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I would like to reference https://itch.io/post/15361620 which I think got a lot of my problems, so I'm going to focus a bit more on some of my specific problems, outside of the way the prose puts the other parts of the con in the background. 

This could just be me, but these people do not seem like friends, especially if they're going to be rooming together? Swift doesn't know what Osgood looks like, how old he is, or even is sexuality/orientation. He and Blake have a good conversation at the start before the rave, but every single moment after that is mostly them talking about sex, while Blake is catty, and Osgood is a little oblivious or grossed out. They go to the rave together and then immediately split up. I'm not even sure how Osgood is friends with them all in the first place all things considered, and Swift bails after losing one friend without even bothering to tell the other. 

Which followup, these people exist, but I'm not sure how they got to where they are. Osgood, certainly, but Diesel is the one that stands out. DL conservative trucker who is a union man and also a confederate is absolutely 100% a type of guy that exists, and he is not hard to find on grindr pretty much anywhere south of the  mason-dixon line. But if Diesel is scoffing about the puphood/fursuiters in public, how the hell did he make it to the furcon, with a room, at the rave. Like the aura of a solid 60% of the average furry rave attendees should have struck him dead alone. I could certainly see this kind of guy lurking at the edges to pick up people who don't know or have low standards, but it feels unrealistic that he's that deep when the average furry draws his disgust. 

Personally, and this isn't a criticism, just a gripe I have: As someone who is nonbinary I'm not sure how I feel about Blake but it definitely isn't good. The way they're described as extremely promiscuous, and also a goblin and gremlin ("Like a small gremlin child in a ball pit made of meat"), with not much else besides this air of "knowing better" and hitting Swift with the ojou sama laugh every time he fucks up, they just kinda come off to me as more of a caricature, they're Nonbinary, the Third Gender. But I feel like mileage may vary for other people, that's just me. I do like that you gave them a name that isn't an easy gender neutral copout. 

Swift feels born yesterday in the weirdest ways. I know in part that he's just new to furcon, but his naivete extends to all aspects of his life, which feels at odds with who he is at the very start. We get this little mention about how he's a cartoon animal, he doesn't know how everyone else can't see it, and how he's a dude who likes dudes, but not necessarily in a cis way. This opens up an idea of him being a sort of nonbinary therian that is just... never followed up on, and while he uses the term incorrectly, he does bring up things like emotional labor and gender performance. Then at the con he's totally out of the loop on pretty much everything. Even if this is all stuff he hasn't absorbed by osmosis, you would have thought in the modern day he could have at least looked some of this stuff up? The douching scene, of all things, is a great example of this. His idea of cleaning himself is to just... hope for the best and I get part of it is to have him face down ass up for the bit with Osgood, but like. C'mon dude, just google it, my god. This also is weird with him wanting the Amicus Dildo, I assume to put to use. That thing isn't exactly small, once again he's confident in being a bottom but has never done any sort of hole exploration?

This extends to the pulse shooting, which is one of the really big problems I have. I am painfully aware of the shooting, its scale, and now the people and politicians who wish to see us systematically killed and erased from history. I'm lucky enough to live in a relatively progressive state, but I still know who all of these bastards are. on the other side of the country, so how the hell does Swift not??? (As an aside, I do feel compelled to bring up that missouri does have some really good queer spaces, especially in St. Louis and Kansas City, though that's neither here nor there.) Swift takes part in this act of rebellion against a literal coverup, but instead of being about the community, we really just get this focus on Hammer. We get blasted by Swift's blushing bottom face while Hammer explains to us one of the greatest modern gay tragedies. It just gets dangerously close to the gay furry equivalent of John Green Fault in Our Stars "We kissed in the anne frank house and everyone clapped." complete with Hammer taking a quick break from distracting the cop (with a just completely incorrect definition of intersectionality?) to make a "call me" gesture at Swift. I think I understand what the scene was trying to go for, and I'm not opposed to having politics, even real life ones, in fvns, quite the opposite, but the execution feels in poor taste, and leaves a bad impression overall. 

