i downloaded this mid-january and didn't remember much about it before playing it a couple days ago in february.
i had gone into it expecting a fairy-tale romance and was startled at the dark turn the story took... not in a bad way!! i think it might say a lot about how i was expecting a man to sweep amaia off her feet. how i was expecting horacio to finally see what azaiah was. how i was looking forward to seeing how caleb's part in amaia's life would change. how, at first, i never thought to look at amaia's feelings.
i think happho also made me realize some things too!! 🥲
the ending caught me tearing up because while i thought amaia would continue happho's legacy verbatim, it was really a show of HER growth and HER true self (and not horacio or azaiah or caleb's influence). which, like i said, is something i didn't consider when starting this game.
AND WHEN AMAIA HEARD SIR VASSERELLI'S DAUGHTER'S WISH OHHH MY HEART!!!! the way it was presented was BEAUTIFUL!!
i feel really silly because i don't consider myself good at "getting" the bigger meanings in works of fiction so i hope i'm not making a fool of myself! 😭 this was a great experience and i loved it. 🩷
(also reading your dev log was a lot of fun (you're really funny) and i'm excited to play your other games!)