Very interesting entry! The characters are fascinating and distinct, and I liked the unreliable narrator. The one moment I was convinced he is an AI, like the other characters, but then there's something in the text like 'my left eye is twitching' and I'm not so sure anymore. A fun experiment with some literary quality to it! I appreciate the avant-garde language, but I do feel it's a bit aggressive in how sparsely associative it is. The misogynistic responses of the narractor are interesting too, and made me quite uncomfortable.
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Thanks for the feedback! I really appreciate your honesty. Looking back, I realize I leaned too hard into some negative tropes without intending to—it definitely wasn't my goal to be misogynistic, but the execution missed the mark. I also take your point on the 'sparsely associative' style being a bit too aggressive. Your review is super helpful for me to refine the experience. Thanks for playing!
Hi! I'm glad you appreciate the feedback! But just to clarify: I'm not saying you're misogynistic, just that the protagonist was at times, which I don't think is necessarily problematic in any way. It is about dating after all, I saw it as a valuable commentary. And while I'm at it, haha: I thought your writing style is really fascinating and effective, to push the player into confusion and pull them out of it later one. I can totally imagine that's a hard balance to strike.