I've replied on twitter but couldn't really squeeze in all my thoughts bc of the character limit, so here I am! Thank you so much for your encouraging comment T_T !!!!! It really means so much because we admire and enjoyed playing through The Silent Kingdom, and you're one of the devs in the otome sphere we really respect.
Actually, playing through your work and seeing how high quality everything was from the art to the expansive maps really gave me a second wind of inspiration to double down and improve the quality of Stand By Me's assets as well, so in a way, it's also thanks to you that we're where we are at! I could definitely see the countless hours and love behind your game (especially the little animations of the NPCs and main character sprites like girl you are doing the most @@; I still remember seeing the cute little maids sweeping and being like omg how much time did this even take???)
I'm glad that you are excited to play our game and we'll truly work hard to show you guys the best version that we can plausibly create!! It makes me really happy that you like my art C: as a typical artist sometimes I wonder if what I'm putting out in the world is worth looking at and like to nitpick at myself so it is so heartening to see kind comments like yours, especially since your art is so nice :'D Thank you once again and we'll keep the monthly updates going.....!!!! GOOD LUCK as well for your development! I'm so excited to play the next chapter and visit a new kingdom!!