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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 👀

Chimériquement285 days ago(+1)(-4)

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!!

WingedHares285 days ago(+1)(-4)

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! 🥰💞

Chimériquement285 days ago(+1)(-4)

(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!)

WingedHares284 days ago(+1)(-4)

Sounds good! That settles it then. Good luck 😁🤲🏻💞

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