I really liked your take on the theme and bravery of telling such a personal story. not as in "full of personal details" but rather making a relationship and their personal memories the focus of a story.
I feel very conflicted about the AI generated art though. on the one hand it fits the vibe of the story very well and I think it is fair to say that you couldn't have drawn all these images even if you were a professional artist in time, so I totally get it. I mean I used generated art to create an ad campaign for my own game, so I get it.
But using that studio ghibli style when it is commonly known that its creator furiously hates the use of his lifes work for image generation.. it's tough. this shouldn't come across as a judgement, like I said: I get it from a developer's point of view. it's just something that I as a player have always in the back of my mind when I am playing and that prevents me from really diving into the story.
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No, I totally get it, while I never asked for it to resemble any art style other then "Anime", anime can have a very wide range from things like SAO or Fairy Tail to art styles of Attack on Titan or even Studio Ghibli! you hit it on the mark when it came to how i feel about using AI for art, i use it for characters in my dnd campaigns but again i never ask for another artists art style, and thats just for me and my freiends, if this was a full game i would try to find an artist before i went to AI for it, but thats just me, i feel like its great for those of us starting out, but the stigma behind it is so vast that its really hit or miss how the comunity will react, im glad everyone here is so nice about it but i still will do my best to keep myself for overusing it!
Hey! I wanted to send a "thank you" of sorts to everyone who left a comment and feedback! If you're interested, I’d love to invite you to my "Reunited Games" Discord! I’m building a small community of players, devs, and playtesters for future projects, and I hope to see you join! But if it's not your thing, it's fine! Still, thank you!! https://discord.gg/PRkXhNgX