Logged in just to be able to comment cause, damn, everything this game gave to me, absolutely loved it. First time I've ever done this but it's an honor for this to be it. 10/10 first act alone.
First of all, no spoiler territory, art and the tiny animations made mr absolutely livid for some reason. The first time a character blinked, I was so freaked cause' that tiny little detail made the characters so much more alive. And not to mention, the character design. The gouache-like artstyle was something that really drew me into the world/s.
Furthermore, spoiler alert now, character backgrounds and story. Immediately, Isobel's past made me interested with the heiress to the family situation. I was like "Oh, so we're playing a mean girl?" but then they had this whole like personality test with Remm and so I thought "Oh, I see, we get to pick. Let me make her balanced." but of course, only two routes, stuck with Paragon. Then of course we got to learn more about our friend here Remm, and I immediately assumed "bad guy that I will like" and surprise, surprise I did. Then Vol got introduced and disregarded him cause I felt he wasn't gonns be that big of a deal. Kinda right. Then, after a bit I met Sheol and the moment she went all Edgar Alan Poetricia, I counted the syllables of her first line and went "Yep, that's a haiku." Then yada, yada, yada. Stayed friends with all the routes, made Isobel lesbian because of..."vibes". Kind of a big skip. And I realize now that I've been rambling. I did feel some sort of relatability when it came to our sis, Astrid though. Uh, anyway... Moving on.
Theories, or more so just one theory.
I haven't played any other games from Tymedust yet so I may be beating a dead horse but... I'm immediately guessing The Will behind the Hall of Deities door is just... us? The player? It feels like the most right thing to me. Especially with the name literally being "The Will" like what we're doing with Isobel, but I digress. I'll just make a few more notes.
Very convenient timing for me with this game. I've been getting really into writing as of late and a plot I was considering was an imperfect god sending a mortal down to the hell to talk to the Devil or like do some sort of mission and in the process turn against the aforementioned god. Si when I saw this game, it was like Remm teleported in front of me, handed me the game, and was like "Hey ;)" then teleported away. And speaking of Remm. Typedust, you've awaken a new type in me.
5'4, mood swing prone, girls.
That is all. Thank you for the experience. Will definitely keep following along the journey.
Edit: Forgot to say, Isobel reminded me of Marina Domek from Fear and Hunger Termina. Don't know if this was intentional but their stories, personalities, and design are really similar to me.
Also, Indalecio Route is a must.
That is all: Part 2.