My other big problem is Osgood. I'm not upset that narratively there's a character who is a nice guy pickme type who turns out to be an actual Nice Guy Incel, or even that it's Osgood, though there's definitely something else to say about the kind of person that Swift is, considering he's hanging out (and then hooking up with) Osgood out of pity, but becomes indignant when he finds out that Osgood was looking down on him as well. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANTED TO GET INTO. Before this happens Osgood and Swift hang out and go to a panel on retro arcade machines. There's a line that reads "I can't say I care much about the topic, but his enthusiasm for it is magnetic. Osgood is enraptured, which I guess checks out. This seems like a neurodivergence hotspot." So like, did you use the word neurodivergence because if you said autistic it would sound like a slur? Neurodivergent people include Bipolar Disorder, Dyslexia, Schizophrenia, face blindness, OCD, etc., but really what you mean is this seems like a hotspot for people who have special interests, commonly associated with Autism and ADHD, or the nicknamed combo for both, AuDHD. Neurodivergent isn't a shorthand for that, or an acceptable substitute that makes that kind of statement less weird. To be honest, I don't even know if I would have cared that much if you just said special interest! There has got to be a better way to write that. And that just combines with the extremely common autistic ableism problem of infantilizing autistic people, including in sexlessness. Swift assumes, incorrectly, that Osgood is ace/aro, and we find out he's wearing a sweater (which we get a full scene of Swift dunking on him for, comparing him to a walmart family photo, or the example photo you get in a frame you're supposed to throw  away) made by his mom. These scenes where we the viewer are supposed to go "aww cute" and I get that he's supposed to be pathetic but it doesn't feel endearing, it just feels mean. And no, I don't mean the sexy mean, I mean it ends up treating Osgood with the same disdain he ends up having for Swift's proclivities. And because of all the other "that's just not what that word means" moments in the game, it doesn't feel like it's supposed to be commentary or a faux pas on Swift's part, but just a gross oversight on the authors' part. Maybe it's easy to fall into that trap, because you already know what kind of person Osgood is, so it's easier to justify this when you have the foresight that he's a dipshit incel. 

I really want to like the vn, I think it's got an amazing premise, with the potential to show a lot of love to the community. The music is charming, the UI is creative (i love the little noises), and of course phwog's art is PHENOMENAL as always. The scene where Swift thinks he's being clocked in a waffle house when really the waitress is aghast at the confederate flag is so good. When Diesel goes from being his fursona back to a human, because he's not one of us, that's really powerful imagery. But it struggles to know what it wants to be about, and the prose is often hampered by every other line feeling like it's trying to be a hit post on bluesky, or injoke references that make no sense without a few more layers of context. The characters are animated but the rantsona look about such a heavy subject followed almost immediately by horny bottom blushing is... hard to keep up with. It's a strong concept that ultimately gets away from itself, and fails to pick a direction that works. To the people it resonated with, I hope your next con is a lot better than Swift's. 

Wow you made the dad hot. Sorry. It's true. Sorry. But it is. Though I guess Luca also acknowledges it so it's fine.

Anyway my obligatory furry reader comment aside, astounding work. I like all the subtext, about the main character's struggle with whatever mental illness he inherited from his father (I assume bipolar, or maybe schizophrenia, some sort of psychosis), the nature of his relationship with Noah, and Noah's family. I think maybe it could strike some as a bit... brisk? the vn moves at a pretty heady pace, and resolves at the same speed. However, in this case I think it sort of works because the two characters are already so barely held together. If they were both more sound of mind people, it would be harder to believe, but Luca is crashing out, and Noah is a hermit who has rotting shrines to his two dead family members. There's not really a "scale" of grief, because different events affect people differently, but if then, in psychology we kinda have an unspoken agreement Parental Bereavement is far and away the worst kind of tragedy a person can experience. I of course prefer the Human route, because I think stories of self forgiveness, as well as repentance are far more interesting than just suicide revenge. However, I think something a bit subtle but clever is that when Luca starts beating Henry's face in, he gets scribbled out... much like how Noah's face is scribbled out. So it's not hard to imagine where he got shot. 

Anyway the story aside, the art is phenomenal. i mean the hot dad aside, I love that Noah's face is only in the preview thumbnail. I love that Henry presumably has the bullet casing that killed his son around his neck. His expressions are so varied and complex, which works in great contrast to his son, who... has no face. 

