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Oh! I kinda forgot I was still linking to that - though I guess I haven't been actively checked in here for a while. I definitely did get rid of it but I guess it's also maybe the only social I can have a specialized link to in my profile? Thanks for pointing that out; I don't really want to leave a dead link hanging, haha. I'm I guess passively floating around out on Bluesky now.

And yeah, absolutely - I consider myself both obtrusive and needlessly sentimental so those are both things I can appreciate even if you had been either of them. The idea I'm actively scrutinizing is actually I think sort of simple so it's really more a matter of getting in the zone and hyping myself up that it's something that will come off well and be as good as I'd ideally like for it to be - you know, just sorta stuff that everyone deals with for everything lol. 

I'm genuinely relieved Lucia came off okay. Her dignity was one of my biggest concerns and it would have sat poorly with me if I'd botched it and made a kind of caricature out of things that are personal and important to me.

I definitely hope you'll like what I think I'm working on next!

Also, thank you for sharing. To be honest, what I was concerned with was whether or not people thought it was something that was literally happening or not or if it was just in her head - to be even MORE honest (perhaps too much so), it was basically me stuffing characters and ideas I've had rattling around in my head for years into this little jam VN as something of a foothold to perhaps circle back around to and expand on them later and to have them intermingle with what I was working on/through. I don't know if that devalues your experience with the VN and I don't want it to do that or to take away from what your impressions were. It's just something I've had on my mind although, if you do end up rereading it, I'd definitely be interested in what you take from that.

A larger worry I've had is that Lucia crossed the line between being someone with an illness she has to live with and navigate and being, like, genuinely unwell. Perhaps that's unbecomingly possessive of me with respect to letting what I wrote exist as whatever it happens to be to the people who read it. Ultimately, I feel it is more important how you took it - to the point that I wonder if I perhaps am saying too much - but it is something I think I do intend to come back to one day, for better or for worse.

Anyway, again, thank you - it's funny you hadn't logged in for a while; I also hadn't in some time. I guess that's just the nature of how people intersect. Your comment happened to intersect with me at the start of a jam month I'd been going back and forth on participating in or not and I mean it when I say it was absolutely what I needed to see/hear. I don't know if I'll finish what I have in mind for it, how I'll do it, and if it'll be worth your time but I appreciate it and you all the same. 

Gosh, thank you so much! Not a late comment at all from my perspective (or at least I feel that I saw it at the right time) and no worries at all about length - I can be pretty long-winded myself. 

I'm glad you were so touched by Purple Prose. It was deeply personal for me - perhaps too much so I sometimes fear - and very much came out of where I was at at that time. I honestly wasn't sure what to make of it in retrospect before I saw your comment. I feel more comfortable that I can rest easy with respect to it and that I can move forward knowing that it existed for a time in conversation with you. 

I can't think of too much to say about your commentary on it specifically other than to say that you saw what I was trying to do with Lucia. I'm also moved by the fact that you felt so close to her and to the caged bird bit - I was quite proud of that part in particular along with the epilogue. You don't have to say or anything but I'm curious what you thought was going on in it (the epilogue); it's something I haven't seen anyone comment on and I've always wondered a little about it.

I'm honestly really happy you felt compelled to track down Dies Irae because of this little VN and that you liked it. It's a favorite of mine and affected me deeply at the time I read it, even with what I suppose could be considered its flaws (I feel that you're right that it isn't quite serious enough in some ways to fully interrogate itself), but it's not something I have ever had an easy time recommending to anyone due to...well...yeah...

Anyways, thank you again for commenting! It puts things in perspective for me as I think on what to do next and it means a lot to me you cared enough about my work to share your thoughts and feelings about it with me. She's probably got nothing on the witch I had in mind while writing her but Lucia still put all her heart into displaying whatever it is she could be said to have in the hopes it would be seen by and resonate with at least one person. From one somewhat emotionally avoidant person to another, I hope the point you're at in your life right now is a good one; if my work here was in any way helpful or meaningful for you in your journey through it, that's all I could ask.

This was a very enjoyable story that got a lot out of its length! I loved the characters and their designs and was terribly, terribly intrigued by Sol. I could easily see myself reading more about this specific interview or, really, anything a cyborg interviewer like her was looking to figure out. Truly, excellent work.

Thank you so much! I appreciate the kind words and I'm really glad you felt both that Lucia was showcased well and that I was able to provide a texturally varied experience in spite of it being so much centered on her and what she had to say. Those were two of my primary hopes when I set out to write this and it makes me happier than I can properly express that this so far appears to have shown through. ^^

I was sincerely touched and amazed by this. I left more of a 'review' with my rating but this felt very much to me like you had a strong pair of leads (two of the strongest I've seen this jam) hooked to an idea it almost felt like it was too beautiful to give voice to. I don't know; I'll be thinking about this one a whole lot.

Thank you for making this. I enjoyed it very much

https://mimidoshima.wordpress.com/2019/03/02/medetee/

I wanted to share this and didn't know the best venue for it. This is one direction I think would be valid to go in that I am considering at least to learn how to make my entry. The short version is: there is a subculture of people who have really enjoyed using stock assets and insular humor and things like that to make light of and to turn game development into more of a hobby for the pure joy of it rather than necessarily anything else. I haven't been able to texthook/play one to see how they work but I feel that if your only idea was to be really strange with what your basic toolkit gives you/whatever you can scrape together, it would be a valid idea.

I loved this! It was cute and charming from start to finish. The only thing I could think of as a criticism is that I just wanted more, to spend more time there with these two and perhaps other crazy friends of theirs. Ultimately though, to me, that just shows this is a perfect slice of a perfect world with the perfect characters. What a killer aesthetic even typing in this font makes me feel all the more fondly about Cthulhu and his baby boy...the scene kid

tysm! i did end up trying for a lot and i'm glad you feel i accomplished it! ^^ i wanted to really talk about mania in a way i didn't feel i'd seen it discussed in other stories (although i will admit i consider that to be because of my lens being too small). it went on real long; i'm real proud of it and i'm glad it feels pretty much like i expected it to feel. you are very kind and gracious

So. I was wrong once again. It turns out that, as of THIS comment, the cool CG - specifically, the coolest one - works, as well as some sprites I missed with my final passthrough and one song because I am an artist and professional in full command of my craft.

Small whoopsie I'm recording for posterity: in the initial launch (that is, before this comment), the uhhhhhh cool CG I have alluded to in the credits did not work. It was an error. Big mistake on my part.

It does now though!

tysm! you're so kind! i appreciate it and i couldn't have done it without you ^^