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WOAGHHHH uhh uhh THANK UYO for replying and actually understanding my ramblings. I didn't get a notification. Sorry that I only saw this now. BUT I am thrilled, looking forward to seeing chapter three! Uwaghahh, thank you for your amiable words!!! 

For the past few days, I've been trying to form, build upon, and read theories from this itch page. If you're interested, you can check my replies to Me chan's comment with a single scroll!

I'm glad to see that there are 2 videos of it each on YouTube and TikTok!! Baby steps!

Anyhow, I've been having a blast reading the game files [lmaooo nonoarea.png]. I spilt snippets of it though, under my replies to Me Chan, if you'd like me to stop for the sake of privacy, or if you're not comfortable with us data mining, I'll be more than willing to take them down!

First off, no need to apologize for the lack of fan content!! We, the fans, should worry about that!!! I'm sure more will pop up over time. 


If a person can clearly define a character the way you intended, that's how you know you wrote and executed your character well. You've been doing a great job after another; it's actually kind of crazy how this game is free. Thank you again for blessing us! Although I'm worried that you may overwork yourself in the future, please be sure to enjoy yourself too!


Also, I finally fully decoded those three ciphers in the intro of the game. Last time, it errored out because I stupidly fat-fingered the backspace when I was typing the first cipher in, so in full:  

The lock hums my name in the dark. I swallow the hours like rust. Somewhere, a door dreams of opening.

I have a feeling that the lock part is actually "clock", it may have been another fat-fingering mistake of mine, since in the .ogg files, there was a weird c-lock.ogg file that, when played, sounded like a man humming. (I think you mentioned this in the 0.3 devlog). There's no known "lock" in the room so far, so it was kinda suspicious. There's more to this, but I don't wanna waste your time reading!


Uwaghhhh, this "scrutinizing" approach I've been doing has been giving so much reach takes, but I guess it's what makes theory crafting fun. Please don't laugh if you actually read through some of my mini theories. What I fully stand on, however, is that Myrddin is about to break a lot of hearts [ahem ahem vocaloidsarecool] with whatever plan he's cooking up. I am NOT trusting that guy, but I WILL give him a 20% coupon from my local therapist. Also, idk, I feel like The Outers aren't really the player's allies either, like both of them are kind of using the player for their own interests. 


As for not trusting the false messiah, it's still a little cloudy for me, but I have a feeling that it has something to do with the etymology of Myrddin's name... That, or we're about to deal with the bible.


One last thing, I may have discovered gold in your game files. To prevent any other players from getting spoiled, a hint I can give is that: Gold for me is more hidden info of a character, and hooooly crap did I find a lot of it. 


I think you were going to use those uhhh "lines" for a new update, so I'm sorry if you didn't want us to see that.


Your love for the game is clear through your devlogs. Thank you for thinking about the players, even going so far as to reply to most comments and coding little treats in the game for certain players. Have a wonderful week as well.

Warm regards,

Player

(Please... I hope you don't get a stroke trying to read this, and I hope I'm not violating any Itch etiquette lol)

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No worries at all!

I did read it already, but unfortunately, I have to restrain myself from joining the discussion and simply observe from outside the café while the rain falls...

Not at all! It's genuinely a great compliment that you would go out of your way to do that. 

I will mention this once to avoid any possible misunderstanding. I kindly ask that the game not be published anywhere else, especially not behind a paywall!

This is not directed at you specifically, of course! I simply think it is something worth stating clearly when it comes to accessing the game’s files

That is truly honoring to hear! And yes, I do plan to keep this version of the game completely free. 

I would not entirely close the door on possibly creating an overhauled version in the future, one where I would have more resources to fully explore everything I would like to include, if the main game gathers enough interest after it's finished

Thank you for worrying! While I won't deny that the process can be straining at times, comments like yours make much of that feel worthwhile. Before being a developer, I consider myself more of a writer, so seeing this much engagement with the story is genuinely meaningful to me.

Oh, I would never laugh.

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Okay... perhaps “never” is too definitive, but so far I have read all of them with nothing but interest and anticipation!

Hmm... we will see whether that viewpoint about Myrddin and the Outers/the Presence, changes with the next update, or only grows stronger...

I will assume it is what I am thinking of (and please ignore the spelling and grammar, lol.)

Admittedly, I didn't expect anyone to try reading the files at this point, which is why some things are still a bit... unclean (anyone with coding knowledge would probably have a massive facepalm moment, haha) But no harm was done! If anything, it's good if it made you more curious. 

Since it is still early work, though, I would ask that you please only speak about it vaguely. Mostly because it is material that will still be refined and overhauled. Thank you!

I will say I am very glad I didn’t put my “Chapter Three” notes in there... Wouldn’t want to accidentally destroy the fun and theorizing, haha.

I'd hate to overpromise and then fail to deliver, but I  do think Chapter III is going to be quite a ride. An interesting one, for sure.

On another note... sometimes I wonder if there is someone out there putting “your mom” into the name section, only to be surprised with, well, an actual response, haha.

Thank you for your time, your enjoyment, and the high regard you have for the game!

Have a wonderful weekend!