As a mentally ill enben with lots of mentally ill and neurodivergent queer friends, I could relate to a lot that happened in the story. I emphasized and related to pretty much every character in one way or another, and I LOVED the side story.
Aiyana is such a sweetheart, absolutely adore her. My heart broke for her, knowing how hard it is to Do Things and... everything. Yeah. Very relatable, glad she has a caregiver.
I'm not quite in as bad as shape as Aiyana, but I can't live alone either and need a caregiver myself. A robot aid would be SO useful.
The characterization was brilliant and I mean - well, okay. I've played enough of your games by now that I know it's lesbians and mental illness and people struggling and it's just going to be pretty and aesthetic and a little bit sad and a little bit happy. I always get excited when you come out with a new game.
I also noticed that the mental illnesses were discussed but never named. While I was able to pretty much conclude what neurodivergence/mental illness was what because I deal with some/have friends with them, it was nice to see... I mean, saying you have this disorder or that disorder, it doesn't really help. It leaves people assuming things and people are so much more than their diagnoses. But saying what people ACTUALLY dealt with... the things they ACTUALLY needed...
Idk it was just nice and I was fond of that fact.
Also you're fantastic at writing nonhumans with nonhuman experiences.