First thing I wanna say is y'all cooked with this one.
I love the sprite arts looking like anime style but all expressions still staying close to source materials, the OSTs are well picked and really capture the vibe of NGN although most of them are not from the same artists, that's some real dedication for finding the ones that fit in the game. I enjoy most of the CGs, some may need more polishing but they're all great overall.
As the story now takes place in a more modern world unlike in the original, Noelle's struggles here is as relatable as ever, Yule and Ivy get to nag and bully poor Noelle more, master Joutilainen is even chubbier now (bro looks like he's straight out of a Miyazaki Hayao anime), Noelle's mom, Ivy's mom and dad don't make a direct appearance but tbh don't care about them that much lol.
If anything I guess this fangame only missed out on an opportunity to create and show a fan version of Yule's imp appearance. Since the game does mention that phones exist, cameras and recorders must be too, imagine Holly happened to have a reporter taking pictures or even recording her sealing Yule's imp body away and smashing it on camera, they saved the pictures, footages for educational use or documentary in Frostbite Academy, which would be something she and her family bragged about for generations, Yule would definitely want to destroy any evidence capturing his biggest L in life. Now that I think about this, there's no mention of why Yule was sealed away, master Joutilainen also did not give context like in the original that imps are only sealed for having done something bad, and they can be unsealed if they repent, so it's lacking in this aspect of the lore compared to the original. There's also no Ivy's route, not like that's bad but like come on we all know she's egocentric and kind of a spoiled brat, but I'd wish she had more to say in Graduated end, like Noelle would also come forward to her at some point to say how she's been feeling about her this whole time like she does with Yule, not as an attempt to fix anything or cut Ivy off after graduation, but both would start acknowledging their problems more and leave that to the future to fix at some point. Anyhow since this fangame focuses more on the teacher-student relationship (and it being a Yuelle fangame ofc), it has done a good job on that.
To sum it up, I had a good time playing and wish more people, TCOAAL/NGN fan or not, would give it a try and have fun! Y'all deserve the world for this.