Interesting concept for a story and interpretation of the theme. The sudden theme change of some elements such as feeding and cooking can feel out of place but considering how polished the rest of the graphics are for a Jam I can definitely let that slide. Congrats on making an interesting visual novel, short and sweet!
Thank you for playing!!! We cooked up lots of ideas for a story during Campfire for the them 'Beneath the Surface' and eventually settled on Maria's and Canary's story. Visual Novels tend to have a lot of artwork to do </3 so it was hard to get all the scenes and assets we wanted done in the time we had. We did the best we could to make the game enjoyable and we're glad you found it interesting!