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Well, I guess I made the correct choice to leave this game as my last rating of the period
This is the 1st time a game from a jam made me almost cry…
Despite being I think the shortest game I played this week, the game is packed with so much essence or feelings that I can say it’s a pretty and relaxing experience that can feel too personal to some people
In my case, it hits too close, for a variety of reasons, to say 1 is I struggle at times to do something with my free time and seeing the main character feeling the same, it’s easy for me to relate to him. At the same time, painting and playing piano are things I always wanted to do and now that I have some less stuff to do, I could do drawings from time to time.
Seeing the thoughts he has while painting, it feels so real haha… I played twice to see another painting with other dialogues, and those are good
About playing the piano, it was very fun to do, it gives time to get used to the keys and the song is very beautiful if played in 1 go, very good that the song stops for you to play the next note making it a relaxing experience instead a frustrating one. I really liked the detail of the partiture, I only can barely read the duration of each note and it’s great to see that it is actually the song
I think that’s the thing I could say about the gameplay, I didn’t find bugs or I don’t think I can give feedback to improve the game because I really liked it as it is now. Ah, wait, except for the start, the alarm part, I thought it was an intro where I didn’t have to press something, so if you need that the player move, indicate it more quickly, the alarm clock looped 3 times before I wake up the protagonist hahaha
Now to talk about the thing I want more to express, the soundtrack of this game is too beautiful, it helps a lot to set the mood and I think it’s the main reason I felt what I felt, it carries so many feelings in such a short time. It’s rare to find great songs in jams and this is one of the best I have listened to, usually the songs are epic, fun, joy, songs that are “happy” or “hyping” or even “horror” like, but man, the soundtrack of this game, inject it to my brain, it’s too good, I genuinely felt so happy to make a mistake in the piano part because I could listen to it again, this while keeping myself to not cry haha
Like I could just listen to it and could imagine what is happening, what the song wants to communicate, it’s just great, I want to listen to it more, so if you have it posted in some part like YT or some service, please, share it to me that I want it to hear outside the game!
Now there is that, for me soundtrack is one of the best things a game can have because sometimes I just play for that reason, but the way the story is told is also great, you only read the thoughts of the protagonist but at the same time, after each part of gameplay, you can see that the protagonist is doing something more than just hobbies, isn’t mentioned much in the dialogues but those changes are good, isn’t needed to point it much but helps a lot to see the protagonist is progressing one step at the time
And at the end, he is just smiling, from being a lot in his mind in a dark house, to just being able to sit and enjoy his time in a light and clean room, it’s pretty and honestly I would like to reach that point hahaha. Like those subtle stuff being telled without pointing it much is good. Both songs and story complement each other so well in this game that it’s just a beautiful experience…
For me when something makes me feel something like this, it's just a favorite for me, I usually can be a stone at times in this kind of games, but here I can’t, it just moves me despite how short it is…
I feel this whole comment can be a bit messy and maybe longer that it should, usually I have in mind what I want to say, but here I feel if I keep talking I will loop around and say the same haha.
Great and fantastic game, thanks for sharing this game in the jam, I’m happy this is my last rating, keep doing games!
(Now that I finished rating games, I can say I have some “Free Time”, hah… I only wanted to make a comment like this, seeing happening on the server can be funny at times hahaha.
And, the protagonist is talented, remembers how to paint and play the piano, wtf, he is too good hahaha, I really liked that!)