I've been getting more interested in hypnosis lately, and I really really liked this. I definitely felt hypnotised & experienced amplified sensations. Really loved the bizarre plot; absolutely fantastic worldbuilding. I somewhat wish it was possible to progress without using the mouse to click but rather pressing space or something, and that there was a bit more warning that the ending was coming up so I could stay in the space for a bit longer. The strange internal monologue of the shapeshifter was really cool too. Incredible work thank you.

so my experience of anything hypnosis related is that, well, i have no real desire to be hypnotized (i never would want to relinquish control of my body), and so if anything the presence of hypnosis makes me less likely to want to engage in-depth with a game.

and this is interesting here, because i actually really like the idea of a game that suggests you to complete specific physical interactions with your real body as part of the gameplay. i think that novel modes of interaction are always really awesome to see, and i think i would have done at least a couple of them... if the game wasn't marked as a hypnosis experience. when it is marked as hypnosis, i have absolutely no interest in completing any of the instructions within.

now i can see why, you know, for safety, it might not be a good idea to have a game that is hypnotic in some way without explicitly telling the player that it is. like, if this game was exactly the same except without any mention of hypnosis, i personally probably would have gotten more out of it, but perhaps it would be dangerous in some way that i'm not really aware of due to not being a hypnosis person.

but i do wonder. like, i feel like you could present a "non-hypnosis" mode that removes any attempt to instill triggers or whatever, but still keeps the instructions for rubbing your hip and so forth, and lets the player simply decide to follow each instruction or not as they come up. i think such a mode would be a lot more interactive for those of us who don't care to be hypnotized.

i do think no matter what, there is no way this game could possibly get me to moan or to masturbate. i just have absolutely no desire to do these things as part of reading it, and if i did let myself into the hypnosis more i simply don't think i would have done them anyway.

similarly, for me the instructions/story will say something like "do xyz" and then i push the "yes" button as that's the only button available but i'm saying "no" out loud while doing it.

anyway, that's my mandatory rant about hypnosis. these are the thoughts that occupied my mind for probably 95% of the game so they are the main thing i have to say. it is just kind of what happens when i play a hypnosis game--i still don't really have a great understanding of how hypnosis is supposed to, like, work, so all i can think about when playing is the topic of hypnosis.

as far as the writing itself goes, i do think i was pretty confused at times. the first hop especially was confusing, as i wasn't sure if the previous alien character was supposed to be me, or just a character that i had already hopped into at some point. so then i was confused about how "i" could keep doing stuff if my consciousness was suddenly in another body. i think, though, that the character that is me is actually supposed to just be real-life me, and the first character we're inside is a hop of some sort.

this might be a me problem but i think the word "fapping" completely broke my suspension of disbelief temporarily.

i think some sort of way to review the mission statement (and possibly other information) during the game would have been helpful. i was kind of surprised at the point that game ended as i thought the scene with the three prisoners was just an interstitial before we got to whatever it was that we were trying to do inside Annalisa Vth; i didn't remember the exact mission statement.

the scene with the boot shining was very cool, i definitely enjoyed it a lot. after reading some other comments it sounds like it might be a specific thing/kink? if it was kinky i must have missed that; i was reading it from annalisa's perspective and she didn't seem very turned on, mostly just amused, so that's what i was. (i do think this is evidence that reading from a different perspective impacts your feelings as a reader pretty significantly, even if you aren't otherwise following the instructions. so, maybe i got a little bit of the hypnosis flavor after all).

i think my favorite scene was when we jump into the shapeshifter. having completely different styles of text and writing definitely adds a lot to the body-hopping feeling.

as others have stated, the text blur is a very cool effect. i could see it legitimately helping with hypnosis in some way, as i definitely felt more of a "sinking" sensation reading the blurry text than not. although, this was kind of a problem with the undo sequence at the end, as the "yes" button or whatever it was was still blurry, which to me felt like it was pulling me back into the hypnosis rather than helping me leave it.

anyway... hope some of that wall of text is helpful in some way. i do really like the concept for the game. integrating our physical selves into gameplay through text alone is very cool, and also very appropriate for a horny game jam--i think the sort of masturbation instructions are pretty neat, even though i would not be turned on enough to make use of them. the sheer amount of writing here is also impressive. good job!

Very interesting style of writing, switching first-person perspectives like this is quite uncommon to see! It's got a good mix of inner state exploration and sexy descriptions of the outer world. I like the emphasis that the blurred text adds. Things can get confusing sometimes with the point of view switches and having the reader as a non-embodied extra character that can also be addressed, but it adds to the sort of narrative and mood you're trying to craft.

