Oh. My. GOD. I was living the entire time reading this! Reactions like yours are the biggest reason why I wanted to make something like this.
It's the first game I've ever made, never mind first visual novel. It took so long, I always worried if it was even going to be interesting or entertaining at all.
But this reminded me how much I love making people happy telling stories, even if it means taking a risk to put myself out there. I'm really glad you enjoyed it!
I'm so glad you had such a fun time reading through my comment !! I was a little worried if you would be overwhelmed by the massive wall of text but I'm glad you loved it so much !!!
I noticed that you didn't have a "check out other stuff by Pixeliminal" option but I didn't realise this was genuinely your first game !! Trust me, imposter syndrome is a bitch, especially when it comes to creating and putting something out there for the first time. I literally could not put this game down! If I could, I'd go back in time just to relive it all over again !! Maybe postpone playing it to clear my tabs of the other games on my to-do list because playing anything else after THIS lovely masterpiece of a game feels underwhelming, even when I know there's more gems like this to be found and enjoyed to this same degree! Don't worry, you absolutely nailed interest and entertainment for this game, it kept me invested all the way through, and the design is just so warm and that just makes the horror even BETTER when it does strike !! You did so SO good dude, you are deserving of all the love you're getting already for this game. And all the love you'll get in the future.
I'm glad you put yourself out here too !! Because, as I said, this game was an utter delight to play. The visuals, the soundtrack, the way you did the options, the mini games like the maze and Escape Demon Kitty? Everything was so well-done, I'm proud FOR you that you could accomplish this well-polished of a game as your first true venturing into designing, creating and manufacturing your own game! Of course, it's obvious such a polish comes from how much you overthought and compensated for the idea that people wouldn't like it, but STILL!! It's an absolutely beautiful game, and I have zero regrets picking it up.
I'm actually going to click the follow button for you now because if anything you put out in the future (not that there's any pressure at all to make more. You could just be a one-hit wonder and I would be delighted), then I want to be here for it! Whether it's even a quarter as good as this one, you've got heart and talent for where you want to go. You've got a great sense of vision, and storytelling. I want to see where it can go!
Gjwfgvehrgvf Apologies for the long ramble in response to the comment, I'm a big talker, most of my comments tend to be like analysis of techniques and all the stylistic things I liked. You didn't get as much of that because I was half-asleep, mainly ctrl+c'ing and my laptop was about to die as I posted the comment, but trust me, everything you did for the game, I noticed and I adored !! I usually tack on my bookmarking comments to my comments, but yours is mostly just that because you had so much content for me to talk about IN my bookmark.
Literally just, whatever it was that went into doing this? Keep doing that! Safely of course, don't overwork yourself! Keep yourself fed, watered and properly nutrionalised by the sun!
The fact it took so long is a GOOD thing !! It means you put time, effort and care into your game and that SHOWS with how well-made it is. I may be repeating myself, but really, it's just my way of trying to bap away at the imposter syndrome through the screen rgvf3fr
Keep doing what you're doing. No matter how well-made, it clearly is worth doing.
