Your reply sparks joy to the point I read it multiple times!
I really appreciate that you played it and enjoyed it! it means a lot to me when a professional like you likes my game. I say that because I
Played VERISMO but didn't make an official reply yet ( I will once I have free time). I had to finish the pizza quest very fast before I get busy with other things, so I tend to focus on mechanics and art and missed out on the most common important thing like typos and dialogue speed (cries). The reason I accounted for a lot of things one of them, if you put go right sign the player might not do it and turn back and that would repeat unwanted events.
about the art, I think you might've noticed how the maps looked dull and every corner has yellow sign( I gave up LOL) in the beginning and it got parallaxes in game end maps (that's where I understood how it works xD )
As a thanks for trying the pizza quest.
I would be happy to add any character from your sprites ( of your choice ) as an NPC and make them say whatever you desire.