chosen! It's "Saving Grace", and the updates are posted in Bermuda's gamepage until I've collected enough art asset to make a proper gamepage here! If you're interested, you can check it out later ;)
Thanks again and please know that I'm immensely grateful for your love and support!
I hope I managed to answer your questions--if not, please type away and I'll do my best to answer you!
xoxo,
SweetChiel