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Hey all! This is going to be my second IF story for public release (and my first actually-serious one), so I'm sticking with what I know and writing it in INFORM 7. I'm planning that two of my front characters will be enby vampires, and (just in case this helps anyone else) I'll be getting around INFORM's binarist limitations with the rather excellent in-development Non-binary Gender extension by Sadie de Might.

Is anyone else going old-school like me? :)

That was an amazing demo. What a great concept, and a banger of a soundtrack! I'm looking forward to playing the full game (and hopefully downloading the OST too~)

Update: Yeah that was an amazing game, well worth a buy. So well-written, so artful, so much fun. The twists and turns had me enthralled. More please!

They're in the Gallery in the menu :)

I'm not American but I played it (using some sample documents you can get online), and actually... enjoyed it? Here's hoping they keep updating and expanding it every year to include more and more edge cases until eventually it can handle a very wide variety of personal situations, and becomes the #1 tax preparation assistant. :)

A delightful short story full of acceptance and validation. All fictional wizard schools should strive for this level of support for their students! :)

I desperately needed this to say goodbye to an old friend. Thank you.

Regarding your email: I personally wouldn't touch discord with a 10ft pole given their track record. But I hope you're able to get a community together. :)

That's not this game. This is a shot in the dark based on very little information, but do you mean the Magical Diary series?

I managed it in two attempts and I think I was lucky rather than good. You have successfully captured what it feels like to have to navigate a phone tree under time crunch. Bravo.

Curious, does it have multiple endings or just the one? The one was a hell of a trip but I suspect I missed something :)

I'm having the same problem. I think the cause is that the .zip file is set as just a generic file, not a Windows executable-type thingy. The itchio app should be able to pick it up properly if you change that in the Uploads section of the game. :)

I've been using this for a couple of months now, since the Hot Springs stories brought me to kc's page.

I said I'd chip in $2 later.

Today, I rolled my second two.

I actually feel good about doing the things I've put off.

It's here! It's here! It's fina-lully here! :D

Just wanted to throw some more positive feedback on the pile. As well as being a good story, the volume and variety of content is remarkable for a demo, it does a great job of showing off your plans for the full game. Fantastic work! I particularly like the inclusion of a selection of neopronouns - my own pronouns are they/them, but including neopronouns as an option is always great, and not just for those who use them. Making the minigame skippable is another great choice, especially for players who may find it less accessible. I look forward to buying - and playing the heck out of - the full game when it's done. :)

Lovely and wholesome, just like the other reviewers have said. I too loved Gakuto, I'd love to spend more time in his company and hopefully show him that not all humans are bad. Thanks so much for writing this and making it free. :)

Thank you so much for including this in the bundle. It was awesome to watch LRR play this game and it's even better now I get to get to play it myself!

Interesting little game! But... it doesn't want to let me progress beyond the tutorial. The tutorial worked fine, so I clicked to advance to The Basics, but it just ran the tutorial again. After passing it, I went back to the main menu, into Original Situations, and selected The Basics Part 1. It ran the tutorial again. I don't seem to be able to advance past this point. Can you help please?

Thanks for taking care of that so speedily, it solved my problem. I played the original Headliner on Steam (more times than I'd care to count…) and I have been really excited to play the followup. :)

Hey, could you please assign platforms to your downloads for this game? That way those of us who use the itch.io app will be able to update it whenever there's a new update available. Thanks :)

Even better news: the bundle keeps on getting bigger, now we're up over 1600 items!

Unfortunately, when I tried to play this game, my mouse kept on jumping out of the window. I suspect the game didn't properly capture my pointer. A pity too, as it seems pretty fun!