I enjoyed Purkka's previous works, but unfortunately this one is a hard miss. The one piece I've seen from HSS is Right Now, Wrong Then, which I thoroughly enjoyed., and Purkka was not lying when they said this piece is inspired by their films. I don't think the renpy shenanigans calling attention to itself is a fair substitute for HSS's appeal, and the translated inspiration becomes a detriment as it just reads kinda silly
Genre hopping reader here! I'm definitely one of the described folks who has sci-fi on their rare read list, and gave this a try despite so.
But I ended up loving this! It does have certain genre conventions that take some getting used to, but the relationships between the main cast more than makes up for it. The ocean deep world building and intrigue is something that I don't find anywhere else in the genres I read, and it's giving me inspiration for my own writing too.
And on prose, as an ESL reader, a few prose flourish sections are challenging, but a welcomed one, and not so dense that's inaccessible. I love it when VN devs break out of the Best-Seller grammar conventions. The opening section is beautiful.
A beautiful thing. At some point I'm torn between wanting to see the prince struggle with his decision a bit more for more drama, but that might ruin the tight mood that the prose and minimalistic visuals had set itself up to. Overall I loved this piece.
That was awesome! From the stylish opening to the satisfying end(s), this vn successfully translates the eerie vibe of modern gothic films. Like Danji I was hooked from start to finish. The only criticism is that I had hoped our protagonist's writing side is less of a wink-nudge and instead played a more prominent role in the narrative. Other than that, this piece completely blew me away. Excellent use of sound, cg, everything. Can't wait to see what you'll make next!
Thank you so much! It was written as a standalone piece but I realized the idea is impossible to explore in short form. I keep getting tons of ideas while writing but I had no place to put them, so it steadily bloomed into something much bigger in the back of my mind.
This is a clever little montage of vignettes that sketch the development of a relationship. I think the prose is the highlight of this piece. The writing is minimalistic, but the writer clearly understands the appeal of good cadence in a conversation. I would be thoroughly entertained just listening to this author write about random stuff in the park. The whole thing is surprisingly easy to follow. The non-linearity starts out strong, but the ends leave me questioning if the out-of-orderness of the latter half really served the narrative. The jam theme is pretty subtle in this one, more so on a metaphorical level than anything visually, which is fine.
There're a few gems of mundane conversations sprinkled throughout the day that really makes this VN shine. The pacing is quite slow but the vast amount of charming sprite work makes up for it. Good job team!
