Yush! Managed to play your game after sooo long! So sorry and thank you for the wait 😭🤲🏻💞 Anyways--
The Daughters of the Sun is so beautifully tragic! They truly don't deserve to be put in this position just because their ancestor snitched on an affair. Tragedy of a patriarchal society indeed 😭 Idk if there's more to it though, since schools in my country don't teach Greek mythology, so I'm often lost with these things, haha x'3
But from what I've read here and understand, I really enjoyed it! And you wrote everything so beautifully! I feel the most for Ariadne. She seems too sweet and innocent to be roped into all this 😩🤲🏻
So, 10/10 for the writing! Short, yet still impactful. Great job, Chim! 🥳✨💞 I also ADORE the art direction. It's awesome how they look like completely different characters with just palette and face feature variations. Not even my face blindness surfaces here. That's really saying something 😳👌🏻 And the BG is GORGEOUS!! I love how the sun in the back frames Phaedra, like there's backlighting of the sun behind her. Really ties in great with her being the daughter of the sun 😭🤲🏻✨💞💞💞
Same goes with the voice acting! Just one VA and yet they all sound distinct?! Whoa! I'm impressed 🤯✨
As for improvement feedback~ There's really not much to say besides some minor typos and the music not sounding loud enough for me at 100% volume 😂 I suspect you didn't optimize it for non-head/earphone users like me? 🙉 Completely understandable tho since people like me are rare, lol. I don't use them unless absolutely necessary since they're uncomfortable to wear. So yeah, you might wanna keep non-wearers like me in mind for next time. Up to you though! 🥰💞
But yeah, solid 9/10 game for me! Great job, Chim and Justine! I'll be looking forward to playing the sequel tomorrow 😁🤲🏻💞💞
So curious what Hippolytus thinks about all this 👀
Oooh, the way you describe the fates of the daughters of the sun is very interesting and I do wonder how it's going to evolve when you play Son of the Woods and then The Thread and the Sword! For the mythology, I did write a check-up in the first devlog, but I think you should be able to navigate through these games without needing much knowledge! And for Ariadne, yes, she's the only one whose innocence can't be questioned lol.
I am happy you enjoyed the art direction! I had to work within the restrictions of O2A2 and the colour switching felt like a good idea (and gosh, the face blindness thing is A HUGE compliment, I'm flattered!!!!)
For Justine, yes, she's amazing in this game, and you'll get to hear her again in The Thread and the Sword! Only as Phaedra this time but... let's say, with a wider range of emotions lol
For the feedback, I take note, thanks! If I guess I can't escape from my typo curse (although the typo in the "This is it, Pheadra" which opens the game really is a shame lol), I do take note for the volume issue; I'll admit for the music, it was more about making sure it doesn't sound louder than the voice acting, but I do have to find a balance indeed!
Thanks for your feedback, I hope Hippolytus' perspective... moves things around!!
Omg, all this about moving things around... I feel a bigger tragedy incoming agsjksls-- 👀👀👉🏻👈🏻 Even more hyped to read! 😌🤲🏻✨
Lol, yeah, the typo thing indeed is a curse all of us writers have to deal with. Even when we do multiple passes, more seems to pop up?! Like wtf! 😭😂😂 So just having minor typos is already awesome, no worries 😌👌🏻✨
And ahh, I see~ That explains it! Is there a way to default the game's settings to what you want at players startup? This way, you can still have the asset volume at 100%, but have the volume already lowered in the game itself, so that if players need it to be louder, they can do so no problem 😁🤲🏻
I don't use Ren'py, so I have no idea how it works, lol. I wish you the best with it! 🥰💞
(honestly, there might be a way to set the default volume to a specific value, I'll need to explore that indeed for the next time I make a voiced game, because this flaw is particularly apparent in The Thread and the Sword lol!)
I knew the myth but I never thought too hard about Phaedra and her connection to Ariadne and Pasiphae. At first I wasn't sure if I wanted to play this game (Or technically read this game.) but I have no regrets! You did a great job of depicting the myths of the daughters of the sun, showing their connection to Aphrodite, and I enjoyed the writing greatly! The voice actress did an awesome job too! Overall, I really enjoyed this!
Hi, thanks for the feedback, I'm happy you tried this game (and Son of the Woods, I also read your comment!) and enjoyed it!! I can only agree for the voice acting, it was gorgeous!