I really enjoyed this entry, and it seems like others had a lot of good feedback to give you, so I just wanted to take the extra time to praise the parts that  I thought worked really well. You should be proud of yourself, and I really hope you consider joining other jams, or continuing to engage in the community, in the future! 

hahaha, oh my gosh, wow! That was.... frankly a lot of work lmao. thank you for the hints, and for that secret ending 😏

incredible job! I definitely had to pull out old reliable (the notes app) to keep track because I've got poor spatial memory, but as someone who had a whole phase of playing old text adventures like this, I think you captured the feel pretty nicely (including bringing up that this game is MUCH  much nicer than the original ones). I had so much fun, and the darkness jokes always made me laugh. I hope you're proud of yourself, because you really pulled out all the stops, for a jam game!

fuuuuuck I need to read food at a wake, it's been on my list and with how good this was, I feel like a clown for waiting so long. 

Ah, you made One Last Week, which was the final game I read (during the active rating phase) from maywolf 2025. I went back to read what I said about it because I remember enjoying it a lot and rating it pretty high but it would be really bad if I was like "oh I enjoyed that a lot" and then found out I didn't. Luckily my memory holds up, but while I've been leaving ratings on all the novembucks I've read, I want to make up for my meager comment on that one here 😤

Okay so I'll admit right out of the gate, I'm biased. My deer is a they/he nb twig type of trans, but we've both got trans musk deer. We've both got unexplained magical realism. I'm also just biased because happenstantial similarities aside, you made a really hot trans guy, and let us know in several different ways that were both explicit but graceful. I'm really impressed by how well you juggled all four of the opening problems together. First Date and Social Anxiety and Speed Running Drama and Time Travel like damn Saul, usually we try to just pick one or two struggles. But they all cohere together really well! 

To be fully honest, I kinda clocked that the score wouldn't mean much, so I did not worry about maxing it out, in fact before I went back to try and get the other endings, I didn't use the reset mechanic at all (which I appreciated the extra dialogue about) but I think it pretty clear from the get go represents how Saul thinks he's doing over how he's actually doing, which works really well as a direct visual representation of his social anxiety. Man who is desperately trying not to catastrophize from the consequences of his own actions: saying something weird in a conversation, in front of a hot guy. 

I'm not usually one for "gameplay" because I think it's something that often gets shoehorned in, in a way that's usually detrimental, especially if you're trying to force renpy to do tricks it really wasn't meant for. However, it works well here because this is just a diagetic way to include as a function I feel like a lot of players do anyway. I'm certainly the kind of person who makes saves at important choices. It's even better since it's introduced as this sort of... I'm not sure how to phrase it, but this temptation that ultimately kind of sucks. It's not useful for speedrunning, it's not useful for anything useful, and when someone else finds out about it, it introduces this extremely suspicious and kinda terrifying aspect to the person you've been opening up to. 

Which is really where the best of the game is at. Most of this game is really about the strange kind of song and dance we do when meeting someone for the first time. When you resonate with someone you've just met, how much do you open up? What kind of jokes are you "allowed" to make? How do you gauge someone else's level of Freak without giving up just how much of a weirdo you secretly are yourself? Especially if the things you're passionate about might be embarrassing or frowned upon? Watching these two interact with each other, especially with Alan's gorgeous sprites (the art in the game is phenomenal, and the retro aesthetic remains consistent and beautiful throughout the experience) and the reveal they have this shared, niche compassion... followed by the mortifying reveal of how they might already know each other, is so good, and folds all the rest of the parts neatly into itself. 

Yes, I'm biased because of the species choice, yes I'm biased because every time someone makes a cool, hot, multifaceted trans character who is also seen as desirable my life extends by a few years at least, and yes, I'm biased because oogh I love men. But High Score Hyrax really is one of the standout entries of this jam, no notes, A for effort and for execution, can't wait to see what you make next! 

Big props to having a protagonist who (assuming you don't go through charlie's phone) decides that the best way to communicate with his friend and find out what's wrong is to JUST ASK HIM. Dan may not be perfect but he's at least ahead of the game.

I thiiiink I'm gonna hold off rating it until the full work comes out, but I really like the start. I can just see the jam limitations coming in, and I'm pretty sure (going off the other games I assume being for classes) this is your first time writing as well? Most of the critiques are things that get solved with more time. The beginning goes on for a bit too long, the sprites disappear after a certain point, etc. Which like, I get it lmao. But there's enough there that I'm excited for the full release. or further release, at least, but you gotta keep making it. 

