Notes from gameplay:
- Splash screen is subtle but already doing narrative work. Looks like it's about Māori or Polynesian culture?
- The handwritten font and choice of lowercase makes me feel like this might be a cozy story
- Love the text outline and shadow on the title
- Music is restrained and emotional
- Character art is beautiful!!!
- Love the different facial expressions
- I like that you toss us right into the action and we can figure out the story through context
- Ahh, they are cousins. Thought they might be sisters at first
- Some lovely lines of writing in the descriptions of emotion/action.
- Lol @ Aira's line after Piri rambles about his kid, nice little punch of humor
- Well done creating different "voices" for each character. Kiri in particular stands out
- The mayor's building music is great, it feels "formal"
- What an interesting world this is. The gradual trickle of information creates an intriguing mystery. Why are they isolated from everyone else???
- OMG, that is NOT what I imagined the wise woman would be
- The resource need behind waking her up is a great comment on things like tech and AI being resource hogs
- "forces seeking endless growth" :( Yeah :(
- Very interesting take on venerating ancestors, by letting them live on through the wise woman
- The scarcity is a crucial aspect of wisdom line is stellar!
- Hmm, very interesting overall message. You bring up some excellent points about how the internet fuels animosity but is isolation truly the answer? A few more scenes around town could be a good way to really sell the community as the right answer.
Wonderful story game! The art is beautiful, the writing is snappy, and the sound is great. Awesome job!