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Thank you so much for playing! I’m really glad you enjoyed it—especially the pixel art and characters. That means a lot since it was my first time doing pixel art and using RPG Maker at all.

I’m happy the difficulty curve worked for you too! I wasn’t sure if the touch controls would be good enough, but I’m glad they helped, especially for the flame puzzle.

Totally fair point about Maya. I originally wanted the village you pass through to be destroyed while she was in the temple, which would’ve pushed her and forced some character growth away from her arrogance. But I realized that kind of arc would’ve taken way more time than I had for the jam, so I kept it simple and just cut it all.

Thanks again for the kind words—it really keeps me motivated to keep making stuff.

Thank you! I’m really glad you enjoyed it—especially the art and characters. I’ve been thinking about maybe adding more in the future if I’m not too busy with school, so we’ll see! Either way, it means a lot that you were getting into it!

Hi! Thank you so much for trying it out—I'm really glad you enjoyed it! The character dynamic was probably one of the hardest things to figure out while making the game. I went through a bunch of different personality ideas, so I’m happy the one I settled on worked for you!

Hey! Thanks so much for the thoughtful feedback, I really appreciate it!

I'm really glad it ran fine for you—that was honestly one of my biggest worries. I'm about to start college for computer science, and I wanted to learn the basics by actually making something, so this game was a learning experiment from start to finish.

You’re totally right about the story and difficulty. I spent most of the first three weeks just figuring out pixel art, designing characters and their personalities, importing everything, trying to get a ghost-floating plugin working—and on top of that, learning RPG Maker itself, since I bought it just for this jam. It was my first time using it.

The story and writing came together super last-minute. I didn’t even realize how rough the flame puzzle was until my sister played it and struggled hard. The ending was rushed too—I was scrambling to figure out how to upload the web version since I left that part until the last day.

Really appreciate the kind critique—it means a lot! And no worries, you didn’t overstep at all. Super helpful for next time. (And yeah... I suck at writing too. I was gonna have the princess go through a “I failed” arc with the village getting attacked while she was in the temple, but I realized that would’ve taken way more time than I had.)