Hi i love your game and i have to share my thoughts! The artstyle is addictive i absolutely adore it. Atmosphere feels realistic, although i would add these things: the ability to choose which necklace to wear. The ability to either trust/stay attached to Miles or distance yourself from him/dislike him because of what hes doing. Currently, the MC doesnt feel like me/my choice (which is ok since this is a demo and i loved it anyway) and id love to "fix" that instead of feeling disgusted by miles but still having to apparently love him and need him, to be able to reject him (even if he is an excellent character, dont get me wrong!!) - the vibe of this demo got me super excited about the future so i hope it does very well so we can see it fully released some time in the future! <3
Hello! That's actually such great feedback and I feel I need to answer this in detail, so the necklace thing is something I have planned to happen organically, right now you have both since you're in "good terms" with both guys, but depending on which future route you'll choose, the MC will take off the one of the guy she currently hates....also the ability to stay or leave Miles is something you will have available to do also in future routes, I have 4 big routes planned, 2 for each guy, so if you prefer Adrien, you will 100% be able to set your boundaries with Miles and try to stay away (I'll say try cuz he's obsessed with you after all so you won't be able to just "get rid of him" completely, but you'll definitely be able to choose to hate him).......the MC doesn't feel like you because it is not really meant to be a self insert if you get what I mean, that's why she has pronouns and an appearance, you just live the story through her eyes....but I do understand that you see the story evolving kinda out of your control, and this is because there is no routes yet in the demo at all! Once you have the routes you'll have a few choices that will impact plot, but I must say it will not be a game with tons of choices, you'll have the option to choose routes and a few minor choices here and there, but you won't be choosing and picking stuff all the time......also the "feeling disgusted by Miles but love and need him" thing is just something I really had to do to set the mood, and make their relationship very clear for the players from the very beginning, once it's settled, as I said before, you'll be able to stay with him, or get away and go with Adrien instead!...thank you a lot for your criticism and I'll take everything very seriously! I really appreciate your time to comment and hope you enjoyed your time playing it despite everything!
I totally understand dw! Im so happy about your confirmation regarding routes and necklace thingy, made me so excited to see more!! About the mc, i was thinking to myself you were probably going for that "looking thru her eyes" kinda thing which is not bad, its actually pretty original compared to some other yandere games i have played! I was just a bittt confused because the "you" aspect and picking your name etc was throwing me off if its supposed to be someone else if yknow what i mean. All in all its refreshing to see that Miles is very attractive, but you kept his "ugly" side. I think alot of people would want to soften/dramatically worsen it but your description was totally natural-flowing if it makes sense. Like despite me being different than MC, i could understand her because Miles did help her so she would feel like she ows him etcetc. (Dont worry about the choices thing, i love when theres few but impactful ones) I enjoyed it very much and loved every second of playing, hence why this is probably my first or second comment in my entire itch.io career haha! I wish you alot of luck, cant wait to see where this goes <33 (ALSO thank you for not taking it negatively, i love your work and would hate if i hurt you in any way, small or otherwise. Keep up the amazing work!!)
Oh it's fine, really! I would never take personally something I can clearly see was not said with bad or hurtful intentions, in fact, this is actually the kind of feedback I desperately need! As a solo dev this being my first project means I have a lot of room for improvement, and there's no one better to teach me how to do it than the players themselves!... quick thing about the MC thing, I guess I was going for something similar to Homicipher, idk if you know that game, but it's also a visual novel with an established MC but the fact that you can name her makes it immersive without dismissing her character, I want a VN that has a main character, but that you can experience without breaking immersion which I have found is very hard to achieve cuz some people will love having an established MC and others will hate not being able to customize it, but hey, I must just accept that I can't meet everyone's expectations and tastes so I just did what I felt the best hehe ...also thank you for all your kind words and big compliments! They are extremely encouraging for me and gives me much more motivation when I see stuff that can be improved! I'll definitely keep in mind everything you've said, thank you!
Ofc, i love your attitude and im glad about your stance! Its true you cant cater to everyone & i now understand exactly what youre going for with the mc so thank you, no problem and if you ever need someone to test your game or give you an honest opinion im your woman! Have a beautiful rest of your day :3