(Coincidentally enough, I released the last volume of the trilogy today, if you're interested, you can click here!)
Once again, thanks a lot for the kind words (and the rating actually, it helps!), they always mean the world!!
Hi, thanks for the video, it was funny to watch! For some lore explanation, since you felt a bit lost: - the Sun, ancestor of the three characters, cast light on Aphrodite when she was trapped, with her lover, in a net forged by her husband, revealing to all the Gods the affair. Humiliated, she decided to make all the female descendants of the Sun unhappy in love; - so, Pasiphaë (red character), fell in love with a bull; Ariadne (pink character) fell in love with a man (Theseus) who abandoned her on an isle only to marry her sister; Phaedra, the sister in question (purple character), fell in love with her step-son, Hippolytus, the son of Theseus and another woman (yes, Theseus was a womaniser defvgfe); - so, at this point in the story, Phaedra confessed her love to Hippolytus, which she didn't want to for obvious incestuous reasons (+ Hippolytus hates love, but the sequel, Son of the Woods, expands more on this if you're curious, as it displays Hippolytus' perspective instead); desperate and shameful, she poisoned herself, and the game is her slowly dying from the poison
Also thanks for the compliments on the art and I agree: the voice acting is excellent, Justine did a superb work as the three characters! And I'm glad I made you discover this myth!!
Wow, I am glad you replied with the explanation! Thank you so much for watching. I'll have to keep an eye on future games because I haven't delved into this type of stuff but it's pretty interesting and I am happy to see you're passionate about it enough to make your own works on it. Keep up the great game devving!
I really like how the myth was told!! Also, the use of the sprite by changing the colors to represent each daughter is very clever. That's so cool AHHH!! The art and the voice acting were both amazing as well! Great game :D
Hey, thank you for your very nice feedback! I'm very happy you enjoyed the game, I had a lot of fun with coding the colour feature too! And yes, the voice acting is really excellent here, haha! Thanks for supporting me!
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Yush! Managed to play your game after sooo long! So sorry and thank you for the wait 😭🤲🏻💞 Anyways--
The Daughters of the Sun is so beautifully tragic! They truly don't deserve to be put in this position just because their ancestor snitched on an affair. Tragedy of a patriarchal society indeed 😭 Idk if there's more to it though, since schools in my country don't teach Greek mythology, so I'm often lost with these things, haha x'3
But from what I've read here and understand, I really enjoyed it! And you wrote everything so beautifully! I feel the most for Ariadne. She seems too sweet and innocent to be roped into all this 😩🤲🏻
So, 10/10 for the writing! Short, yet still impactful. Great job, Chim! 🥳✨💞 I also ADORE the art direction. It's awesome how they look like completely different characters with just palette and face feature variations. Not even my face blindness surfaces here. That's really saying something 😳👌🏻 And the BG is GORGEOUS!! I love how the sun in the back frames Phaedra, like there's backlighting of the sun behind her. Really ties in great with her being the daughter of the sun 😭🤲🏻✨💞💞💞
Same goes with the voice acting! Just one VA and yet they all sound distinct?! Whoa! I'm impressed 🤯✨
As for improvement feedback~ There's really not much to say besides some minor typos and the music not sounding loud enough for me at 100% volume 😂 I suspect you didn't optimize it for non-head/earphone users like me? 🙉 Completely understandable tho since people like me are rare, lol. I don't use them unless absolutely necessary since they're uncomfortable to wear. So yeah, you might wanna keep non-wearers like me in mind for next time. Up to you though! 🥰💞
But yeah, solid 9/10 game for me! Great job, Chim and Justine! I'll be looking forward to playing the sequel tomorrow 😁🤲🏻💞💞
So curious what Hippolytus thinks about all this 👀
Hey L, thanks for your detailed feedback!
Oooh, the way you describe the fates of the daughters of the sun is very interesting and I do wonder how it's going to evolve when you play Son of the Woods and then The Thread and the Sword! For the mythology, I did write a check-up in the first devlog, but I think you should be able to navigate through these games without needing much knowledge! And for Ariadne, yes, she's the only one whose innocence can't be questioned lol.
I am happy you enjoyed the art direction! I had to work within the restrictions of O2A2 and the colour switching felt like a good idea (and gosh, the face blindness thing is A HUGE compliment, I'm flattered!!!!)
