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Gorgeous game. The topic is (painfully) familiar to me as a person who loves the genre 😅, and I really loved the slow build-up here. (Amy's experience with the rat VN was scarily close to my own first experiences with VNs...) The character-writing felt so well-rounded and authentic, and I really liked the way the LGBTQ topics were intertwined in with the themes of art/storytelling to show how both of these are ground up and spit out by the ✨ Capitalism Machine ✨ The last line is a gut punch. Fantastic work. 

(This also has to be one of the best coded VNs that I've played in Unity - very well done, easy to play, and the UI is clean and beautiful!) 

Gosh, this is one of the most lovingly assembled games that I've played in a long time - there's so much detail and thought put into everything, from the character designs to the cinematic camerawork to the additional gameplay elements (the paranoia bubbles, the character affection markers, the text popups) - there's a lot of passion here, and it really shows. In particular, I really loved the dynamic camerawork (especially the closeups and angles) and the usage of different artstyles for different parts of the story to reflect the tone - it was so dynamic and impactful.

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All of the characters are well-rounded and distinct, and their personalities play off each other well. Lion and Rikka are total sweethearts, and Kie is eccentrically charming(???) I'll say that I was the most intrigued by Luz, simply because I didn't know what to make of her. She seems like a cool girl, and she and Syun connect on some level, but she also sets off my alarm bells somehow and gives me such bad vibes 😂

Syun is a painfully relatable protagonist, to the point that he's almost frustrating because of his relatability (especially when he's pushing away people who are only good to him) 😂 The paranoia bubbles do a really good job of highlighting how his anxieties and past experiences color his perceptions, and I also really like the usage of Komi, representing how he wants to connect and open up (the scene where Komi's dialogue becomes something that he actually says is really sweet!) The "duality" system is also really clever, and I appreciated how initially it's portrayed as something "simple" but becomes much more nuanced as the story goes on (where sometimes Syun isn't always wrong and Komi isn't always right, or sometimes Komi's POV appeals to some characters and not others). 

The cliffhanger is CRAZY, of course, and I have no idea how the story will continue or HOW that ended up happening...

(I think that this is probably the first time I've seen Lux-Pain mentioned by someone other than myself LOL I absolutely loved that game, and I really see the inspiration here!)

This was such a lovely demo - best of luck with development, I can't wait to see what the final product looks like! 

This was a beautiful game! I loved the usage of visual metaphor to convey the emotions in the story (the artwork was so raw and enthralling), and it tackled the subject matter with a lot of care.

I was howling the entire time as I was playing this 😂 I never thought that a game about the fear of being bloodsucked to death would be this fun... I truly feel like I was seeing Genzou and Iggy in THEIR ELEMENT (Genzou being his charismatic smooth talking self and Iggy being a loveable doofus) the entire time and it was just a delight.

The game was fantastically well made, though I would expect nothing less 🙏 In particular I loved all of the CGs here - they were so intimate and well crafted - as well as all of the little sprite movements (the little zoom in on Iggy shaking as he realized that he had to let someone into his apartment was CRAZY good). I also loved the Berek cameo, and it only made me love the man even more than when I played WTDSR! (Truly the bestie that everyone dreams of...)

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(Note, if any of the comment seems weirdly phrased it's because I'm trying to avoid SAYING CERTAIN WORDS) 

One aspect that I really liked about this is how the story explores Iggy's aceness, in a slightly different flavor to how it's been explored before. I was actually curious how it would be done since vampirism is so often closely linked to intimate relations, and it's REALLY difficult to avoid the sensual aspects - and then I played the game and realized that was the point 😂 Throughout, Iggy is enamored by Genzou, and likes being touched by him - but doesn't want to be touched in *that* way. And he struggles with understanding his wants, setting this boundary, or even understanding that it's a boundary that he can set. Meanwhile, Genzou, loveable rogue that he is, is continuously trying to sink his teeth into him - and, throughout, intimate relations and bloodsucking are almost synonymous. It's a really clever usage of vampirism that plays perfectly into the connotations, where the game is as much about Iggy's fear of his boundaries being overstepped as it is about his fear of dying from being bloodsucked 😂 (The ending of the episode was pretty much perfect, no notes... and Genzou was a perfectly emotionally respectful KING) 

I did pretty much the "perfect" run the first time around (or at the very least, I did my very best to make iggy the absolute down baddiest for genzou that I could), and so I was really shook by how suave and confident Genzou was almost the entire time - and then I did a "terrible" run and realized how much of it was an act. I thought this was a really clever way of showcasing Genzou's character, how much he plays things up to appear confident when he's really insecure - and how he, like iggy, just wants someone who appreciates him as he is. 

