Loved this game so much. I played the first game when I was about the same age as the characters and still figuring myself out. At the time, the first game was a bright ray of gay joy for me and I was far more naïve and clueless but it was perfect because it was a formative time, so I developed great attachments to these characters and so they have a nostalgia-like feeling surrounding them.
Now, after going to college for 2 years, and many, many big life changes of maturing as a person and gaining a new appreciation and love for different aspects of my life that came from comprehending transgenerational trauma/breaking the cycle of trauma among other things that I can't remember the names of right now.
So playing this game and seeing these concepts put into such a beautiful narrative, in experiences and thoughts that the characters were having which were so similar to my own, of concepts that I can now put into words, and acknowledge their affects on myself, was such a satisfying experience that made me really appreciate what you did storytelling and writing-wise.
Thank you so much for making Butterfly Soup. After playing the first one, I never expected a second but here I am pleasantly surprised and emotionally exhausted, in the best way possible. Again, I do not expect a third game, but I will say I will be looking forward to anything you create in the future! Whether that be a sequel or an entirely different thing in general, I support whatever endeavors you take on! And even if you were to make nothing that is completely fine too.
I love you author and I just wanted to express how much I appreciate the love, dedication, goofiness and... "genuine-ness?" that you put into these games. Thank you so much for existing, I love you.
(just reading through all the other reviews that are much shorter and thinking about how long mine is... maybe I should give it a day after finishing an emotionally impactful game to write a review that is less... emotional lol)