I keep forgetting to comment here because I've been busy, but I did play your game on launch day! I really enjoyed the little demo you put out. It was so nice to finally see your characters in their original world. The worldbuilding is amazing and it feels like something that should be adapted into a movie. I'm a huge sucker for stories like these.
I think someone said most of the critiques I had, so I won't repeat them. I do have one thing I'd like to point out that bothered me a little bit. I felt like Chris, as a protagonist, was really passive. Maybe it's because I'm more used to visual novels where you have agency in the events of the story, but seeing Chris just take the whole situation around him as mildly inconvenient baffled me. If I was in there, I would be freaking out and shaking James as I demanded he explain what was going on haha. Anyway, feel free to ignore this part of the comment if it's essential to Chris's character to be passive.
My favorite part of the visual novel was seeing Jack. He's always low-key been my favorite of the cast because I like emotionally-constipated characters. After playing the demo, I went to your toyhouse and read everyone's bios because I wanted to know more about the characters that didn't show up. It made me realize that everyone here is very young omg. I need to speak to Maestro right now because forcing all these teens to play in your orchestra definitely goes against child labor laws🤔Also, I'm really excited to meet Kade! I've always been interested in learning more about them because I like their style. Ahhh I think I'm just excited about your game in general, I can already tell the final product will be a banger!