It was the first time that I've played a game where Iggy and Genzou weren't childhood friends and Genzou wasn't already hopelessly besotted from the get-go 😂 At first I was a little scared because I was like NOOOO I don't want to see a Genzou who wants to bloodsuck Iggy to death... but I actually really loved this shift in their dynamic, it ended up being so adorable. Iggy and Genzou both being failures in their own unique ways is endearing and gives them both a lot of room to grow. I also really like how, on the surface, Iggy just falls easily for the first guy who flirts with him hard and Genzou is playing things up to get Iggy's blood - but you can see the seeds of a more genuine relationship sprouting already.

Overall this was so adorable, and I can't wait to see the continuation!!! Fantastic work! 

Sí, de hecho, ¡estoy trabajando en una versión para Android ahora mismo! Espero tenerla lista para finales de mes!

Unfortunately, it's only available in English! 

You can find the walkthrough here!

https://chattercap.itch.io/the-perfect-woman/devlog/799931/walkthrough-and-minor...

Give me your address I need to mail you an external hard drive apparently, WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DELETED ALL OF YOUR RENPY FILES CHIM THIS IS WHAT BACKUPS ARE FOR

(And OHH I was not expecting see margareve back so soon, but I'm excited to see what you have cooking for the demo 👀)

Por desgracia, no he podido crear una versión para Android de este juego debido a las limitaciones <span class="--l --r hover:bg-blue-100 hover:dark:bg-blue-600" <del<="" span="">del motor del juego. Pero el año que viene lanzaré un tercer juego que incluirá los dos primeros, ¡y estará disponible para Android!</span>

Thank you so much for playing!! 😭 💦 I'm really glad you enjoyed the demo 💜 

Right 😭😭😭 This has been quite a Year, that's for sure 😂 And yes, it was my first time participating in NanoWriMo in earnest, and I was surprised at how motivating it was, I really need to do it every year 😂 And OHH I'm really looking forward to seeing what you're planning to cook up!! 🥰🥰🥰

I hope that you have a good holiday, Kona (and I can't see what you're working on for next year as well!) 🥰 

Thank you so much for the kind words!! I'm really glad that you enjoyed it 😊 This game was a little out of my comfort zone as a dev (so I'm glad it was enjoyable) 😆 but I hope that you enjoy my other games if you decide to give them a try! 🥰🥰🥰 Thank you so much for playing! 

AW thank you so much for playing 😭😭😭 the VAs did SUCH a good job! Low key surprised you found this one before Karamu, but I hope you enjoy that one as well 👐👐👐 (And I'm hard at work on the third part 💪 I hope that you enjoy it when it releases!) 

(😂 that was a VERY fortunate coincidence!) 

THANK YOU FOR PLAYING, and ohhhh interesting theories 👀 I can't say anything, but I do love reading people's predictions 🤭 Thank you so much for the sweet comment 🤗 (and I hope the conclusion is interesting too! 🤭)

GOSH one of the best??? That's far too kind, thank you so much 😭😭😭 (and I wonder indeed 🤭 we'll have to see... I'm glad it's intriguing, though!) Thank you so much for playing 🥹💦

(Oh gosh, I'm so honored 😭😭😭 thank you so much for taking the time to play even though it's not your native language, and for taking the time to leave me a comment in English too 😭😭😭 I'm so touched!!)

Your comments are really too kind, thank you so much 🥹💦 I'm really happy that the game took you off guard in a good way 🤭🤭🤭 and that you played it all at once, even 🥹💦

(And oh I'm very glad!!! This was actually my first game that I've released for browser, I hope that I can release other games that can at least be partially played on browser too~ I'm happy to know that people look for these types of games and enjoy them 😊) 

Thank you so much for playing 😭 I really hope that the continuation is enjoyable too! 🤭

LMAOOOOOOOOOO the pain 😂😂😂

Oh gosh, thank you so much for leaving your thoughts 🥹💦 And not oversharing at all - in fact, I really appreciate you sharing your experience. To be honest I wasn't really expecting this story to hit on a very personal level for most of my audience, so it's really interesting to get the perspective of someone where the subject matter IS close to home. I'm really glad that it resonated with you (but not TOO much) - to be honest that's something I enjoy about stories, both reading and writing - it can help sometimes, to experience your problems through someone else's perspective 🤣 (sometimes I joke with my friends that writing is free therapy...) 

