Hmmm not to shame here, but if you join a group which is rumored to be a cult... It is probably a cult :) Well to be fair to Sel, they did seem all pretty nice, by the looks of it, it's a pleasant community, I'd consider joining 100%.
Ok but actual feedback; Sadly, the act 1 is short, which is fair, this is a week long game jam and RPG maker games are surprisingly heavy to do in such time, but that is just to say I did wish there was more of it. Cliffhanger and all of course, but with the short time I already got pretty into the characters and plot set ups here. Visually it was also really pleasant, even though I'd always wish for more SFX and sounds in general, you guys already have pretty good amount of really nice music tracks here. So I think all of this can be summed up to, great work, hope you continue this forward all the way to the end!