Great story--has a very classic feel. I really liked the sprite--something about that little braid feels perfect for the character. But I wonder if the story could have been structured differently. I would have liked to have it open with him praying at the statue and communicate the backstory through his lines so it doesn't open with this long extended sequence with no visuals except color.
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First off, thank you for the comment and feedback, I really appreciate it especially on jam entries where there are limitations set in-place (such as this one.)
I do agree in hindsight that way too much of the game was taken up by no visuals, especially since I made custom choice boxes that could’ve gotten more use if most of the information was delivered more naturally through Miron’s prayer session. As I was working on it I felt a little frustrated we could only have one background because I really like how the photobash came out in the end!
I think if I do a post-jam version I will try to explore that sort of dynamic between the statue and Miron deeper, I was struggling a lot with the writing and especially with the word count as ending titles are included inside it so I didn’t want to have too many choices (as each branch counts toward the total WC too and the limit was only 1,000 words.)
As for Miron’s sprite… I was struggling thinking of an actual detailed look for him, which is why I left him pretty identity-less overall in the way he looks, it unintentionally made him look a little like a statue too in the end when I look back on the assets actually.
Once again thank you for your feedback! It’s really nice getting external feedback/critique so I kind of get confirmation on stuff that bothered me anyway so I know that I’m going in the right sort of direction lol!