"Everyone loves girls with swords."
I remember seeing this game on the Fluxer, and the art and presentation instantly made me wanna check it out. The story is written extremely beautifully with it's use of diction and the way the author describes stuff is really captivating.
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I really loved the use of the scoreboard(? Unsure of it's exact name) UI, it's a really fun and creative way to get the reader immersed into the actual fencing, and I really really love how it was used during the café scene. Speaking of the fencing, I know it's a small detail, but I do really like the way the screen gets all scratchy to show that Gwen has her mask on, it's another piece of immersion that I really love. The music also really helped with immersion, it felt the right amount of calming and tense when it needed to. The background chatter and noises in the tracks really helped too. The characters were written really well, and I was fully invested in their dynamics. I also really loved the character sprites, they're so charming and I love their expressions so much haha. I also like that during some moments, Gwen's face pops up to show her expression, I thought it was very unique and fun. I do also really like the curtain transitions between scenes, however I will say I do think the last two curtain transitions last a bit too long. One last thing I will mention is that, sometimes it was kind of hard to tell if something was internal or spoken. I would read a dialogue that wouldn't have any characters name on it and assume it was internal only for the next text have a character name on it, continuing the thought. It's not the biggest deal in the world to me, but I thought I should mention it. All and in all, this was an amazing experience to play through, the game definitely hit home on a few aspects for me. Amazing work on this!!!