first of all: WOW, this was chilling...
I was super excited when you announced kanau since I really enjoyed karamu so ofc I had to play it straight away!!
Your writing style is so captivating and the VAs did an outstanding job of bringing all the characters to life! (extra shout out to Raku's mum & Nelli's dad because those were tough roles and BOY WERE THEY CHILLING my tummy was like hnngbgmgglgl)
The art, as always, is stunning and I really liked the use of silhouettes and limited colour palettes when it came to portraying some of the more brutal scenes. I think it created the perfect balance of not over showing and potentially being too graphic /triggering but instead showing just enough to elude to the situation and let players imagination run wild.
Having a look into Raku & Nelli's childhoods was so heartbreaking they both went through so much ;-; I think it definitely shines a light as to why they were they way that they were in karamu.
Also I'd just like to shout out how much you've grown as both a dev & artist since karamu! There is for sure an extra level of polish here which I think you should be really proud of :D:D
yipppeeee yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee amazing work chatter!! <3
DFGDG THANK YOU FOR PLAYING TIEF!!!
Thank you so much for the kind words; I feel like this was my first real foray into "horror horror" and I wasn't quite sure if it was "scary" enough, so I'm glad that it evoked a chilling feeling (I do have to thank the VAs for most of that though, I'm sure!)
And TRULY the parent roles were absolutely no walk in the park, and both of the VAs absolutely killed it (all of them did, honestly; I was so lucky with this cast!)
Thank you regarding the art!! It was my first time trying to do something a bit stylized so I'm glad that it worked out dfgfdgd I did want to emphasize the horror without being "sensational" or depicting the violence with unnecessary brutality, so I'm really glad that you mentioned it! Particularly considering the subject matter, I really wanted to make sure that it didn't come across as "shock value" horror.
I honestly wasn't planning on making this prequel originally, so I'm glad that it shed some light on their characters + didn't come across as unnecessary LOL I'm glad that it was touching/enlightening!
AWW THANK YOU I'm so glad ToT I was worried that since changing engines that it wasn't nearly as good (I added some things but also removed some things too because of constraints dfgd) I do want to level up more as a dev in the future!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PLAYING AND FOR THE SUPPORT T_T <3