🤭🤭🤭 Hehe, what is happening indeed??? (At the very least I hope that people with marriage problems can play and be like "well dang at least my marriage problems aren't THIS bad" LOL) 

Thank you so much for playing and taking the time to comment 🥹💦 again, I really appreciate it so much!!! And I hope you enjoy the continuation as well~

¡Gracias por estar interesado en jugar a mi juego! Por desgracia, solo está disponible en inglés, lo siento mucho 😓. Otro de mis juegos, MindMindMind, estará disponible en español en las próximas semanas, ¡pero es el único de mis juegos que está disponible en español! 💦

Thank you for being interested in playing my game!! Unfortunately it's only available in English, I'm very sorry 😓 Another game of mine, MindMindMind, will be available in Spanish in the next couple weeks, but that's the only game of mine that's available in Spanish! 💦

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Hmm based on these I think you're missing either endings A or B! There's a walkthrough in the "Archives" section if you want to get those! 

OHHH this was an interesting read! (Gosh I was wondering what your code looks like, the ATL to actual "text" ratio is INSANE, no wonder your games are so animated...) And deuteragonist??? (VERY intriguing - I'm trying to figure out where this will go...) 

AWW thank you so much 😭 I really hope you enjoy it!!!

Oh gosh I'm really honored that you played even though it wasn't in your native language 🥹 (and I'm so glad you enjoyed it too!) 🤭🤭🤭 And very interesting theory, we'll see... 

THANK YOU AGAIN and I hope that you enjoy the rest 🥹🥹🥹

Oh thank you so much for playing, nef!! 😆 It was my first time making a game in Renpy so I was mostly just playing around and trying to see what was possible in the engine, I hope that I can improve on the presentation even more in the future 😆 And I'm glad that you liked the marriage theme - I think stories like this can be a little harder for people to get into compared to romances that focus on the "meet cute," but I found it fascinating to think about and write 🤔 

🤭 I'm happy it was a bit scary even though the "ball hasn't dropped" yet (I'm really excited to work on the visuals for the later parts 😆) Thank you again for playing and taking the time to leave your thoughts, I really appreciate it 🥹

Oh thank you so much!!! I'm glad you enjoyed it! 😊

There's very little in the range of "objectionable content" (i.e. blood, nud1ty) (a lot of the horror is psychological), but in general the subject matter is quite mature (marriage, relationship problems, grief, substance abuse, and so on), so I would say 16+ is accurate! 

When it started with a TOLKIEN QUOTE I knew it was going to be good (and such a fitting one...)

Overall regarding the actual production I'm legitimately speechless, OW was already a masterclass in renpy and yet this one managed to eclipse it in its first 45 minutes?! (well except for some of OW's MOST cinematic scenes, perhaps) The amount of art that is in this is already absolutely mental and more than that I'm really shocked by how inventive the visuals are (in terms of framing, movement, the use of text boxes/speech bubbles, and so on). There's so much movement in every single line, and while some of the scenes look a bit "comic-like" or "anime-like" a lot of them are also framed in ways that could only be accomplished in the medium of visual novels. I saw some of it previewed on socials but I'm still blown away by the end product.

The UI is very cool and stylish and suitably "horror," and the music choice is absolutely superb, as usual! As with all of Carrot's writing, I really love how poetic the prose sounds juxtaposed next to the colorful dialogue, it has so much character in the best way. (And random, but I kind of really like how american the setting feels, even moreso than OW, it has such a nostalgic feeling to me 😂)

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The intro scene went EXTREMELY HARD, it was one of the most cinematic intros to a VN that I've ever seen (that aren't like, pre-rendered cutscenes), and I also really love how it set the tone for the game while literally revealing NOTHING about the plot. Another scene that I really enjoyed in a COMPLETELY different vein was the "jumpscare" near the end of the demo 😂 the framing and the shot composition of it all reminded me so much of children's cartoons I watched growing up for some reason! 

Overall I think that the demo did a fantastic job of setting up the character dynamics and making you endeared to them (ofc to make their gruesome deaths all the more heartwrenching later on, I'm sure). The entire demo has such a nostalgic and heartwarming feeling as you recognize that all of these people, who have moved on with their adult lives, get to come back and just be kids again with their childhood friends. They're such a colorful cast of characters, from the snarky Ze to the sweet Cordy to Marsh, who seems like THE definition of himbo (and surprisingly, a very likeable jock 😂) Gum is also such a sweet and likeable protagonist as well, and I really loved seeing them play off of the various other members of the cast. I was the most surprised by Berek, since I didn't really have a good grasp of his personality from his bio or design (he gave me the impression of "the guy from the friend group who 'made it'"?) and I was really endeared by his little chats with Gum, which were my favorite part of the demo - it's clear that he truly cares about them.

