Okay so first of... This game is gorgeous! Both the art and the music are AMAZING! Man I wish the demo was longer!
I was surprised by the amount of CGs, honestly. I didn't think it'll have so many. But the thing I'm the most amazed with is the opening. Once finished, it'll be the prettiest thing ever. I just can't wait!
Anyway, enough with the excited talk! I hope the kickstarter succeeds - it seems to be going smoothly so far so that's something!
As for more in depth opinions, well... first off, let's put a warning for people who are not the devs...
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So, with that being said and done...
Let's start with the overall story. It's interesting, obviously - I wouldn't be so excited otherwise. I'm not very fond of the "hero being exiled from his homeland because of a misunderstanding or something along these lines" trope, but the rest of the story so far makes up for that, so I don't mind that much. The whole weird dreams and marking appearing on arms thing along with the forest setting remind me a bit of Lamento, but considering Lamento is one of my favorite games ever, it's a compliment!
I'm curious about the bloodlines - it seems to be a major plot-point, maybe even the main one, but obviously it's too early to know anything more about it.
Unsurprisingly, Leos is my favorite character - he's just exactly my type so yeah, nothing I could do about it. I just wish there were more of him, but again, I'm sure I'll see him at some point before the final release, in the next builts, so I'll be waiting patiently.
What was unexpected on the other hand was for me to like Fawn as much as I did, and not only because he's the only love interest Raen really spends time with in the demo. I usually don't like characters like him, at least as love interest, but he's just too sweet, so yeah. Still, Leos remains and will remain my favorite.
Not much to say about Cyne right now for obvious reasons, but I can't say I like the Speaker. Not necessarily because of what he did during the demo, but simply because I don't like his aura or something. He makes me uneasy.
As for Raen, he's a sweet main character, and I think it's lovely that his name sounds a lot like "Rain" - I didn't really read it that way before hearing the voice acting, but I like it. Also, I don't really know if it's because of the art style or if it was on purpose, but he seems to be a bit cross-eyed and for some reason I think it suits him a lot and makes him look even lovelier. Though... is it actually on purpose? I don't mean to insult if it wasn't the case, maybe it's just me who sees it that way - but well, I think he looks pretty that way in any case!
I'd like to ask a couple of questions too!
- I see you put a rough estimation of the release date you're aiming for, but I'd love to know if you have any estimates for the next built releases, either public or beta (both are fine to me since I've pledged as a betatester)
- It seems the game will be very long. Do you know how many hours more or less? I'm just curious about what to expect!
- Thank gods the game will be mostly about the story and character evolution and stuff, and not focused on the mature content - it would be a shame! But I can't help but notice you said "while there is a multitude of NSFW sex scenes" - does that mean there is more than one or two scenes per route? In most story focused R-18 games of that style there is only one or two adult scenes per route so, again, I'm curious!
- Are you planning to add the opening (and ending/s if you plan on having an animated one) to the image gallery, or make a gallery for movies? It would be great to be able to re-watch that little gem anytime!
And I think that'll be all!
Good luck with the project - you're doing great so far!