I do want to talk about some of the stuff I liked! Personally I have no qualms with Naro being turned into a dog and being like "this rocks! no further qualms." like yeah dude (gender neutral) good for you. I feel bad for them getting shoved into the death game but they're a league player so like. Not too bad ;> I also love that they're nonbinary, and that grating build up of being misgendered repeatedly lmao. getting Mister'd or Sir'd enough times that you just reach this point of exhaustion. And of course your art rocks. I hope the sprites have emotional variation because I think they're all really charming. can't wait for more

I really appreciated your feedback fuze. I think it's really awesome that you left such detailed comments on the entries you read, and count myself lucky to be among them. Personally I'm really glad to have people interact with something that I've created on that deep a level, and I appreciate the further comments still. I want to continue to grow as a writer! 

oooh, thank you for reading, I'm glad my intent came across. And thank you for the rec, I'll have to check it out 👀

OAGH, thank you!!!!

I'll leave a full review after I chew on it a little bit, but I really dig the vibes of this one. I see all of the team members are kind of cryptids on social media themselves, but I hope you guys make more, I think there's a lot of really good parts to this one, and while sometimes they struggle to coalesce into a greater whole, it's really fun to follow from start to finish

aw, glad you enjoyed it, thank you for letting me know (\^v^/)

I don't think you can be a mountain when you're that short!
(joke comment)

I'm glad the love came through, I think that's the most important part. Thank you for reading, and I'm really glad you enjoyed it!

awawawa, I'll say more in my review, but very good, I quite enjoyed it. Glad you joined this jam!

I'm glad my authorial voice is strong heheh. and I'm glad you enjoyed it for both its emotional depth, and its moments of silliness. 

woagh! Thank you for your thoughts and your feedback fuze! I really appreciate the time you took to read it, and the advice! I have to admit as someone who is quite the Happy Ending Enjoyer myself, I definitely get where you're coming from haha

Thank you for the feedback, and I'm so glad you enjoyed it! 

woah, thank you so much! I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it, that means a lot!

How do I even rate this vn? Do you give stars to something based off your own personal enjoyment, or based on the achievement of a certain goal? This really is just an HSS film in fvn form. The dialogue is stilted, the cinematography is nonsensical, the choices are ultimately meaningless, and the timeline is all sorts of fucked up. For me, HSS movies tend to be kind of hit or miss. I come away feeling like I learned something, or got a secret peek at an intimate part of someone else's human experience, or I feel very "well that's 70 minutes of my life i'm never gonna get back." The Poet's Visual Novel doesn't really push me in either direction, probably because it's pretty short. I guess I appreciate the cleverness involved (like the mention of renpy, and even the imitation of its default UI), but as someone who was quite a fan of the lead dev's previous work, I do wish this game had less HSS and more Purkka. But I don't think it's fair to critique something based off "the artist made something different than what I wanted from them." 

My one source of critique (because I don't know that I'm qualified to speak on the rest of the game) lies in the engine itself. When scrolling on my mouse to go back, the speed is incredibly high and instead of taking me back a line or two it sends me back approx. twenty. Also the music volume slider is just fully nonfunctional. I turned it all the way to nothing just to make sure the short passage that functions as the game's soundtrack wasn't just getting louder each time because I wouldn't put that kind of insanity past HSS. But no, it just is regular broken. 

yeah, i'm sorry graphic design is so far out of my wheel house 😭 I'll try and get something else soon!

I don't have any feedback as of yet, but I do want to say thanks for the update, and hang in there! Love the game so far, and considering how good spirits and glamour ended up, I've got nothing but faith in you!

Exciting! Can't wait to see it!

"whatever go my 'you got this pookie'" 

seriously though it's always really enticing to get context into the process of the creation, and the minds  of the creators! True Makers, as Kerche would say if he were still with us. Loudo get a real fursona. I don't know what that emoji is supposed to be but it just does not show up lmao. I restrained myself from fangirling too much in the call when we read this, and in the bookclub, but i promise you when the final version comes out you are going to receive the full blast of my adoration. I can't wait to see the final version!

OOGH!!! LET'S GO!!! I'm excited to read it!

I know there's a puzzle here, I'm not smart enough to solve it, but I am absolutely thrilled to play whatever comes out from you next!!!!

thank you for feeding the bisexuals (me) and looking forward to listening to the new music, and patiently waiting for the next update!

