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immensely powerful. there's not much i could say that others haven't put more eloquently, but i hope you're doing much better. this definitely took a lot to make and put out.

i've been checking the game page frequently to see for any new updates and i'm so glad development is being resumed again! of course, continue at your own pace and take more breaks if you need to, but this has to be one of my favorite itch.io games so i'm glad you're given the chance to work on it again :-D

played this game, initially failed because i had no idea you were supposed to focus on one of the characters pfft. but after figuring out how things work, suffice to say i'm incredibly impressed. with only just a week available in-game, i'm already insanely attached to the characters, side ones included and i don't think any game has managed to have characters that immediately have me immersed and leave me wanting for more; let alone said game being one about being a psychologist at a mental hospital treating your patients. 

the art, though it could be improved upon (if needed, i can provide constructive criticism to the best of my abilities, from one artist to another ^^) i think is very fitting for the atmosphere the game gives! the characters all give very different vibes (so to speak) simply from their appearance. the ost, although simple really enhances the experience especially with the eerie instruments and music choices being appropriate for every scene, as well as the sudden pauses. if you could ask me to find a track that's out of place at any point in the game, i wouldn't even need to start searching because i know i wouldn't find anything.

as for the writing of the characters themselves, i personally didn't find anything that stuck out. the way that some of the things that the characters do somehow lead back to their symptoms had me getting aha moments left and right. everything just seemed to naturally fall into place and the writing for their illnesses was consistent with the file descriptions. i can't speak on whether they were accurately present through the eyes of a person with one or more of the ones dealt with here, so that's the bare minimum i can give on the matter.

just overall, i absolutely loved playing this game! sure, it's not perfect and it's still in development but it may be one of my favorite itch.io works by far. i kept writing so many things down that i didn't even have any more space in the character notes section and i kept track of in-game events and sessions like a madman, but i don't regret any of it. this game is simply so entrancing i could play for hours. 

when we're already talking about notes, i think i may have a complaint but only a very minor one. i wish we could possibly have a little more space to write in notes? and when i mean a bit more space, i mean like a long textbox or so if it's not beyond the limitations of renpy. i often find myself having to heavily shorten my notes because i can't fit more than 1-3 short sentences inside, but even if not, this is only a little bother and doesn't impact my opinion on the game so far. i already have most of the things i need about my patients written down in a notes app anyway :-D

very excited to see this game come out, but also i wish you the best of luck with developing it! and take your time! i'd rather see the finished product done at your own pace instead of rushing and putting out something that fails to hold up to the expectations made for the demo. will definitely be keeping track of absolution's development in the future ^-^

...p.s. i believe in michael supremacy