Aghhhhhh, this is exactly the sort of soft soulmate content I crave, I am going to feel warm fuzzies over this for days. Thank you Crescence for making this wonderful piece, you and your team did absolutely amazing work. <3
Van is absolutely swoon worthy. As if his face and beauty marks and tattoos weren't enough, he's got the cute banter and cheesy flirting down across lifetimes and I am SO weak for that, ugh my heart. (And voiced too!? Halp me I am just a cheesy romantic my heart was not prepared.) I really liked the different stories that were chosen, and thought the contrast between the first two lifetimes was especially fun. The elements that were repeated were also really interesting - they were clearly the same souls in each life, and the writing was so smooth and really nailed the nostalgic feeling. I am torn between wanting to see more lifetimes, and feeling like this game was perfect and wonderful as-is!
I absolutely love the use of the visual novel format as part of the story. I've been musing on a similar concept (for a game that will probably never see the light of day, hah), and it was so delightful to see this type of repeat feature implemented such a wonderful way. <3 On top of that, the GUI was absolutely wonderful with its soft colors and lovely graphics, and the OST was just perfect (I liked the use of vocals in one of the songs!)
I am so happy the developer embraced this impulse to work on this game, its an absolute delight and I enjoyed every moment of my time with it! I've been really looking forward to Alaris, and this was such a treat to play while its in development.
WAHH THIS IS SUCH A NICE COMMENT! <3 thank you so much for the incredibly thoughtful review. i'm so glad you enjoyed so many different aspects of the game---it always means so much when players notice all the little things we work so hard on ^^ and for picking up on the details that repeat across lifetimes!!!! i was quite proud of that part hehe
thank you again for giving the game a chance and it's always such a delight to hear people coming from alaris. so grateful for your support!!
p.s. if you ever release your game, or just talk about the general idea, i'd love to hear it!