Hey Carrot!! I finally managed to get to playing this game!!!
Life has been busy so I haven't been able to be much on my socials, so what was my surprise when I saw, around three weeks ago, that you released a game, but also a VAMPIRE AU??? Cowboys, vampires, DnD, it's always very neat to see these characters we've learnt to love in new circumstances!!
I have to say that I REALLY saw myself in Iggy in this one for some reason. Obviously, not a 100% match (for example, I'm rather extroverted lol), but the "act normal" when people see you (because, well, I tend to be very obviously joyful, in a way that my mother, when I was like 10, had to explicitly tell me I shouldn't dance on my way to school lest a malevolent classmate bully me) was very me core; similarly for the whole tangent about Final Fantasy loool, literally me with Racine's Phaedra. But beyond this connection, I found Iggy very wholesome and amusing, especially with the dissonance between his perception of Genzou's actions (more lewd-adjacent) and the reality (vampire shenanigans). Genzou was also very great in this game! First of all, I really adored how you altered his design to make him look like a vampire. I really LOVED your approach to fangs!! But also, he was SO CHARMING in this game?? Like dang, "My Vampire Boyfriend Smokes Love Arrows" at this point, because he shot and DIDN'T MISS MY HEART!!!! I also adored the scene with Berek, he was so wholesome, and such a good friend to Iggy. And somehow, seeing him in his element, WORK, was very fun loooool; Orlam, on the other hand, was a darker character. Genzou literally acting like a puppy and him being like "GET A GRIP" was amusing, but overall, he sounds like a grimmer, more darker addition to the story... although, who knows with you, things always get in an unexpected way!
Also, for the usual praise: the writing was excellent, both amusing, surprisingly sensual in some parts?? (which was new for me to see in your writing, and yet, you did it wonderfully), but also, the meeting of Iggy and Genzou was particularly amazing: the scene felt very tense, and it was a genuine horrific scene before efficiently shifting to humour. So yeah, I loved the writing! The art was amazing, the sprites expressive, I did love the addition to them (like the table for the meal, or Genzou sitting loool), but dang, you WENT HARD with the CGs, the colours in them are gorgeous and set such a romantic mood (romance which, by the way, was extremely well-written!). And of course, that is no secret that you're a master of animations, and once more, very funny to look at, very amusing and also very immersive! For the music tracks, once again, impecable taste, and all the tracks felt very appropriate for the scenes; and I somehow feel like you went the extra-mile with it?? Like, I don't know how to put it into words, but I guess it felt bolder, and it worked wonderfully??
I had a lot of fun with this game, Carrot, and I hope to see more self-indulgent project from you (whatever they may be: comics, games, fics, illustrations, sketches) because you genuinely never miss, you're one of the best creators I've ever encountered, and I'm counting all the dead guys of the past saying this!!