Ahhhh! This was so wonderful. I binged and played through all I could. For some reason, some of the mementos didn’t save once I continued/started again (basically, the very first ending I got, some of those images didn’t save; all the other three did, though). I played through most endings (four so far - one romance and one bad each LI). The only issue with doing that/replaying is you cannot really press Tab/Skip, because otherwise, you miss the mementos/paradoxes - that’s probably the only thing I’d change, really. Anyway, this is just so solid and beautiful of a game. This was so wonderful. The MC is great, not a weak, meek thing. The two LIs are also wonderful. Each of them is so cute and sweet in their own way. It’s really difficult to choose a favourite between them, actually, which doesn’t usually happen for me. Like one of the other comments, I was very much team Lonan, not thinking Galvin could beat him (tsunderes are rarely done in an earnest and endearing way), but ohmygoodness, Galvin not only gave him/tsuns a run for the money, but he also made me adjust my favourite for sure. The pacing and development is on-point. The world-building is well-done, to. And Invar, oh my goodness! Not only was that handled so well - the “tutorial” explaining the game mechanics and everything - it was just too perfect, integrated as part of the game, yet also breaking the 4th wall - but he, himself is just captivating. I cannot wait for him. Everything with him was just A+, he steals the scene. And that face he makes when he actually uses her name? Ah, I cannot wait, I can already tell we’re gonna feel for him. It’ll be wonderful, too, I’m sure. I don’t want this to be the end, ya know? These guys were just great, even just the non-romance/friendly banter between friends was so great to see - let alone more romance. That’s pretty impressive, when I’m even happy with just the normal/mundane interactions. So, well-done. Really. I cannot wait for the rest, and whatever else you do in the future.
Thank you so much for your kind words and for such a long review!! ☺️❤ We really appreciate all the feedback!!
When it comes to the images not saving, we'll definitely have to revise that, there seems to be a bug that makes some not show 🤔
Regarding the skipping, blue and yellow memory shards (which then transform into mementos if you get them all) can only be collected from dialogue choices, and the skip button stops before Wren has to make a choice so it shouldn't be missable.
As for the paradoxes, which are collected in the time pond game, the skip button also stops right before the pocket watch starts shining but it seems it's still easy to miss the time pond game sections, so we’ll add a prompt notifying the player that they are skipping past the timepond section and whether they want to proceed or not, after the first playthrough in both routes 💪.
Thank you so much for the feedback! ☺️❤ We're also really happy to know that you like the characters so much and that you're looking forward to Invar's route!! 🥰❤
No worries about the images - I figure it’s a bug, no worries at all!
The shards weren’t an issue! So no worries there. It was definitely the paradoxes. Perhaps it was just my system/setup, then, because the skip literally only stopped at a choice for me. So I missed the glowing pocket watch quite a few times. I ended up space-bar-pressing for the rest of them at some point, just to avoid the miss. But if the stopping-only-at-choices part is for others, then just a code to have it stop when the pocket watch glows would be fine, if you don’t want to put in that notification/prompt part. But really, either is fine! And even then, it’s not even entirely necessary, it just took longer to get through pressing through everything.
And no worries! I definitely loved them. I love the way this is structured, developed, paced - and I love the universe/world - and I especially really love all the characters! I cannot wait for more :)
You're so sweet 😭🌸 thank you!!
As for the time pond investigations that give you the paradoxes, we'll be adding a little message to ask players if they want to skip it too for the next update so hopefully this will prevent players from skipping these parts 💪thanks for bringing this to our attention ☺️
We're really happy to hear you liked the game so much!! Thanks a lot for your kind words!! 🥰❤🌸