When I said I would love for you to revisit your previous jam games, this isn't really what I meant, but I suppose I'm not complaining either. Quite the opposite in fact, an incredible entry. An entry with completely original components from head to toe to horn, and with a solo dev to boot! It's impressive, just in the sheer work required within a month to make a bunch of soundtracks, sprite variations, backgrounds, a couple of CGs, and of course writing the whole thing.
So much fun to read. Knowit tends to have straightforward writing, which can sometimes be a bit stiff to go through, but is never hard to read. Here the universe and the circumstances the characters find themselves in, keep us busy enough to never worry about dragging on or falling flat. Kali is an endearing and attractive protagonist, who works well with our wolf El. I adore the dynamic between the two, the way it remains consistent, the things about El that never change, and of course that all of them are named after angels. Shout out to his frankly MASSIVE bulge. insane. You cannot be swinging that thing about.
There's some choices I wouldn't have made... but I can't really critique them because that's just it. I wouldn't have made them but I can't fault them either. There's only two CGs, one after Kali enters a despondent fugue lamenting the pointlessness of his life after losing one of his Els (in fact, being forced to put a zombified one from his original post apocalyptic universe, down) and spots one he decides not engage with. The other... is when he reveals he has hypnosis abilities and uses them to placate a passerby who doesn't even have a sprite. Once again the raw amount of og assets used means two CGs alone is impressive, but We know why that was a focused one. I wish there were some sound effects, like the glass shattering mentioned several times, but I get that's hard to do.
I do think the story peters out a bit towards the end. The ending just kinda happens, after Kali drops into, and then recovers from, his understandable depressive episode. I wasn't really expecting a solution, but I did want just a little more of an Ending. Though I'm also a sucker for a good "I love you" and sequence with all the Els is so sweet and endearing. Overall it's still just a really enjoyable and unique piece, with the exciting ideas and world building I've come to enjoy, combined with Knowit's excellent character design tendencies. He continues to get better and better and I'm always looking forward to what's next!