WOAH I am beyond impressed that as a solo dev you did all the writing, art, animated parts and everything to put this piece together!!! LOVE the CGs awesome work!
I remember reading the script and getting chills with the dark ominous vibes, seeing it come together is really something! I was startled at the SFX of the bike falling and I appreciate the art details like Rakuo's bright blue eyes and his sweater with the cute spider on it hehe (I totally thought the aesthetic would be super dark and scary, the bright blues are nice and refreshing, makes the player more unsuspecting!)
The changing perspectives of the scenery are such a great touch too. And OMG his face rubbing against Nelli's hair made me squeamish haha wayyyy too close than an ex should be! The way his voice changes throughout the story was phenomenal as well
Didn't expect Nelli to have red eyes and for Rakuo to look so nice and not as creepy as I read him as hahaha, so cool to experience the story in a different light!
Thank you so much for playing, Jaqui!!! I'm glad you enjoyed! Thank you for the script review too, it was very helpful (haha my players already picked up some of the hints I added on your suggestion!) It is really interesting seeing how the script evolves with the visuals and audio - Pilla in Paradise's script was already incredible, but it evolved SO much in the final product!
Haha I was WONDERING if someone would notice the hair rubbing...indeed, only the clingiest ex-bf...and yes, both VAs were really fantastic!! I loved working with them! (Ohh really? Haha, I did go for a "red" theme with Nelli and a "blue" one for Raku! Raku looked nicer?? I did try to give him a bit of a creepier vibe, but ah well, I think that his design does really fit Shay-ki's vocal delivery!)
Oh yeah, I really like his nice look at the beginning and ofc the creepiness of the gaze and what he’s saying/doing comes in later, it’s refreshing that he looks so nice 😄 shay-ki totally nailed it 💙
Thank you for all your suggestions as well, esp with the internal thoughts and the romance, it helped challenge me to push the script more and my editors loved the juicier emotional bits! 💕