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No worries! I'm not always on the ball with my responses cos I get so easily overwhelmed x3 but I do try to be as prompt as possible. It's always frustrating if people who are actually taking the time to check out my stuff run into problems cos half the time I likely don't know how to help with not being super code-savvy >.< and when I've put so much effort into what I make, it sucks if someone can't even play it properly cos of a bug, haha. 

I'm glad it sorted itself out for you and I really hope it doesn't bug out on you again >.< I wish I could be more helpful in that department, but usually when bugs are reported that I haven't encountered myself while testing, whenever I start looking up potential causes and how to fix them, I either can't find relevant info, or the stuff I'm looking at is discussed by folks who actually know what they're doing with code, and I can't understand a word that they're saying x3

I'm so glad you've been enjoying the game anyhow! It's been the most fun project that I've worked on so far ^-^ And I'm super happy and relieved that you liked the humour in it because I worried that because it can be so dark at times, folks might not always get that it's supposed to be that sorta dark humour and mistake it for insensitivity or something >.< I know it wouldn't be to everyone's taste x3 I've always loved that sorta thing though, but that could be cos I'm British xD

I can't take 100% credit for the entire plot or the humour though since the overall story was inspired by an episode of one of my favourite anthology series' (Inside No 9 - Cold Comfort). I kinda wanted to make an adaptation that stayed true to the original story while trying my best to put my own spin the idea by adding new characters, many different branches and possibilities, a completely different world setting, and, of course, a protagonist with their own thoughts and feelings. And then I tried to stick with the general tone of the original work in terms of the bleak comedy elements. That's where the voice acting also really added to some of the humourous elements because they were able to add extra layers and improvisations to things like the phone calls.

I could never had made something like this alone. Everyone worked crazy hard during the jam to bring it all to life :3 I'm still in awe of the fact that everyone was willing to jump on the crazy train with me and put so many hours into it x3 and extremely grateful that they did! I remember quite a few nights where I'd still be up at 3/4am working away on it, and realise that our lead artist was also still awake working. We'd both tell each other to go to sleep, but then still stay up another hour or so, haha. The amount of art she created for this in the space of a month is absolutely mindblowing. And everyone had their own ideas and inputs that took the project to places I hadn't envisioned alone. For example, I was discussing some stuff with the team about Maddie, and someone said oh, it would be so cool if... I can't remember how the whole conversation went, but their suggestion was enough to spark an idea for the entire Maddie side story and the ARG that accompanied it xD That wasn't even planned in the initial planning stage of the jam. Maddie started out as a character to be briefly mentioned and then never really seen again! And she wound up with her own side story, haha. 

So yeah, working with a team was so much better than working solo :3 Not only did everyone's combined talents allow me to construct something I never could have by myself, it also made me able to get more work done that I could ever have imagined in that space of time from the sheer support and encouragement everyone gave me! When I look back at the project, I can hardly believe we managed to pull it off in time to submit something for the end of the jam xD It was one of the most exhilarating months I've ever spent working on a project though :3

So yeah, thanks so much for checking it out, for persisting with it despite the damn bug, and for all your kind words ^-^