What a gorgeous game. I saw a short BigGaming64 made about it and knew I wanted to play it for myself, and I'm so glad I did.
Themes of authors agonizing about their relationship with and responsibility to their creations rarely resonate with me; I think it often comes across as self-aggrandizing. Not here. I genuinely felt for everyone involved, including Othilie. Ivan, though - even in a black and white looping clip, he just about jumped off the screen. Because of course he did - he was her best character.
And that's just the writing! I could go on about the art! The music! The atmosphere! There were one or two typos/mistranslations, but given Othilie has lost her mind I think they're forgivable.
I will have awful dreams because of this, excellent experience, highly recommend.