Pixel! Thank you so much...!! 😭💜 Tonic (artist/writer) here... I am so overwhelmed with everything you've said, I really don't even know where to start.
First of all, you both were absolutely hilarious the whole entire time!!! 😵💫 Oh my god Pinecone's lizard-tuber was killing me. I NEED one of those...! AND WHAT INCREDIBLE VOICE-ACTING. You really nailed the deliveries, Pinecone! Everyone always gets tripped up on Spirit, but you totally got him!! So fluid... And your Magic was perfectly sassy🔥 (Shout-out to your friend Cinqo for their nasty makeout comment 😂😂😂 That's my favorite reaction to Magic's attitude...) We were both very impressed by your range in the expression of the characters!
The other dev Ikiru (coder/composer) and I stayed up until 3am last night watching your all's stream all in one go... And let me tell you, it was the most surreal combination of sleep-deprivation and complete spiritual contentment we have ever had 😹💚
I really want to point out all the specific parts of your all's commentary that we loved, but I would basically just need to type out the WHOLE TRANSCRIPTION of your video, because it is truly and honestly one our most precious treasures, every bit of it! 🥺💧 To highlight a few parts anyway...
-"WE HAVE CONFIRMED GENDERS"
-please take this medal for noticing my favorite joke, when Spirit says "she PROBABLY knows what a book is" and Weapon responding "WTF"🏅
-The Wall Slam CG...the explosive reaction was incredible, ahahaha!! 💖 (and imagining Spirit slowly turning away got us giggling so hard)
-"I must now make something known to the two of you...you must...Wishlist Emblems: Sunless Vow" OH MY GOD 😂
-all of the times you said you loved the character dynamics between the three 💙💚💜 (and thinking Spirit is funny)
-all of your thoughtful commentary on the hard work we put into the game!
The two of us have worked for 4 years creating Emblems, and we really put our heart and soul into it every step of the way. So I can't tell you how much it means to us to have someone so thoroughly see our efforts, enjoy, and appreciate them with such warmth and enthusiasm!! I'M JUST... Rolling on the floor over here, bursting with fulfillment and gratitude.......... THANK you, both of you, and Cinqo, so much!! We love games! And stories!! And queer folks!!! So we stuck them all together and Emblems was born 😿💗
Thank you for your kind compliments on the music, as well! Ikiru's favorite part of game work is the composer bit, so it's always so great to hear that someone enjoys it...
And! For your comments on the voice actors!!! Ikiru and I do everything else ourselves, but we knew we really wanted to hire some professional folks for the character barks. And GOD DANG if I didn't get lucky enough to find just the most perfect people...! I literally think I told them I loved them in my director's correspondence after their first drafts 😂 They did SO WELL...! AHHhhhh 💔
tl;dr Please know you and Pinecone supplied our full amount of endorphins for the next year, ahahaha. Thank you SO MUCH for your support!