I'm happy to hear you enjoyed my game! I really did my best to convey everyone's anxiety and how everyone starts connecting with each other, so I'm really glad to see you point that out in your comment :D
I get your comment about the backgrounds not matching the giu, but those are stock photos with a filter. I wasn't able to match those 100% to the rest of my game theme unfortunately.
Of course!! Don't worry too much about the bugs. I think it is really impressive you got the game to where it is now within the time you had available!
Your game is absolutely gorgeous! I really enjoyed it. Also, I was super impressed by the customisation options for the player!
The art is beautiful and the story you tell in the game is very complex and in-depth. I think you convey the difficult emotions of all characters really well.
I think you did an amazing job! I got emotional playing your game, so I definitely think you deserve a lot of praise for this hard work.
(I did see some typos, and I thought it would be important to let you know that I got some error messages in the character design menu while cycling through some options. There were also some sprites that would stay on screen in scenes where they shouldn't be. But obviously these are minor things that didn't cause a lot of problems!)
Thank you so much for your comment! (AND thanks for letting me know about the typos, guess they slipped through my check :p)
I'm glad to hear the literary analyses felt familiar! I'm an English lit graduate, so I was really trying to evoke how discussions took place in class.
I'm happy to hear you want to learn more about the characters! I intentionally left the 'getting to know them on a personal level' out, since I really wanted to show how meeting new people goes when you only see each other for like an hour a week. Thanks for the tip about the idea for a sequel, I'll definitely consider it!
To answer your question, yes! Kai wears hearing aids. He briefly talks about how it is sometimes hard to hear what people are saying in busy rooms. It's something people I know who wear hearing aids often bring up as a problem. I wanted to touch upon this topic without getting too personal for Kai, since you as the player are still a bit of a stranger to him.
I'm really glad to hear you liked the illustrations, too! I'm happy these also got the point across that the characters grow to like you and grow to want to hang out with you over time instead of liking the player instantly.
I really liked the colors and the paper aesthetic you used. It fit perfectly with what I had initially imagined :) Absolutely awesome work, I also credited your kit in my game's ABOUT section.
