Did I stay up until 4am to play every single route? Yessiree.
SO, first off, GUI slaps and the little animations are giving me LIFE, I legit want to sit down with y'all and have you walk me through them because they're SUPERB.
To me music usually goes in one ear, out another but the soundtrack for this is something else. The TENSION you guys, it's magnificent 😍 It rang deep in my stomach and chest and kept me on edge the entire time.
*Spoilers ahead (prolly)*
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I went for Micah first because he's a sweet cinnamon roll baby boy who deserves EVERYTHINF and that bad end walloped me HARD, I wasn't prepared. I had to take a deep breath and cuddle my cat for a hot second because wow oh wow. Ngl I'm a sucker for bad endings and I usually try getting them first and this did not disappoint.
Then it was Aurel and jfc I love the man with a goddamned passion, I'd marry the shit out of him. The fact that he's a nerd only makes me love him more. Honestly he just made me feel very, very safe in pretty much every route - love me a man who can Latin his way out of a sticky contract.
Fhdhdjs falling into Lark's arms and the whole subsequent scene legit had my heart hammering HARD. The entire route was... Beautifully written and the bad end was gorgeous in the best-worst possible way. Same for the good end (but again, sucker for those bad endings and this game had the BEST bad endings I've seen in a good while).
Honestly, guys, this is an IMPECCABLE game. It's short, sweet, really well-written, the art is lovely, the music fucks and I'm just... The vibes you guys, the ✨vibes✨ are immaculate. Knife's edge between cosy and uncomfortable, borderline scary sometimes but never scary enough that I felt the need to close my computer and go hide in bed like the chicken I am.
It was just the RIGHT amount of scary and just the right amount of sweet and bitter and salty and I love that I got to play it.
Thank you for making this!! Big hugs to everyone, you all did an amazing job ❤️❤️❤️
edit: I'd advise adding a rate button to the page, just so it's easier for people to leave one - the button on the side is sneaky and it doesn't show up in mobile so if you're me and it's 5am and you're writing this in bed, you need to come back down and actually rate the thing on your laptop 😅