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Do you want to make a game together? You're kind of my closest friend.

When I first started the game, I was blown away by its technical presentation. Website links, fanfictions, visual novels within visual novels: each story having its own distinct style and tone. In the first few moments of the game, when I was taken out of the darkness of the basement and into the library, I was quick to compare Kaschei to one of my favorite novels House of Leaves. Similar to my reading experience then, I was confused (and a little scared) and had no choice but to follow the story and see where it took me. The second that I had access to Myra's website and Acrylic Horizon, I knew that I was playing something special. 

That is to say: underneath the library of stories within stories, memories within memories, the heart of Kaschei lies between two girls that love each other, and want to create because they love each other. There's a level of intimacy between Myra and Mary that can't be instantly explained. Sure, they like the same things, and they share the same classes, but there's more to it, isn't there? They'll never talk about what it is between them. Not really. It won't change what happened. It'll only hurt them even more. 

So they talk about other things. Games they want to write, trips they want to take, dreams that they can't even begin to understand. They'll only share this with each other, of course. After all, there's nothing worse than being alone, and there's nothing better than having a best friend. 

If you take that away, then what's left of the stories they love? Of the memories they share? We'll never know. They're just characters in a story. Just a few lines of text and a pair of sprites in a visual novel software. But that doesn't change the fact that they love each other. That doesn't change the fact that the reader loves them too.

Thank you so much for making this. I think everyone should create something beautiful with their friends.

ah what a coincidence !! i'll be sure to check out your game soon, hope you give our contenere a shot as well <3

Hi thank you so much for the comment, but I'm a little confused by your critique? Clicking to go to the next paragraph or next few sentences is a function of the visual novel software that we used to make the game. There isn't really a way to fix that without every bit of text showing up on the screen, and I fear that would mess with the pacing of the story?

I HATE YOU ITCHIO I HATE YOU I HATE YOU

smiled at the carseatheadrest drop in the credits will toledo is always at the scene of the crime... anyway this was a lovely demo <3 the use of bright pink in the intro clashing with the overbearing harshness of the blue dream/memory was so cool to look at. also the writing was so great,the limited descriptions/flavor text for some of jane's belongings was really atmospheric and gave me a sense of who she is even with the short runtime. ty for making this will cheer when jane comes back in doomsday ^w^

horrifying and so fun to read through!! loved this so much. loved the presentation and changing ui, loved the abstract descriptions of self/physicality, loved the sense of dread and fear that can be felt through the degrading code at the end. this is so awesome thank you so much for making it <3

 hiiiii sorry for the late response but thank you so much for the comment !! congrats on your marriage wishing you guys sooo much happiness and love and yuri in the future !! hope you guys like the future yurimag wedding installments too :)))

hi hi hiiiii thank you for playing with our dolls..... so glad to know the Want is so insane it cracks everyone open <3

hehehe tysm for reading !!

omg hi hi!!!! thank you so much for reading!!!!

really cool game!! the music and writing are effective and the designs for the mazes were so unique!!

i love my doll think she came out very cute!!

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hiiiii thank you so much for playing i'm happy to hear it impacted you so much!!

tysm!! super happy you enjoyed it!!

omg just saw this!! ty for reading!!

omg hiiii!! big fan of your work (in the middle of playing she was swallowed by the sun rn) so hearing that the prose was impactful means a lot!! glad that the runtime was able to help w connecting to the plot beats since I spent most of the time worried about the story's slower pace. But I'm very glad that you enjoyed it >:)

Thank you for playing!! Glad you enjoyed it!!

so glad you liked it thank you for the feedback <3

Thank you for the kind words!! hearing that the ending surprised you means a lot :3

so glad to hear our game had a strong impact on you!

Hi!! This is really sweet, and thank you so much for commenting!! As for your thoughts on the 'final tests': 

Earlier in act three, I had established the attraction/fascination Helena feels towards Lilith (with her rewatching the footage of their kiss and also slipping up by humanizing Lilith in her deleted journal entries). So I wanted to escalate Helena's feelings of attraction and also Lilith's feelings of hatred. 

While the 'final test' portions are just narrative devices to show Lilith/Helena's feelings shift over a few weeks, I also wanted those scenes to serve as an 'end' to the experiment. Basically by the time Lilith receives affection from Helena, she feels nothing, as she understands this moment is nothing more than another way for Helena to extract data from her project. At the same time, Helena is able to understand that Lilith's feelings of love are truly unconditional. This proves an irrational line of thinking in Lilith, which makes her 'human' and 'real' by Helena's standards. But after this point Helena still continues to view Lilith as a project, which leads to the final confrontation scene. (Which is real!!)

Sorry for the super long response, but I just wanted to explain certain scenes and help them feel less confusing? Even though you said you'd replay the game to find new meaning out of it (that's so sweet by the way), I thought hearing more about my intention could help out... 

Anyway, thank you so so much for playing!! So glad you liked it!!

Hiiii thank you so so much for playing!! While I was going for a slowburn that eventually spirals into something more horrific, I think referring to it as an emotional toaster explosion gets the job done better than I can. Gonna start saying toaster explosion when something makes me Feel. again tysm for playing and reviewing <3

easily one of the games i looked forward to the most whenever i'd pop into the yuri server and it did not disappoint!! loved everything about it. loved itske who i think would have a Conversation with mr harry du bois of disco elysium fame. loved the art (the muppet style sprites were what i saw the most in the server and i thought they were so cool). loved the music too and how lively and fun it is. Mostly i loved the writing for this game, it was funny and sweet and sad and made me feel so much for a girl that only wants to be a trash cube. peak cinema

such a cool game!! really enjoyed the worldbuilding and the entire ending sequence with other rue!!

love your game!! i think the writing is so interesting and lets the audience know just enough about the characters to get a sense of who they are without the narrative needing to over explain their relationship. i think this works so well with the premise of poker games and being trapped on a train ride. it kept me entertained in my playthrough. also the sound design/art were soooo cool but the ui had me going crazy..... like making a whole card minigame in the span of a few weeks is nuts but its so fun here!! 

tsym for the comment sooo glad you liked the game!!