starting us off with some liszt first thing... now that is a yuri power move.....
i really liked this! smart, limited palette women in suits being passive-aggressive at each other... now that is a treat, hehe. also, those parallax cards were awesome. and- audrey's hair and suit are impeccable! i love that upper-lip-in-complete-shadow aesthetic.
i really appreciate the commitment to the poker tutorial, haha. very thorough! i had completely forgotten how to play, so i needed every bit of it... 😅 and it's nice to have the character dialogue integrated there to break it up a bit. (the other project i've been working on for a few years requires lots of tutorializing, so i empathize- it's really tough to balance this sort of thing! but ultimately a little gameplay like this adds a lot! great work on integrating that)
i got the toxic4toxic ending in my natural playthrough, and i really loved it. not feeling like a "loving" relationship is "enough" (but in a reasonable way)... it's a very romantic sort of love, that illogical magnetism. (also that their bond is explored through more of a shounen-type activity like cheating people at cards was really refreshing!) i played through the other endings as well, and i think this one feels the most right. when audrey picks up the bag at the end, that was just perfect! 👌 compromise...!
at first, i felt like i couldn't really get a grip on betty's place in everything. the opening makes you really wonder why audrey cares about her at all, which i suppose is sort of the point... i think i wished i had known about their past together sooner? about the starting as equals (and knowing that betty has an interest in- Something). but i can definitely understand leaving it as a surprise.
i really liked when betty said early on, "you didn't even notice i was missing" and then audrey says "yes i did, i just didn't find it fit to mention." it's a really nice foreshadowing for cora, and just a great encapsulation of their whole situation.
thank you for sharing! you both did a great job! 💘 handsome women forever...
p.s. i really liked these other things:
-when cora's lip quivered, and betty couldn't help but think she would make a terrible poker player
-when "fold" is the only option/audrey asks you to carry the bag instead
-"Nothing gets past this girl, except for the things I'd like her to pick up on."