Hi there!
After lurking around your game for over a month now, I've decided that I really can't take it anymore and have to play it. (It definitely has nothing at all to do with the fact that every few days I search for information on DG and then every time I see him smile I go ".////. ")
Okay, that's a strange feeling every time you dive into a new world - and just know from the start that you're going to get hopelessly lost in it. I read through some info on everything, but didn't want to get too informed. I'll do that after I play through the demo.
This will be a summary of my impressions typed at the same time as I play, because I like to put my first feelings of something into words! This is always going to be a little ... enthusiastic, childish, silly and stammering, so I'm already sorry for that. No one needs to finish reading this either, it's just silly fangirl babble :3
After we're allowed to stream the game, spoilers are hopefully allowed in a review, too! Because they're definitely coming here...
Let's go~
- I love the design of the start screen from the first second! And the soundtrack ... ♥♥♥
- AH how much I like the symbols that hide on the 'play' button when you move your mouse over it! I actually had to laugh out loud for a second and thought to myself "oh shit, run while you still can" - and then I just clicked. o__o Because I'm not going anywhere, I'm running happily and with open arms into my misery I'm afraid. xD
- Oh, I even get to choose what gender I am? Cool! (By the way, those color spots in this menu are so pretty! :D ... It ... Is just color, right?)
- OMFG you guys have such a great music selection. Goosebumps again! (And when the annoying beeping even got louder, I had to laugh. Such small details are great! And this is supposed to be a demo? Seriously now?)
- Wow. In a novel, I always think it's especially important that the beginning is good. Getting into a world isn't so easy if the words aren't chosen well enough! This writer knows what they're doing. The little mention of leaves on the ground, for example. Doesn't bring any obvious benefit to the game so far, but it makes everything so vivid that I can see it all in front of me despite the lack of animation :3
- Of course, the great backgrounds are also a reason why you can imagine everything so nicely right away. Is a successful mix of both.
- Oh my gosh, I LOVE LOVE LOVE that right at the word "humming" you can also hear the bees QuQ ♥ This just delighted me more than maybe it should, but already I can't stop grinning. So much love in this demo!
- Your writer's style is so great. So many little details, I can't say it enough, my own writer's heart is just whooping with joy right now TuT ♥.
- I would love to have a beautiful break room like this in my work too. May I have the kitchen roll with the heart design please? :3
- Okay, am I going to love Rasmus? I'm afraid so. XD ...
- Oh no, he's hot T_T" And a douchebag. :D" But also kinda cute. Oh .... I don't want to say this is my type, but ... this is my type. Wait, he's not even up for dating selection and I'm already giggling silly here! >u<"
- "Licking dirt- probably." LIKE IT REALLY TOOK MORE TO LOVE HIM ALREADY T_T"
- AAAAWWW Venni... QuQ I'll only ask once: why are all the men so hot here? Do they have to be? I feel very conflicted!
- ♥ If the MC loves cats, I can VERY much relate :3
- ... I'll say it again now though: why are all the men so hot ???? O_O
- Uh a quiz! *-* I think it's so nice that colors obviously play such an important role here. I like that! :3 (Only my favorite color orange is not there, haha! That's why I'll take - surprise - favorite color #2: blue :D") AAWW. The second question ... I can't decide at all ♥ But since I don't like loud noises and am afraid of bugs falling on my head when I sit under a tree .... it will be answer 1 xD Also, I love stars~ question #3 is awesome too. I wonder if and what impact my choice will have???? Anyway, I love jewelry so it will be the necklace :3 .... Oh please, nothing beats popcorn! >u< Haha, what pet do I want? A cat, so it's answer #1 I would say! (sorry Damon, I'm reeeeally not a dog person...).
HOLY FRIGGIN SH- that was almost a Jump Scare, Rasmus, you little ....!! >u<
- :/ I actually like Tsundere characters, but he's quite mean. Does he really dislike us that much? u__u
- A new serial killer? :D" I wonder who that will be~ .... 12 murders in 6 weeks? He's, uh, 'busy', isn't he?
- QuQ Black baby boi ♥ My type 2 .... He's cute, shy, stuttering .... oh my god. ... No matter what he wants to ask, my answer is YES! ♥♥♥
- I love how often you are offered choices. As if this demo didn't have such a high replay value anyway! You can really interact with the world, you're not "just" a reader.
- AH, there he is finally :3 I must admit, I don't know if I will fall for Damon's charm. Actually, I like romantic stalker boys :D" I'm really curious as to whether he'll twist me around his finger ^^ So far I'm team blue, but the odds should remain fair, right?
- ... Okay, okay. He's... cute. Yeah, a little bit. <//< Maybe even very much.
- OH MY GOD Q///Q His expression, the little hearts, I can't - ...
- This is going to sound silly and definitely a bit stupid, but I always want to know what my hyperfixations smell like, haha! XD Thanks for going right into it yourselves there. Roses, then? ♥ I can live with that.
- Okay, okay, all right. His smile is way too cute for me to resist any further. I just find another guy officially enormously adorable ~///~
- But it's our MC's own fault that he's stalking us. Right? I mean, so many nice things he gets to hear, that MUST cause something in him. Poor little puppy can't help it. But beautifully portrayed, I think. You can see why he falls in love with her right away. Someone who has experienced so much rejection is, of course, immediately prone to a few kind words....
- I know this is actually so cliché, but I love this "Oh, our hands touched lightly" trope. I.LOVE.IT. And I can't get enough of it.
