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Thank you! It really was, but also oddly fun - I thought I might be exhausted afterwards, but instead I'm really looking forward to making the full game... just now with more time to do it. 😅

It is enormously cool that you're double-checking things! I was hoping people would, but worried people would just think it was lazy writing when things contradicted each other, so that's fabulous to hear. The full game will let you add things people say to their profiles on the family tree screen that persist over all the routes, so hopefully that'll make it more fun. ^_^

For the music cues... that sounds mysterious even to me. The only one I can think of is the short version of the cues that play on the day intro screens. That one is quite short, and usually gets turned off after only one line when it occurs during the game itself, so if you click a bit faster because you've already read things it might never reoccur? 

Anyway, I'll definitely check that out and see if there's something I can track down there. Thanks for telling me! 😊

Thank you for playing and enjoying it! And for liking James, muffin that he is. I plan to give you a selection of nicknames to choose from for him, so I'll be interested which one people like the best. ^_^

Ah, that's so nice! Don't worry, for my first game jam I actually feel pretty good about the whole thing - I just want to highlight what could have helped me so I can potentially save others some trouble. Also, I would feel very odd writing a 'here are the things I did that were amazing' report, so better to mix in some of the mistakes. ^_^

That is excellent to hear! I'll probably be coming back to comments like these over and over again over the next few months to keep my motivation high, so thanks for taking the time to comment! 😊

So happy you had fun!  There should be even more investigation elements added in the full game, so I hope you enjoy it! I may add more things to put on and take off just for fun - I was severely tempted to add a Poirot moustache on a stick, for example. 😁

And you are... not alone in your feelings on Nick. 😅 I just posted a dev blog today that includes a bonus new picture of him since I'm pleased but baffled at the great response he's gotten.

I definitely will, and I hope you like it when it's done! Glad you like the MC, I'm fond of her myself. ^_^

Wow, this is great - I love getting to hear this much about your impressions of the game! 😊 You are quite right about the endings (both the number of them and that time was the reason you didn't get to investigate the other one, lol.)

You are also extremely right that everyone is lying to you. In fact, I can't actually think of one who doesn't tell you at least one lie over the course of the demo, so good instincts there! Thanks for the note on the dialogue too, I'll check that for version 1.1!

Also, laughing at the wording there at the end - yes, love interests and also suspects, and sometimes more one than the other. And I love Blake too, so I'm glad he's somebody's favorite. I should have given Nick a looser shirt. ^_^

Thank you! And thank you for liking Nick, the surly twit. He makes up for in easiness to draw what he lacks in difficulty to write. ^_^

Okay, now I'm curious which one you consider more of a cliff hanger - the partially solved murder or the completely new one? Either way, I consider it a great compliment. 😁

Ah, thank you so much! I'm glad you like so much about it - the MC only had a few facial expressions up until I actually started putting the thing together, at which point it became extremely important that she be able to roll her eyes. ^_^

Oh my, thank you for liking James! So far people keep saying that Nick is their favourite and I'm always like, "Was I not clear how rude he is?"

And thank for letting me know, too. ^_^

Oh, that's great to hear! Thank you for taking the time to tell me - it's really fantastic to know someone is looking forward to the full game. ^_^

I sincerely agree, because I want to play them. Thank you for the rating! ^_^

Excellent! Hope you enjoy the demo and the many murder-able people therein. ^_^

That's great, I'm so glad you liked it! Particularly the gui, which was essentially just me and the line tool staring each other down for a few hours.

And yes, you can try as many times as you want - I myself have lost ignominiously too many times in these types of games, so I want to save others from my fate. The full game will have substantially more investigation, possibly even in the vn sections, so I hope you'll enjoy it when it's here. ^_^

I'm so glad! I am unreasonably happy to hear that. ^_^

Thank you! It's out now, assuming I actually have done the upload process correctly. Hope you enjoy it. 😊

Thank you, that's so nice of you to say - and the muppet is an honor I'm not sure I deserve. Hope you like it when it's here! ^_^

Okay, I did not get the reference until I googled it, but that is amazing. I have never regretted more that I didn't put hats on all the guys. Something for version 1.2, I suppose!

It'll definitely be out on Friday, because I am meeting the Otome Jam deadline even if it kills me.

And thanks for asking, I should edit the page to put that information there as well. Hope you enjoy it when it's here! :)