I couldn't finish before the time limit is out so I'm dropping some ratings based on what I've read because I think it's really sweet and genuine. Partially because the mc feels very... trusting lmao. I do think perhaps Rover's dedication to escape could be treated a little bit more seriously? but I saw that you're hoping to release a bigger fuller game post jam, so I'm excited to (finish this jam version and) see that, and assume when you have more time and more words things like that will get some help and be ironed out. It's a good one, great entry 

Well, what a game for me to end off on, since I don't think I'll be able to finish any of the others I have left before rating closes. Still woof! Love all the sprites you have of Birch. I appreciate that he has a... plant name as well. heheh. I don't know if I have much to say that hasn't already been said, I know this is one of the most rated games of the jam, coming out a full week before the deadline, but still I thought it was good. The jazz, the weird quirks we try and hold onto after we lose everything else. Shrek and Shrek 2. Admittedly I think shrek two is a better film, but I appreciate the uh... cinematic parallels about transforming into a monster and still loving someone through that anyway? heheh that might be a bit of a reach but I'm always glad to see those films get mentioned as silly as it is. The ending is... graphic, but I like that you didn't shy away from it either. I understand the desire to cut away from the end, and let it be poetic, but I think there's also beauty to be found in the gruesomeness as well. 

anyway that said if I was trapped with a musclebound himbo for weeks it would not take me nearly as long to shoot my shot but at least they got to kiss and doze off together. 

ooooh what a good twist, and what good use of the assets as well! I think we did skip perhaps some of the parts that could've built a bit more suspense, the panic, a bit more time between murders... but honestly it was really a banger. I think when you have such a small cast and such a short time frame for a murder, you need more than just the reveal of who it is, and you did that really well. The most delicious part of any mystery is always the why, and it delivered. Also props for having the mc (at the end at least) react a lot more realistically. Not giving the choice to accept Xeth, and sticking to his guns. A really strong entry, and great use of the music. Short sweet and to the point. Great work!

BANGER, BANGER, BANGER!!! I LOVE FAT BOY FALL!!! I LOVE FAIL GIRL FRIDAY!!!! Genuinely I'm so excited for the next chapter, can't wait. Adam really is a cutie, ready for the hurt comfort and the shitty abusive ex/stalker/etc. Great opener, I'm glad you got attached to these characters because I sure did too

I wish it were longer! but it's really cute. Immaculate vibes, love the changing and the gender and the witchery. Also the paws? the tail wags? oh we're winning.

Oh really good. The light in the dark was a bit weak? and the long gaps of silence made me wish for a little more music here and there, but honestly overall great work. I love the art and the character design, the expressions are great, and the dialogue flows so well. Personally I think there needs to be more stories about deradicalization, and forgiveness, and the things you can come back from... like being in a hate group. I was definitely caught off guard a little by the like... Slop Monster Reveal? admittedly? It's the sort of thing I think would work better in a longer format, just to have more time to build it up rather than the few mentions here and there of Weird Stuff Happening. Especially since it happens so shortly after the big reveal about Zane. Still that's all nitpicking, when really I think it's an amazing piece about what you expect for yourself and the reality around you, and having to occasionally face unpleasant truths about the people around you, and about yourself as well. If it went on another 5000 words I'm willing to be it'd even follow up about what types of forgiveness you can find as well. Good work, definitely excited for what the team does next!

Not a lot here to serve up honestly, but I appreciate the humor. I feel like you could really do something with its irreverence if you committed to a more... substantial game? I mean the green shirt to hide the red flags, the "honk honk" bits, those kinda remind me of parody films like Airplane or Top Secret. Padding out the word count with sonic fanfic is a... bold creative decision, certainly. At least the stock music was nice. I do think any creative effort is at least worth recognizing 

I don't have a lot to say yet. I want you to go even further with the retrogame aesthetic... but that might be more expensive/more work. The battles, I want more animations for them. That said I enjoy the character personalities a lot! I think they're a little... subdued? It's a demo, so like. In the Jam format, it leaves me a little wanting, but in the sense of my overall enjoyment, I think it's really unique and creative, and i'll be playing its future releases! Occasionally the presentation does hamper it a little, just because this isn't really the type of format you're "meant" to read visual novels in, but that's kinda nitpicky. I'd like some accessibility features, but I can't complain too much. There's a lot of hard work in this badboy, and it shows! 

Calling yourself parody and that you subvert fvn tropes is... a pretty high statement to make for something you started in the last few days. I understand the appeal of doing that, but from what there is so far... I don't think there's much to that at all. Things need to be maybe just a bit more Extra to really hit that level of Parody instead of just being kinda.... mocking? at best? I'm missing the humor in this game and it doesn't really ever breathe to have any tropes to subvert. 

