This has to be one of the most difficult to score for me. “John Touhou” isn’t really an OC but the writing was just amazing from the romcom routes to the incredibly brutal horror endings.
The limited use of SFX and ambient noises are also just well done to make the story feel haunting in a way that just feels “canon”. Finally, I know people are weird about what counts as gameplay with a VN, but the different routes and how to access them really felt so varried as I was surpirsed at how many endings and how long those paths would take to get there.
I hope you really do spend some more time working on this post Jam, there’s so much more then promise here but like an actual banger waiting to happen!