omg thank you so much for such a detailed comment!!
i gotta watch nope at some point, everything i've heard about it makes it sound right up my alley haha. i agree 100% with your description of weddings and funerals; they're really big events, and they can definitely feel super important, but they can also feel odd, or painfully normal, or just like you're not feeling what you "should" feel. it's definitely something i wanted to touch on with this game; sometimes things happen and maybe they have a deeper meaning or not, but unless you find one, it's impossible to tell.
i'm glad you liked the art! the rougher sketching was kind of a departure of my usual style (seabound nonwithstanding), and i'm honestly really happy with the result :> i did have to navigate through wanting to fix every single pixel that looked slightly off haha.
please do go deep and existential when reviewing, that's what we're here for! :D to me, grief is one of the most complex and hauntingly expansive feelings that can be explored in art. everyone goes through it differently, and everyone, if they choose to show it in art, displays it differently. and it's daunting to look back and realize just how much everything is built upon people who are gone, from our lives, to our art, to all the knowledge we have. and sometimes it can feel like your actions or thoughts or feelings are doing them a disservice. but we have to keep going, always. that's what they'd want for everyone.
thank you for playing, and thank you for taking the time to write this comment. it's always a pleasure to get a piece of your thoughts <3