AAAAAAAAAAA I can't put into words how much I loved this game! I fell in love with your writing after playing Darling Duality, and now I can't stop thinking about both Blythes and what the new route could include. I've recently gotten better with my social anxiety but now that I got into college those intrusive thoughts and fears got back, so reading a character like Blythe who is so supportive got my spirits up. He's so sweet I died.
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My favorite lines were the ones after certain endings, it gave the game such a nice touch- After I couldn't close the game and Blue Blythe appeared I screamed and my cat woke up from his nap lmao. Worth it tho. I absolutely loved both Blythes but I melted with some of Blue Blythe's lines, which says a lot since he didn't have that many in comparison. And Bad Ending 3? I almost yelled at Orange Blythe through my laptop. Though same, I too would give up against Blue Blythe first thought. /j
I take some medication that is supposed to help me differentiate from reality and daydreaming, but sometimes it feels like it does the opposite. Listening to your creation process of Blythe hit close to home, but in a good way. I love his character (both Blythes) and after learning what he represents so many things made sense, it fits perfectly. Thank you so much for making this game and I hope you take a well earned rest, you deserve it!! I'll be waiting for Blue Blythe's route, just a quick question, will his route be paid? I wanna know to start selling commissions so I can buy it as soon as it drops. ♡
Remember that you are amazing and deserve the very best, thanks again for sharing your game with us, you did great!!
That's awesome to hear you've had fun with both ^-^ Thanks for checking them out! At the same time though, that sucks about your social anxiety >.< Intrusive thoughts are the worst! But I'm glad if Blythe could help even a little bit :3 I hope you've got some sweet and supportive people in your life who are able to help you out and lift you up through the times where you're not feeling so great! I struggled all through school, and I thought college would be better with it being a fresh start, but nope, I was wrong, haha. I eventually wound up quitting before I could finish my course, and while it for was for a few different reasons, one of them was a panic attack in the college library >.< I think if I'd had more supportive people around me at the time, I probably could've coped and completed my course, but I had the opposite instead, away from home, stuck with abusive, nasty people >.<”
So yeah, I really hope that your college journey is a better one :3 You can do iiiiit!
Oh, man though, your poor kitty cat xD You can send my apologies for disturbing your poor kitty, haha.
I guess I'll answer your question here in case anyone else might want to know the same, and then I'll say the rest under spoilers :3 So, I haven't actually spoken to LPB about it, and since she's the lead artist on the project, it doesn't seem right to give a definite answer without discussing things first, but it's extremely likely that blue Blythe's route will be added as part of a free update. For a whole bunch of complicated reasons that I've explained in the past (mostly in regard to DD) about my current living situation, I'm not actually allowed to commercialise any of my stuff, only accept donations. So it'll probably be a case of just hoping there is enough support to get a few donations on ko-fi and Patreon where people specify they'd like for it to go towards this project (or any projects of mine in general) and then I'll be able to use that money to hopefully pay LPB for her time in drawing additional CGs for blue Blythe's route + paying the VAs to reprise their roles :3
Thank you so much for taking the time to check out the game and type up such a kind comment ^-^
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That must be pretty difficult dealing with the effects of medication like that if it ends up doing the opposite of what it's supposed to sometimes >.< I feel like that seems to be the case with a lot of meds designed to help various parts of mental health! Anti-anxiety meds that wind up making you more anxious, antidepressants that make you more depressed, sleeping aids that give you worse insomnia than any issues you had before taking stuff, and the list goes on! It makes me wonder if there will actually be anything you can take that genuinely solves stuff without so many awful side effects and negative consequences.
I'm glad that the rambling explanation helped to clarify things without being too terrible to listen to x3 I had to debate a lot with myself about whether or not to include it for a bunch of different reasons, but I'm glad that I did in the end :3 And hey, you're amazing yourself and also deserve the very best, so I wish you maximum luck and success with college and with everything else you attempt in life too :3 You deserve to be happy!
Thank you so so so so so much for your kind words! ;; You are too sweet. I'm really sorry you had to go through that during college, I hope you are doing better now. You are such an amazing person I hope you never have to suffer like that again. Today was my first day at college and it wasn't as bad as I thought, thankfully. There's still a long way ahead but I'll do my best to improve!!
I gave my cat a few pats on your behalf and he said "Meow meow", which probably means "I forgive her". It's all good. ♡
I wasn't aware of your situation, so I'll do my best to donate when I have the chance. LPB's art is gorgeous and the VAs did such an amazing job, it's only fair!
And you are so right! I've seen family members (including my mom) suffer the side effects of their medications, it either brings more issues or makes worse what it's supposed to fix. I wonder when there'll be a way to help mental illnesses without causing so much damage on the process. I'm glad for those who claim their meds made their lives easier, but it's also scary to think how fragile and different the mind is since the same medication can either help or destroy a person. On a happier note, that also makes me think of all the potential Blue Blythe has.
I'm so glad you decided to keep the rambling! It answered a lot of my questions, and made both Blythes a little more dear to me. Your voice is also very pretty, so it was nice to listen to. Thanks for replying and I wish you all the happiness in the world! You are so talented and creative, it was a privilege to play your game. ♡♡♡
I'm in a better place overall now, but still very stuck in life in general, haha. I'd love to be able to go back into college and start over, but my ASD and anxiety make things so hard that I wouldn't be able to do it without like a support worker or something to help >.<
I'm really glad your first day turned out to not be as bad as you thought it would be though :3 And I really hope that things have been going great and getting better and better with each new day that you're there :D
Aww, cheers x3 I miss having kitty cats about the house!
Don't worry about donating anyhow x3 you're in college so you need to save everything you can and make sure that you have enough to be able to treat yourself sometimes!! :3
I definitely think that professionals should make people more aware of and keep a closer eye on anyone they prescribe meds to for nasty side effects >.< cos it's like they give you something that's supposed to help but then just leave you to deal with it on your own, and if stuff goes wrong and you wind up suffering negative side effects, you really need help with that. Sometimes I feel like you're just a guinea pig when you take stuff like antidepressants >.< and they're guessing and gambling when they prescribe stuff cos they don't really know what's gonna happen to you when you take it!
I totally agree, it is terrifying how meds can do so much damage to a person's mind when they're advertised as help >.<
That's sweet of you to say about by voice x3 I've just always kind of hated it since people made fun of me at my first school xD I used to speak with a posher voice than I do now, and people bullied me for sounding like Hermione from the Harry Potter films, haha. So by the time I got to my second school, I started imitating how most of the other kids spoke instead to try and blend in a bit better >.< My biggest issue with my voice though is how monotonous I sound xD and I feel like that's probably due to my autism or something T_T haha. Cos my brother speaks in the same sorta monotonous tone and he's autistic too x3
Thanks again for all your kind words and I hope everything is going smoothly so far at college, and that you get to have a lot of fun and happy times while you learn stuff ^-^