Another thing that really surprised me was how well the whole cast seems to get along, and how well they also seem to be doing (did I have certain expectations? maybe) 😂 Gum is, of course, suffering from the blessing and curse of being a freelance artist - and I really enjoyed how both Cordy and Berek reached out to them in this regard - but this seemed to be the only major source of "drama" so far (there are some other things that I found a bit sus, like why Gum distanced themselves and how afraid they were at someone coming up the stairs... but there isn't quite enough information there to make any predictions).

Overall it was AMAZING, and I absolutely can't wait to see the rest of the first part! 

OHHH THANK YOU SO MUCH, I'm so glad that you enjoyed it!! I was curious how many people would take a peek at the warnings 😂 but I'm glad that the the plot isn't entirely clear even after reading them 🤭🤭🤭 Interesting theories...

(😂😂😂 Maybe it'll happen later on, who knows... 🤭) 

Thank you so much for playing and taking the time to leave your thoughts!! 🥰

GOSH I don't know what to say either, your praise is really TOO HIGH, I'm really not deserving 🥹 but thank you so much 🥹💦💦 I'm honestly really surprised that people engaged so strongly with this part of the story - I thought that it would be a bit of a hard thing for players to get into because the slow burn is quite extreme 🤧 so I'm so touched that people found it to be so emotionally engaging!! As a writer, nothing makes me happier, truly 🥹💦

And thank you so much, I'm really so glad that you liked Morgan ☺️ With him (and with the marriage between the MC and Morgan in general) I wanted to embody what love would look like after it evolved past a teenage crush - how it's changing yourself to fit your spouse, standing by them during their worst moments, accepting and forgiving their flaws, and so on. Out of all of the love interests that I've written (and the ones I'm planning to write as well), Morgan is the one that best embodies "love/devotion" to me, so I'm really touched that aspect of his character came across so strongly 🥹

Thank you so much for playing and taking the time to comment, it really made my day reading this! I'll continue to work hard on the updates too! 🥰

AHHHHHHH 😭😭😭😭 Thank you so much for playing multiple games of mine, I'm so touched?!?! 😭😭😭 Your praise is TOO KIND, it really brings a smile to my face, truly 🥹 I'll work hard on my future projects as well!!! 

Oh gosh, thank you so much!!! That's so sweet of you to say 😭 I'm glad that you enjoyed the story, thank you for playing! 🥰

And ahhh I'm really happy to hear that 🥹 It was something that I thought of randomly while I was writing the script since it came up naturally in the writing process (them being a married couple and all) - at first I wasn't sure if it was something that players would care about since it's not a big part of the story at all 🤣 but I've gotten a few comments from people that appreciated it, so I'm really glad that I included it! 🥰 I'm on the ace spectrum myself so I definitely understand the feelings - in particular, when a supposedly self-insert game assumes that I'm really horny for the love interest 😭 it really takes me out of the experience. So I'm glad that you appreciated it 😆 (and I'll make a note of this to keep it in mind for future games, too!) 

Thank you for waiting!! It'll take a bit longer;  I decided to make the next update a bit larger than initially planned, and I'm also working on the endings in tandem just so there isn't that much time between the Day 5 update and the full game. I'm also waiting on a few assets that I'm not producing myself to be finished as well. I appreciate your patience! 

DKFJKD AWW 🥹🥹🥹 gosh thank you so much!!! 😭😭😭 I'm so glad that you were so invested in the characters and the story 🥹💦💦 I hope that the next parts don't have you crashing out too hard 😆 Thank you so much for playing and taking the time to comment! 🥰🥰🥰

Thank you!!! 🥹🥹 ☆(≧▽≦)☆ (AND FGHFG STRANGE HOWLS THAT CANNOT BE TRANSLATED 😂😂😂)

Thank you so much, that's so sweet of you to say!! 😭

THANK YOUUU SO MUCH I'm really happy with the art as well 🤭 (and I hope that the updates are interesting, hehe!) 

Thank you, the artist did such a good job!! 🤭

FGHHFGH THANK YOU 😳

Oh gosh thank you so much 😭😭😭 I'm really glad that you could relate to Yumeko in some ways (😅 for better or worse I based a lot of what the Doctor says off things I've heard myself...) And I'm glad you liked that ending, it's my favorite too!! ☺️ I only hope that everyone is able to find such control over their lives. Thank you again for playing, and for taking the time to leave your thoughts, I'm so touched 🥹 (and honored you found it inspiring!)

BAWLING AT MIDNIGHT GHFGHFGHF gosh thank you so much 😭 😭 😭 I'm so touched to hear that 🥹💦💦 and also that you found it relatable... I hope that you enjoy the full release, thank you again for playing 😭

(The base game will be free!! There will be a couple endings and some extra scenes that I'll put in a DLC but they won't change the story in a significant way, I want the free version to be a complete experience! ☺️)