Hi Waldorf, thank you for your comment! It was really great seeing you play our game on stream! We really appreciate your feedback!
Writing the characters, having them fleshed out, and making the art has been some of my favorite parts of making this game with Shira, and I'm really glad that those have left a good impression. We definitely realized too late that the character pixel sprites stand out in an odd way due to a zoom issue, so that is definitely something we will plan around better in the future.
We did attempt to make a hook, but I think we need to do a little rearranging/tightening up of how the game flows to make that hook a bit more clear. You did hit an earlier ending that cut the game's story short, so that's something we also realize we need to be aware of with our writing and pacing. (Back to the writing documents for us, haha)
Thank you for your comments and feedback! I'm so glad you liked Masaki as well, it was so much fun seeing this sleepy guy come to life haha ;w;