Hi, I just saw your Let's Play and I'm just so happy to read all this!!
I didn't think anyone outside of my small friend group would be checking it out, let alone comment and making a video, so it was a really lovely surprise! :D
Each volume is going to be focused on a single character, the second one actually being about the brother character Blade, and the following ones being about other characters, from other places in the dream world :D In a way it's meant to introduce newcomers to the series, and to have those already familiar with it learn a bit more about it.
I too have some problems with the drawn backgrounds tbh haha
The only original background is for the sewing workshop which I commissioned from an artist, while all the others are from free-to-use websites, and the same goes for the music :D I will keep in mind to vary it more and also tweak the writing a bit, thank you!
Also since you asked in the video, "YCH" stands for "Your character here" which is a term used by artists to refer to character bases :D The protag is meant to be a self-insert of the player, so they're quite literally a base hahaha
They had a blueish white tone as to keep their race vague as in that they can be anyone :D
I wasn't thinking about continuing this game since I tend to hop from project to project, but this really motivated me to keep going <3 I barely just started the writing on Volume II, but I'm really looking forward to share it once it's done
Who knows, maybe I'll get out of my comfort zone and actually try to draw the backgrounds for once LOL
Again, thank you so much for taking the time to record the game and leave your feedback, it really means a lot to me <:)