- OH I probably shouldn't have spoiled myself so much with these two before the demo, but .... he's warning us? ;////; Knowing that he knows who - ... well then that's pretty darn cute.
- Oh my goodness, the dots were vibrating - and you can literally feel for yourself the excitement that overcomes Damon, followed by his love~.
- Again, to you who wrote this script: Your writing style is wonderful. This imagery is so beautiful and I would love to read other stuff from you ^^ ♥
- .... These vibrating words make me nervous. And it looks so damn PHANTASTIC.
- AAAAND now I'm totally won over by him, hehe~ ^^"
- Catchy ringtone XD
- Rasmus is really calling to hear how we're doing QuQ♥ (I could be spinning in circles with excitement over all these cute guys here right now, yet my favorite hasn't even shown up yet T//T" If he comes, I might not survive this.... Haha, maybe ACTUALLY not? ^^")
- MC doesn't feel like an empty shell at all. We have a real personality here, regardless of the choices, and that has a certain appeal! True, I can't find myself in all points, but that doesn't matter. :3
- "Because you deserve it" HELP.... This is ... uncomfortable. And so wonderfully executed. That's exactly how it feels... :/ Those stupid thoughts.
- The plant is picked up again. I like that~
Damn, this demo is packed with so many wonderful little ideas, I wonder how you guys are going to top that for a full game? Not that I think you can't do it. I'm just extremely excited to see what else is in store here right now! ♥
- oooooh this "Click" .... Or those MANY "clicks" ... Shit, how incredibly uncomfortable that is.
- When I think I couldn't be more impressed, this game manages it by just making NOISES and slapping some icons down - and my pulse goes up. HOLY SHIT that scene in the apartment is SO well executed. I wouldn't say I have much experience with visual novels.... almost none at all, actually :3" But I'd go out on a limb and say what I'm looking at here is incredible.
- "little rosebud" dfgölak jlsöiek rjlkqeairjhfölsokjfedö THANKS I'M A MESS NOW.
- O__O w-w-w-what he didn't show up at all? ;__; Did I just take the "wrong" route? ...
... Okay. Then once again from the beginning!
- I'm going to try to give nasty answers now. Normally I always try to answer sweet and cute, hehe! But I imagine that's how I ended up with Damon?
- Ah, I read on CC that DG doesn't kill older people, children and animals??? :3 Last point is especially important to me. I'm just wondering why? Does a serial killer also have standards or ....
... these three categories doesn't "give" him anything? ^^" I don't care. As long as he doesn't hurt kittens, we have no problem with each other :3"
- Okay~~ Maybe I made the right decision? Damon wasn't in the store >u<"
- Oh this alley doesn't look good. Well, uh, it does! It does! (I LOVE alleys. When I write anything myself, there's always at least one filthy, dirty alley with trash in it. Haha! ALWAYS!) But this feels creepy right here....
- CAT CAT CAT ♥
- Again, this great music selection....
- Once again, because it can't be said enough: The script is so well written, all those details!!
- AAAAAH ! OH MY GOD DAÖLJSÖDLF KJÖAKJ ... Sorry... I'm SO sorry QuQ But I have so much love for him,,, and his introduction is SO good I'm sitting here on my chair right now whimpering, bright red and having heart palpitations! I think it's so funny that you really do get the guy you deserve with the behavior you show XD Instant karma, right?
- I ... can't play on at all right now! I just vibe to the great music and try to calm my pulse while he is grinning at me ^^" That's a HEAVY obsession right there in front of me....
- The pepper spray line. Bastard♥
- "Adrenaline pulses through my veins." Yes, yes it does. ~//~"
- You can literally feel your own heartbeat racing up as he gets closer. And ouch! My hand >u<" (But at least he's not cutting off the fingers - yet ^^")
- But ... wasn't he supposed to show up at the store too ;_; Oh.... I guess I 'have' to play another time, thehe~ But I'll save that for later. I'm pretty beat up right now due to all the emotions I've been going through.
--- Okaaaaay. Wow.
I have to let everything sink in and then I'll try to put into halfway reasonable words what's going on inside me.
... What can I say? This thing is already half a masterpiece and I'm UNBELIEVABLY happy to have stumbled upon it. I could bite myself in the butt for taking so long to finally play it!
I haven't regretted a second of the demo. You guys brought in so much variety. That just relates to everything. Not just the obvious like design of the backgrounds, characters or such. Even just how you've worked with type and effects really draws you in.
And probably the artist behind the characters has heard it often enough, but this drawing style is just incredible. I don't even want to imagine how many hours of practice and heart and soul must have gone into it to develop such an expressive style. (And I love how you draw forearms, oh my goooood).
I also have to note that I personally REALLY have a problem with gore, torture, and the like. And yes, you wouldn't believe it, Yandere characters are actually a thorn in my side. I'm actually very uncomfortable with all of these things, but have been approaching them very, very slowly now. I'm sure there will always be points that will disturb me enormously, but by now it's more of a "good" kind of dislike. Does that make sense? Anyway, it speaks for itself, I think, that all of this is so captivating to someone who normally can't relate to these things and even panics a little.... (Not that this really triggers me. I'm old enough and have had enough horror in various media that I can already judge how much I can take).
I just want to point out that I'm actually adoring another crazy gentleman with various disorders right now. If my head were a house, he'd be living in it right now - buuuuuut DG is just smiling and breaking down the door ^^""""
I love this world, I love the characters, I love the way this story is told. The fact that such a small team created something so great here is incredible! I have so much respect for what you've done here. You guys have a new fan. ^^ Sorry for this long rambling.
Okay... Off to Patreon. :3