I AM SO HAPPY I FINALLY GOT AROUND TO PLAYING THIS!!!!
the main menu track slaps and THE INTRO IS SO GOOD SO UNIQUE FOR RENPY ESPECIALLY!! THIS HAD ME SEATED FROM THE WORD GO. The artwork also worked so hard here, it is a delightful aesthetic and color palette and the slightly off-kilter proportions and stylizations give this a crap ton of character. Dodie feels like she could be from strange french cartoons from my childhood in the best way possible
The shitty apartment shower and curtain mold sufferingvibe is incredibly accurate; the delirous late night cleaning focus that's disproportionaltely eroding your body. the feeling a bit shitty about it but it not being a worldending catastrophe, just a notch in a life that's a little dogshit sometimes.
AND OF COURSE;; VERA IS ADORABLE!!! the script and character interactions precious and delightful. The use of emoticons and how Dodie and Vera chat amongst each other and warm up each other's language is deeply seeped with affection and care. SNAILSHELL manages to capture a type of mundane down-to-earth display of mutual care in such accurate and striking detail and efficacy that it just makes me feel a little warm inside and that the ways I and my friends care for each other when things are just a little more shit than usual are nothing more than the sweet morsels they need to be. Thank you for making this!! Absolute delight hehehe