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Woah, you actually played and recorded them! That’s just so very impressive, I am totally in awe. 🙏 The most I can do is play on my Casio keyboard, so I usually just use VSTs when I’m trying to compose something myself. I’m just an amateur though ha ha.

And wow, you wrote the haikus yourself too! That’s some sheer dedication to one’s art. I’m excited to check them all out when I play the game with some proper time in hand. My Japanese is only at the level of modern literature with some basic familiarity of classical forms, but I’ll be sure to take my time to appreciate them properly!

I’ve never met someone else as such doing gamedev either, so this is a pleasant surprise for me as well! Most of my peers were, well, very muted creatively, and I really felt lost and out of place having no one else to really share my creative passion with. In a country like mine with an enormous patient load, the work environment in the medical field is just soul crushing, it reduces a person to something… not quite human. Thankfully I’m gonna be moving into a branch focused more on research and academia, so maybe I will find my place there, and also find more time to pursue my creative endeavours.

I just saw your ongoing project now on your website, the premise looks very interesting and gives me Rune Factory vibes. Mikos are also one of my favourite character archetypes in Japanese media, really love their traditional red and white outfit, very elegant and graceful. The reveal mechanic could work really well, maybe with her holding a kumiko lantern, could lead to some really cool light effects I imagine. Lots of interesting possibilities to explore.

And sure I’ll be visiting your discord! (I’m guessing the link is on your website.) Would love to observe and learn from your creative process. My best wishes to you folks!