Normally I don't enjoy too much story based stuff. Words in video games hurt my sleepy brain. But I really think you nailed that aspect and made it worth experiencing. The dialog was really good, and the characters had dimensions. There was a hint at a world that I want to understand better. I got goosebumps from the later turns and I loved the introduction of characters that I thought I knew.
It's definitely a more mature, serious take than other entries, but is it Harold? Yes, I think it is.
I haven't even mentioned the custom facesets and other custom art. I mean holy moly, the emotion that you can convey with your facesets is head and shoulders above the slightly different mouths I can make with the default. And Harold is just. . . he's just. . .really pretty. I'm really interested in the relationship between Harold and his "master" and I gotta meet that final arcane mage.
Just a glimpse of a game you want to see occur, so make it!! I will play it.
OK, so maybe it was a little too long for the jam, and the battles were basically an afterthought. But I thought it was a very solid entry. So glad you submitted one!