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Ooohhh I love your Wrath's appearance! The green eyes and black hair is such a vibe with the red moon tattoo. It was very cool for me to read through all of that and I'm really glad you vibe with the writing style, too!

I frequently pick the "adorable" choice while playtesting because it's one of my favourites, and after hearing that you were taken aback by vanity appearing in your profile (lol) I'll probably mark those choices as important before the update goes live so that players really consider their options. That's only fair, since it's part of character creation. Adding it to my to-do list. The self-assured trait is a very unique one as well, by the way; I can guess a few of your choices from Wrath's description!

Spotted at least one typo and one broken variable, but thankfully resolved those in the "new" demo (no new chapter yet, just revisions, I keep feeling the need to repeat myself online so I don't accidentally disappoint anyone haha) which should be up later today or tomorrow. I'll admit I've already started working on Chapter 2 again...

Will probably have to do some troubleshooting for a while, depending on what bugs players message me about, but after that it's back to the new content full-time. And no worries at all about reading these comments. It's been a nice break from edits and it's honestly great to see how different your choices were from my beta readers. Makes me very happy I put so much early effort toward character customization!

Good luck to Wrath!

~ Effie

Thank you, I also really loved that you kept the opt for the tattoo's colour selection, it's something really rare...! [Wrath would probably blush at the compliment and then regain composure immediately lol]

Btw that actually reminds me, if you ever need another beta reader I am more than available!

Lots of love Effie <3 

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Really?! I'm actually surprised to hear that tattoo colours might be an uncommon customization option, especially since a lot of IFs have much more customization than Garden of Bones! Extra glad I included it in the demo now. Your Wrath being the type to blush and then hide it is quite funny lol: self-assured, closely guarded individuals are good fun to be around, both IRL and in fiction. We can't all wear our heart on our sleeves, right? 

And WOW, that offer is such a kind one. (ㅅ´ ˘ `) I've actually been meaning to inquire after additional beta readers, so if you're still willing to have all illusions of a sensible reading experience shattered (lol) by the time Chapter 2 is finished, let me know! I can't imagine it will be playable for at least another few weeks tbh... a lot of it is drafted and the rest of it outlined, but almost none of it coded yet and one particular scene has so many variants that I actually needed a flowchart to work it out, which is rare for me, lol.

I would have said that the best way to reach me is probably on my tumblr through direct messages (if you have a tumblr) but at the moment my main blog is shadowbanned and I don't think you can send DMs through the side-blog feature, so perhaps I'll just leave a comment here and we'll work something else out at the time. Hmmm. 

Maybe discord, if you have one of those? 

Either way, all the best, Aura! 

I do not have Tumblr... I do have discord tho! I'd really love to help so... how do I reach you? Like through discord do you have a server?


Anyways thank you Effie for the compliments lol! I just replayed through a new garden lol and your writing really never fails to amaze!
Love, Aura <3

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That sounds great! There's no need to worry about reaching out: I'll reply to this comment when Chapter 2 is finished enough for beta-reading to see if you're still interested by then, if that's alright with you? I do have a discord account, and tbh I should probably start a server - I don't have many betas at the moment but it might be useful someday.

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Perfect! See you then <3

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Hello! I decided to go ahead and make a new discord server so that it's already set up when Chapter 2 is complete - if you decide to join, you'll be the only person there for now, because my current beta readers leave feedback in DMs and elsewhere; however, I did see that discord has a server application feature that might be helpful for future betas!

Anyway, if you reply to this comment the next time you're browsing itch, I can send you a one-time invite link while you're online. ⸜(˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶)⸝ I think that would be the best way to go about this. Hopefully I'll see the notification...

I'll check in more often for a few days, but again, no pressure!

~ Effie

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I'm here!!! Glad to see you got the discord server set up, I'm more than glad to be a beta reader. I am actually an author with one book and my first IF in progress! So I shall be helpful with literally everything except the coding lol.

Amazing, that's wonderful to hear! And again, if it's temporary or you end up being unable to beta Chapter 2 for some reason, absolutely no worries. Here's a link! https://discord.gg/tzbD48R2