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Satinel14 days ago(+1)

I played through it twice, once picking the choices I felt were best, and once picking the opposite of what I felt was best. In one version I got the Last Online ending, in the other the Disconnected ending.

Very interesting, and heavy, concept for a short game. It leaves a lot of unanswered questions in a good way.

On the other hand, since it's short (being a jam game and all) there isn't much time for emotional impacts to build.

The music and visuals chosen fit the atmosphere well! The highlight is certainly recreating direct messages on the monitor like a real conversation would go even though it's with an evil ghost, maybe.

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Teharra Rose13 days ago(+1)

Thank you for playing through it and finding both endings! It's too bad you couldn't feel the emotional impacts but we are glad you liked the game! How would you have built the emotional punches better? I'm always looking for advice as I love to write games that are emotionally impactful.  Thank you again for playing!  :D

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Satinel13 days ago

Sorry, I didn't mean to imply I felt no emotion! I meant that there isn't much time for it to build up in a short narrative work, compared to something which would take longer than a jam period to write. :)

With more time and a longer story, we could get to know Eli before his untimely passing, so rather than entering into a story where the MC is already grieving, we'd be grieving alongside them. It was easier for me to make the 'safe' choices that the MC didn't want to, because I didn't share that attachment to Eli as a friend. It could also allow for some misdirection, like considering other possibilities of how Eli could be sending messages before the truth is alluded to.

As it is, the writing is good! Fitting what you did into the time frame is definitely impressive.

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Teharra Rose13 days ago(+1)

Ah I understand now! And yes, it's probably true. I know I felt the emotion but it's based on past events of my life so I never took that into consideration.  It might make a good squeal or prequal idea!! I love that idea..... a series of Eli games.... hmmm now I may have to brainstorm but this gives me a lot of ideas. Thank you for your comments and insight. I really appreciate it! I really am glad you enjoyed the story where it was for the jam. :D 

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