For Justine, yes, she's amazing in this game, and you'll get to hear her again in The Thread and the Sword! Only as Phaedra this time but... let's say, with a wider range of emotions lol
For the feedback, I take note, thanks! If I guess I can't escape from my typo curse (although the typo in the "This is it, Pheadra" which opens the game really is a shame lol), I do take note for the volume issue; I'll admit for the music, it was more about making sure it doesn't sound louder than the voice acting, but I do have to find a balance indeed!
Thanks for your feedback, I hope Hippolytus' perspective... moves things around!!
You're welcome! 😁💞
Omg, all this about moving things around... I feel a bigger tragedy incoming agsjksls-- 👀👀👉🏻👈🏻 Even more hyped to read! 😌🤲🏻✨
Lol, yeah, the typo thing indeed is a curse all of us writers have to deal with. Even when we do multiple passes, more seems to pop up?! Like wtf! 😭😂😂 So just having minor typos is already awesome, no worries 😌👌🏻✨
And ahh, I see~ That explains it! Is there a way to default the game's settings to what you want at players startup? This way, you can still have the asset volume at 100%, but have the volume already lowered in the game itself, so that if players need it to be louder, they can do so no problem 😁🤲🏻
I don't use Ren'py, so I have no idea how it works, lol. I wish you the best with it! 🥰💞
(honestly, there might be a way to set the default volume to a specific value, I'll need to explore that indeed for the next time I make a voiced game, because this flaw is particularly apparent in The Thread and the Sword lol!)
Sounds good! That settles it then. Good luck 😁🤲🏻💞
I knew the myth but I never thought too hard about Phaedra and her connection to Ariadne and Pasiphae. At first I wasn't sure if I wanted to play this game (Or technically read this game.) but I have no regrets! You did a great job of depicting the myths of the daughters of the sun, showing their connection to Aphrodite, and I enjoyed the writing greatly! The voice actress did an awesome job too! Overall, I really enjoyed this!
Hi, thanks for the feedback, I'm happy you tried this game (and Son of the Woods, I also read your comment!) and enjoyed it!! I can only agree for the voice acting, it was gorgeous!
(Coincidentally enough, I released the last volume of the trilogy today, if you're interested, you can click here!)
Once again, thanks a lot for the kind words (and the rating actually, it helps!), they always mean the world!!
The art was beautiful and I wasn't really well versed in the myth, I was happy I got to play it. The voice acting is really great as well!
Hi, thanks for the video, it was funny to watch! For some lore explanation, since you felt a bit lost:
- the Sun, ancestor of the three characters, cast light on Aphrodite when she was trapped, with her lover, in a net forged by her husband, revealing to all the Gods the affair. Humiliated, she decided to make all the female descendants of the Sun unhappy in love;
- so, Pasiphaë (red character), fell in love with a bull; Ariadne (pink character) fell in love with a man (Theseus) who abandoned her on an isle only to marry her sister; Phaedra, the sister in question (purple character), fell in love with her step-son, Hippolytus, the son of Theseus and another woman (yes, Theseus was a womaniser defvgfe);
- so, at this point in the story, Phaedra confessed her love to Hippolytus, which she didn't want to for obvious incestuous reasons (+ Hippolytus hates love, but the sequel, Son of the Woods, expands more on this if you're curious, as it displays Hippolytus' perspective instead); desperate and shameful, she poisoned herself, and the game is her slowly dying from the poison
Also thanks for the compliments on the art and I agree: the voice acting is excellent, Justine did a superb work as the three characters! And I'm glad I made you discover this myth!!
Wow, I am glad you replied with the explanation! Thank you so much for watching. I'll have to keep an eye on future games because I haven't delved into this type of stuff but it's pretty interesting and I am happy to see you're passionate about it enough to make your own works on it. Keep up the great game devving!
I really like how the myth was told!! Also, the use of the sprite by changing the colors to represent each daughter is very clever. That's so cool AHHH!! The art and the voice acting were both amazing as well! Great game :D
Hey, thank you for your very nice feedback! I'm very happy you enjoyed the game, I had a lot of fun with coding the colour feature too! And yes, the voice acting is really excellent here, haha! Thanks for supporting me!
Just realized that I forgot to drop an actual comment LOL ^^;
But as I said earlier, great game Chim! Interesting myth you've drawn from and well executed by everyone involved. Yay you!! <3
Ha ha, don't worry, Tyme! I love this myth (and especially Racine's depiction!). Thanks for the comment, yay you too!