After playing this and the prologue, I feel super fricking excited for its future parts. With the release dates and everything, I was worried that the story might be ending here, but. A few years of hiatus never truly indicate a full departure, right.....!!!?!? But, with this game and its prologue as a combined experience, I'm just...!!! It's a really enjoyable game, firstly... The two main personalities play off of each other in a way that I find super fricking fun or thoughtfully emotional, and the gameplay elements add a wonderful layer of depth to the experience insofar as it being a mystery game and adding a lot of circumstantial context to dialogue and discovering the <plot>, as it were. The art, too, is fricking fantastic...!! I'm a bit of an amateur at anything artsy, but the amount of attention to detail in everything (as well as the style in general being really fun and expressive) made little inexperienced me just think "GOD........ SO MUCH..... FUCKING EFFORT WENT INTO THIS........." SO LIKE....... HOLY SHIT..... Fantastic job all around, there!!!!!!
As far as writing goes, as said, it really makes me want to see future parts....!! The amount of plot left utterly up in the air combined with a solid basis for intrigue with these two characters and their struggle, finishing the game and getting the true ending sure did make me feel like...!! CLIFFHANGERS.... THE ULTIMATE ENEMY AGAINST TRUE CONTENTMENT...... Though, obviously, sequels will be coming after Solanaceae: After All is finished (as far as I can tell??), so I should really get on that, too, in the meantime!!! ONCE ALL OF THAT IS FINISHED..... THEN LEE WILL GET HIS STORY, PERHAPS.... All of the things about Lee's past and general distaste for certain things really resonates with me, in a really bitter way, so..... Whatever story he has in store for himself, I'm really looking forward to it!! (Also I was genuinely delighted reading through the art collection and seeing its notes on Beracus!!!! As said there, there's nothing in the game that really references it, but.... it made me super fricking happy to see that. Representation in that regard, from my own range of observation, is something I really don't see a lot of, so.... It makes me feel really galvanized in my own situation (although my own identity is different), seeing representation like that, when I see it so infrequently.)
BUT YEAH..... This game is fricking wonderful, thank you for it!!! Best of luck with everything in your development endeavors in the future; really looking forward to the stories to yet to be experienced and yet to be told!!! GANBAAAAAAA
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Hey there! Thanks so much for your comment, I really appreciate it!
First of all, I want to assure you that my hiatus is nothing to worry about-- folks who know my work outside of this game know I am uh, incredibly good at releasing things. Like you said, I've just had my hands full with a game that's about 4 times as large as this game, so it's taken me a hot second to get done. Once that game is done, I plan to work on the next three Lee games in concession, so hopefully there won't be nearly as much wait time there and THIS TIME I'll have a small team of folks to help me, so ideally all the next Lee's games can be even bigger and better. (Though, no too much bigger.)
Beracus being trans and a lot more about his identity will come up in the next game, as well as some very... tense stuff with Lee. There's a lot to dig in there and the game truly is about their dynamic, while a small amount of other characters come in to play off that. I think if you liked the direction of this first game-- you'll like the direction of the next 3! Though, as a warning, not everything about everything will be revealed in total clarity. *hee hee*
Again, thanks so much for your comment and thanks in advance for your patience with the next game! It's coming, I promise-- but I gotta make sure I don't hurt myself on the way there! 😂
Yaaa. Burning out is a nightmare, so hopefully everything goes as well as it can in your development future, in that regard and every other regard, too!! Having a team sounds like a tricky endeavor, so I'm glad it's going well!!
Vague storytelling tho holy moly.... The countless number of interpretations to be had will be exciting, I'm sure. Hope both projects can be as great as you want 'em to be!! Take care!! And thanks again!!!
Thank you! Yes, I try very hard to avoid burning out because it can just cause things to take even more time in the long run. Having a team has been good but not without hiccups-- I think that's just the nature of game dev though. But, I have at least 3 people who I am very confident in bringing forward into this project-- that includes a new musician and background artist! 🙌
Yes, aaah, hoping to implement even more very situational scenarios and dialogue where people's choices start uncovering more and more things-- pushing characters to their limits! :D
Thank you for your encouraging comment and reply, I really needed it today. 🤩