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Oh gosh, thank you so much for the thoughtful comment 😭 Your analysis was so interesting to read and completely on point, and I really appreciate your comments on the "artistic" aspects as well - I really love VNs and playing around with the way that they're presented, so it's such an honor to hear that they have a cinematic quality 😭 And I'm very happy that the Web/Android build was worth it to make! One of the reasons I like making visual novels is that they're very lightweight games that can be played by just about anyone with a device, and I always want to make my games as accessible as possible! 🤭

(And exactly right about Geist's name! Fun fact, but in addition to meaning "ghost," the word "Geist" can also refer to "spirit" or "mind/intellect." I thought that the double meaning would be pretty fitting for his character 🤭)

(Gosh thank you for the comment about the dev notes, I can't believe I playtested this dang build 10 times and NEVER caught that... I'll make sure to update it the next time I update the game!)

(and regarding the last question 🤭 the tutor and his gf are indeed Karamu cameos... they're actually the sprites from the last installment, I thought it would make a fun Easter egg 😂)

THE MEME IT FITS SO MUCH DFGDF

Thank you again for playing!!! (And gosh I'm so touched that you're interested in so many of my games? I really hope that you enjoy them!!) 

Oh I'm glad that you liked them! 😊 Yes, I plan to add Steam achievements to all of the games I release there 🫡

Oh gosh I'm so honored!! Thank you for picking out my game for your first video 🥹 I'm glad you enjoyed it! 

Oh it's not, they're different characters 😂 (their personalities couldn't be more different too 😂)

¡No hay planes por ahora! ¡Quizás cuando termine el juego!

LOL that's fair, thanks for the input! I wanted it to be very clear where Kalei is from since you rarely see Pacific Islander rep in this genre of game, and I previously released a game with POC where their cultural heritage wasn't that pronounced beyond names/some lingo and people didn't really notice that they were supposed to be SEA 😅 I think a lot of people who played MMM didn't recognize Kalei's accent or the pidgin used (some people thought it was like, Californian??? or thought he was from Brazil based off of looks/fashion), so I thought that a musical motif would be more clear. Though I understand how it probably comes off as strong to someone who's actually familiar with Hawai'i. I apologize if it came off as stereotypical/racist 😭

(If it's any consolation, the music used is from Japanese artists, not haoles - well not white haoles at least😂 since I get most of the music for my games from that site!) 

Oh I am!! There's currently a second part out, and I'm currently making the third part! 

This is such a gorgeous game! The art and sound direction were beautiful, and I loved the atmosphere, I was so immersed. 

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The storyline was so intriguing - I'm not familiar with this myth, and at first I thought that everyone else was suspicious/knew more than they were letting on. Kandita's gradual transformation, as her traumatic past experiences and warped obsession twist her over the course of the story, is enthralling. It definitely didn't go in the direction that I was expecting! Absolutely gorgeous work on this game, it's so inspiring!

¡Estoy creando una versión para Android! Debería estar disponible pronto, solo estoy dedicando un poco de tiempo a corregir errores 🙏

I post all of the major game updates to my various socials! I'll also send them out via mailing list if you want direct notifications. I post a monthly devlog (though that's about all my games, not just MHIAS) on itch (it'll pop up in your feed if you follow me), as well as on Tumblr and Patreon!

Oh gosh that's a lot of them 😆 (I'm so glad!!!) (I'll take note 😊) Thank you for enjoying my games and taking the time to read! 

Ohhhhhh thank you!! I'm really glad that you're interested for those (and dang in completely different genres 😂), I'm v excited for them too 🙏 

Thank you so much for the support 🙏🙏🙏 I definitely will! 😆

YESSSS MY TWO MORONS (affectionate) 

AHHHHH thank you so much 😭 I'm so honored!!! (Thank you for playing! Don't worry, Day 1 will come into play later 🤣) 

Yes! This isn't a bug 🐛

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! 😊