I'll need to look at the locations again as I haven't done that route in a while. I'll get back to you if I have anything I think might help
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I'm absolutely blown away by this Visual Novel. I've been following it for a while but I just wanted to voice my praises of how good this is.
Something that stood out to me when I started playing was that you couldn't name the character you play as. This first striked me as odd but I quickly realised the reason for doing so. Luke has so much depth and character himself, it makes perfect sense to not let the player pick his name because (unlike many visual novels) Luke isn't a character for the player to project onto, Just a character for them to experience, Therefore it makes perfect sense to not try to unify the player and Luke.
The world building is phenomenal and by far my favorite part of the game. The concept of a furry universe where different groups of species have unique intrinsic magical abilities is an amazing concept, throw in the fact that you're the only human and therefore the only person with your species' abilities and you already have an amazing world right there. The entire idea of the Shelter is incredibly well done. I especially enjoy how there's a point made to say that the Shelter isn't just a habitat, but a way of life. A place where everyone can overcome their difficulties and no one is left behind (unless they are left behind). Then there's the main characters barkstories and how they tie into one another (Max's especially) which is done extremely well and it was an absolute joy to realise how the different barkstories all interconnect.
The art is extremely impressive. I'm not an artist so take my praise with a grain of salt here because I have no idea about the actual skill it takes to draw, to me it just feels like people doing magic. But one thing I can do is compare it to other media and this is definitely among the greatest art that I've seen in visual novels. All of the characters are so distinct from one another and the detail that goes into drawing each of them just seems insane. Also I have to talk about how detailed the backgrounds are, because when playing visual novels I usually don't expect much from the backgrounds so the amount of detail present in all of the backgrounds seriously blew me away.
Similarly, when playing visual novels I rarely expect the music to be a high point but OH MY DOG the music in this is incredible!! I never expected the music to be so incredibly good but on more than one occasion I've caught myself stopping reading and just listening to the music for a bit. Also when hearing Luke's theme I literally just sat with my mouth gaping as I realised who the (in universe) creator of the music I had been listening to the whole time was.
But above all else, the thing that amazed me the most, was how small your team is. The fact that almost all of this visual novel was created by a SINGLE PERSON just absolutely blows me away. I can only dream of one day having the skill to do something like this myself. This went on for way longer than I expected it to but I suppose that just shows how many good things I have to say about this visual novel. Thank you for creating this and I will happily and patiently wait for the next parts as they come out.