This is one of the first games I played in the jam (hypnosis! my beloved!) but I knew I wanted to wait to rate it until I could do another run alone, where I could properly concentrate on the hypnosis sequences included.
Definitely worth coming back to! I’m not affected by written trance usually, but the second trigger worked a charm; this is one of the few entries that’s truly got me heated under the collar. The trigger warnings and undo sequence being easily accessible is absolutely part of that; good hypnosis runs on trust, and this lays its cards bare in the best way.

As somebody not into sci-fi the ‘technical’ language of the mission target statement had me a little apprehensive, but the first couple of scenes/swaps quickly gained me back. The tactile, eroticism laden text drags you into the world and its rules wonderfully, and I love how the personalities of each person you hop into influence how you experience it. The bootblacking scene was an absolute joy to read - that’s a kink I wish I could body hop to experience the mental state about, and I got to go on quite the delighted ramble about it as a result of it coming up - and the shapeshifter’s headspace was an absolute joy to experience too.

Definitely was surprised on a re-play that the route is so linear; I was expecting more branching endings, especially with the warning to not jump too quickly. I kind of wish there was the option to turn off the blurred text as well; I adore it as an aesthetic choice, but it does add a little bit of friction when encouraging the trance headspace.

These are minor comments really; this is one of my favorite narrative entries in the jam. Definitely hope to see more from you!

Unfortunately I don't really take to hypnosis so most of those interludes were kind of lost on me. But the concept of hopping, and the way the story was structured around the player having an actual objective was very cool. I think it's something I would love to see further gamified, where the player can plot out routes, find hints, and work their way towards the target on their own.

As a leather freak, I do very much appreciate the inclusion of the bootblacking scene.

Really interesting game! I think the concept and incorporation of hypno into body hopping was really ingenious, and the use of Twine and the writing style worked really well. It was a very well realised game. I'm akways impressed when people are able to manipulate Twine's default format into something really interesting, and the use fo blurred text here was very specific and well done. 

Unfortunately, I'm not the target audience for this, the idea of hypnotizing the reader themselves is cool, but I need a sort of separation or I can't get into something, so I had to ignore that part. I did complete the full run of the story, just without following the instructions, I don't think I could even focus hard enough for it to work even if I tried. Definitely skipped a core part of the experience though.

Still enjoyed reading, The concept is something I hadn't experienced before, the way it's framed was very interesting. The constant text effects, especially the blur, really added to the atmosphere. Very much enjoyed the scenes that were about the characters and not about me. Especially since I get to see both perspectives instead of just one, that part was fascinating.

Nice writing and erotic scenes and the hypnosis did work a bit even though i was a bit distracted somewhat. fun to swap into characters with different body types and into their povs. The guy using arcane magic and alchemy to shine a shoe was funny

The writing on this is gripping, I think I like everything about it from the gamut of kink scenes & the varieties of options to engage with them, to the deep tension of being a covert interloper being coaxed into a place where you're not allowed, actively being  (or at least attempted to be) chased out of is... precise. Almost like playing operation? It's a story that works exclusively in delicate but intentional movements. I also like a game where I get to learn about something (bootblacking i think), that's always fun! I liked that scene a lot, there's a nice tension there too between the expectation, surprise-- and again, the learning-- but in-text as well, like it kind of enhanced the theme of trying to deepen the connection to the host in my experience. Its cool!

I think? this appeals to me? like I kind of feel like the target audience despite some of my resistance to it on occasion. Immersive might be a good word though it feels kind of... not strong enough or maybe a little trite, haha. Sorry if this is a weird comment, I'm trying to articulate that I'm moved in a way. I'll probably be mulling it over for a while!

I liked the writing.
And I can see the effort you put in the structure of the narrative.
Also the carefull atention to detail with the changes between internal monologue, instructions and world perseption. 

I'm not into hypnosis yet I can see the effort you put. 
So much so that even I got something out of the experience, so it is good even without the trance.

Hey there, another text game enjoyer :) DIdn't make one for this jam, but it's always nice to see ppl try their hand at it for NSFW gamess.

Lovely writing, even though hypnosis and possession aren't my thing. I also like what u did with the text blur effects and whatnot.

Hey there! Always appreciate seeing another text game around here!

I love all the detailed and styled writing that meshes well with the horniness and possession kink, well done!