I don't want to say a lot because I'm just getting the translation of it, but I really enjoyed this one. I'll write a more in depth opinion of it when I finally get to read it in a slightly more presentable form. I do think, if nothing else, the set up and the premise are amazing. Two immortals from opposite sides (a scientist who is half insane and wants to understand everything, and someone who holds all knowledge but only knows it in a way that drives the surrounding people mad) traveling together in an ethereal story book setting. The parts I don't need words to understand, like the art and the music, are very very well done. I cannot wait to come back when its a bit easier to read! 

EASIEST SIX OUT OF FIVE STARS OF MY LIFE
If I had a dollar every time dracuclaw showed up to a game jam and went straight for the jugular, I'd have two dollars. I love the nuance, and the layers, and the very real trans (and overprotective? overpossessive? lol parents) experiences. Amazing art, I love your style so much, it lends itself so well to the moods of the characters but also the tone of the work overall. Nat is insanely charming, and Oliver is someone I can't help but root for myself as well. I think, from what I've seen, you do an insanely good job at setting up emotional stakes that feel real, and conflict that has lasting consequences, while still finding ways to deliver your characters back to... if not a "happy" ending, then at least one with closure. 

and as for Cadmium, please pass on my regards as well, the music is astounding, and it really adds that extra OOMPH to the scenes, the curation and creation of it really help take the emotional moments over the edge. Great work, as a trans reader myself, I cannot stress enough how thrilled I am with this entry! 

I'm a they, but thank you for the mention! 💙

So back in 2017, a movie called Atomic Blonde came out, and I remember a bunch of incels getting pissy and calling it "Just a james bond movie with Charlize Theron" like watching Charlize Theron beat the hell out of a bunch of goons set to the greatest hits of the 80s and have sex with a woman who dies one scene later wasn't something I'd want to do. In the same sense, I feel like this is "John Wick but for Gay Furries." Maybe a Liam Neeson film. Y'know, one of those action movies where they have a real actor, someone who can actually display the full range of human emotion beyond "quippy one liner" so they want to give him a tragic backstory to balance and justify all  the hyperviolence he wants to commit. I mean come on the only thing Luc is missing, and I fully expect to see it in a full release, is a dead wife in the white sheets scene. We've got a similar set up with the main character, he's an ex navy seal, so there's justification for why he can snap necks or fire every gun known to man or whatever other action hero shenanigans he gets up to, and he's a war criminal so you know that even though he's REALLY COOL war is bad! Once again, I think all of this is hype. It's just what if you made [ALREADY FUN MOVIE NIGHT] have gay furries. Cool. I'm extremely down.

I don't want to honestly dig too deep into the guts of critique here, because it's not really something I want to rate since I know it's going to be more finished, and I'll have more to say then. Great teaser, wish there was more, etc. I love the creativity and how much you've twisted renpy but... I wish there was more accessibility. I would rather just not read the vn than listen to the god awful self voicing, but some of the fonts were a bit hard for me to read, and self voicing can't handle the things on the papers we're given. Is the puppy we're shown at the end supposed to be Theo, then? Admittedly I think you're gonna have to work a little harder to invest me in the cast. Personally I've got a fairly negative view of the military so having Luc and Darius both be like "wow thank you for your service" is like... hrm. Luc nothing but respect for nurses. Darius... I mean you kinda reaped what you sowed man. The names are different but I assume we're in Fake America and our enemy nation is Fake Russia, but Darius' deployment seems to be a mishmash of Iraq and Vietnam. idk if I were him I would not be touting my service if I got a whole town blown up including a kid that kept giving me bread. Despite my enjoyment of the overall... premise? setting? these guys do not thrill me, but I am a burnt out american so it might appeal to people who do not have to sit through countless recruitment attempts from the industrial war machine. Or maybe when we get a bit more time with them they'll offer me more than just "what if the punisher was a buff gay tiger?" It's hard to suspend my disbelief with Fictional Military when it very purposefully resembles Real Military, is what I'm saying, and that distances me from caring about them from an empathetic standpoint. Only a clown would die for his country etc etc. Either way you made me think this much about it, the use of the medium is extremely impressive, I'm always thrilled when people make renpy cry and scream and twist into something other than a visual novel engine. Love the art direction, and i'm looking forward to future updates!