omg thank you so much!! this was wonderful to read! :D
i'll try not to talk too much about the thought process i had while making this game cuz i feel like the player coming to their own conclusions about it is an important part of the experience (and i also really like hearing people's interpretations of the themes hehe), but you hit the nail right on the head with a lot of it; self pity, heavy instrospection, isolation, self indulgence... it's things i wanted to portray in a way that i would find most compelling. which is, ironically, pretty self-indulgent haha, but i think first and foremost i wanted to make a game that felt a certain way that i haven't really felt anywhere else. that explored themes in a way i haven't seen in any other game. obviously i'm not saying i'm the best developer or storyteller ever when it comes to making a game like this lol. but i wanted to make something that felt truly personal, and hearing people say it struck a chord with them is the highest compliment i could ever recieve!! i'm really glad it's your favorite of mine so far, and thank you for taking the time to leave a review <3
if i'm being honest, i think i've strayed a bit away from this game's general vibe with my recent games... maybe i'll come back to it in the near future, who knows?