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I love this game. I played it three times already ! First, I want to say that the music is great and well-used, I love the remixes of the original game ! It really contributes to creating an immersive experience, even more when you cut it at some particular times. With your fantastic writing (I love the scenes where you describe sans and our character laughing) and the cute art, I was totally immersed in the story. I was also impressed with your use of Ren'Py !

spoiler !!!!

I wanted to try everything, so I played the "true LOVE ending" (even if I didn't do the genocide run in the original game), and it was bad for my heart haha ! Seeing Sans so sad, remembering that we were soulmates... Or when we kiss him and then kill him... the "player... why ?"... I was heartbroken. I feel like the saddest moment was when we came back after being dunked, and sans say that we shouldn't say to the others Sans what we have done because they really love us... I can't stop thinking about that. It's like he's giving up (of course), but cannot stop hoping at the same time that in another timeline he will be happy with us ? I don't know, I think it was one of the hardest parts to read :(

One of the other things that I love about your game is that you can "headcanon" it. It's possible that Frisk/the player will reset, and our character and sans will be separated, but brought together after the good ending, on the surface ? Or you can imagine them coming back during a genocide run... What an idea haha ! I was also wondering if Sans kept mementos of our character, of their time together, like a picture. And then during a true LOVE walkthrough he sees it and he is even more heartbroken... (Yeah, I love to make me sad. :'( ) One last thing I was thinking about is the beginning of act 2. Why are we injured ? Is it because we are "heartbroken" ? (I think it was what Flowey said ?) Or because we fall on the knife ?

To end this review, I want to thank you for sharing your beautiful work with us, because it really helped me when I was feeling down, and it's now one of my favorite visual novel. <3 I hope you're proud of your game because you deserve it, haha ! (and sorry for my bad english :p)

DerpyChoCho3 years ago(+1)

Thank you so much for playing the visual novel! :) And thank you so much for writing a comment! I'm happy you were totally immersed in the story!

!! SPOILERS

That scene was hard for me to write, too. I think I made myself sad during a lot of the scenes I wrote for True LOVE. But I'm glad that the emotions reached you!

And yes, I left it vague enough for people to headcanon what happens afterward. :) There's a chance for Frisk to come back and reset. There's also the player that can reset. Maybe the player will find Sans on the surface. Maybe they'll go back to the Underground to find him. We may leave the world when we close out of the visual novel... but the story doesn't have to end there. I wanted each of us to bring a piece of it back to reality (if we want to) with our own idea of how the love story continues. :)

In regards to why we're injured during the second run, yes it's because we're "heartbroken." At the restaurant, our SOUL connects with Sans... but he walks away. And the pain of that is what drops our HP.

Thank you again for playing! It means so much to know this is one of your favorite visual novels. (And don't apologize, your English was good! :D)

So3 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

!!! Spoilers !!!

Well, you did a really great job ! I think that because our character is so... "numb" in the true LOVE run, we can feel even more the despair of sans. As an empath person, I needed to take breaks reading just to digest Sans's feelings haha.

I'm surprised we didn't fall into despair in the restaurant at the end of the second act, haha. When our character can't look at Sans because they fear that he is looking at us with pity or disdain... ah I felt that ! And the disconnect with the other people in the restaurant when Sans is gone and the sounds come back... Yeah, that scene was really well-made.

I realize I didn't speak about the true love ending. Well, it's because it was perfect. Soft, tender but with a bit of angst ! I loved every intimate scene, especially the telescope one : sans was so warm in it, and it's even better because it's in the first act haha. But each part was really touching ! And I loved the bonding time with Toriel, Papyrus, Undyne and Alphys. Seeing how they start caring about us between funny moments... I think it’s an important part of what makes the game a heart-warming experience for the player. (and even more hurtful in the sad moments :p) And the part after Flowey's reset... when we finally understand what Sans is searching in our soul (and that he's looking at us with hope, not pity) ... well I love every scene where sans is happy soooo.... But the best part is of course the judgement hall ! Full of love, I had to try every choice haha ! And I have to say that the result of a platonic love run was my favorite, like whoa Sans running at us and throwing himself in our arms... It's even better after a true LOVE ending haha (but only if you erase all your data before of course ! =) )

As you read, I have many feelings about this game, and it made me want to play undertale again haha, so thank you for making me come back to the fandom :p

DerpyChoCho3 years ago(+1)

!! SPOILERS

Thank you!! ;n; I strived so much for the player to feel completely numb during the LOVE run. I tried to do that by repeated playthroughs as a requirement. I also changed the way the player described many things. Fore example, the laughter in MTT in particular I made sure to describe negatively during a LOVE run.

I'm glad you were able to feel the disconnect with the atmosphere of the restaurant! When the sounds came back, I wanted it to feel like, even though there were sounds of people around... we still felt alone. I wanted it to feel like our minds were somewhere else.

And I'm glad you liked the True Love ending! I wanted it to be as soft and sweet and filled with so many affectionate emotions. I basically poured all of my emotions onto the page in hopes that those emotions would reach others.

Also, welcome back to the Undertale fandom. :)

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