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Incredible presentation, art, graphics and music all around.

I found this to be a deeply affecting story about a life coming to an end, the reasons why someone might realize dying is objectively (?) the best option for them, when they've been too busy fighting their own failing brain, body, and the world around them for too long. This, and Argo's reflections about its own illness, made me feel some kind of way about my own suicidality, not sure what kind yet.

Perhaps the most hard-hitting parts for me were the ones where Harsh Noise's loved ones accept her imminent death, and Roach's love for it, knowing she'll always love it and miss it, but still she will let her go now. That last morning scene, a quiet blissful moment before the end... Ough. Really got me.

A small thing I found interesting is the parallels between Noise and Amy, with dysphoria and getting bottom surgery. Noise gets the surgery in a desperate attempt to feel at least more a bit at home in her body before dying, and even that ends in a failure, an attempt that hurts more than not trying at all. Amy gets her surgery for, as far as we are told, extremely shallow reasons, and feels apparently very euphoric about the results.
What conclusion am I trying to draw from this? I don't know, probably something about bodily autonomy. I do think it's cool for cis girls to get a dick installed if they really want it, probably not for fucking corpses of strangers, though. (I kinda knew Amy's subplot wouldn't end well for her, she deserved it, but she has been a very entertaining trainwreck to watch)
And Noise tried the best she could to conquer her dysphoria, it is an unfortunate reality of being trans that sometimes even after all the surgeries you feel deeply your body is fundamentally wrong and you just want to be born again, differently; I felt that.

honestly incredible writing, i love how you portray characters who are forced to live in a brutal world and find hope in pain... i was very moved by the bond between aliska and sasha. i loved the setting too, very cool. and very good character designs as usual

that was a really cute little game, i'm glad you made it and that i got to read your debut vn!!!
the intro was written really well, very atmospheric, and i loved the interactions between the leads. there's always a certain sadness and catharsis to tf stories, particularly ones that are also monster stories and trans stories... it's all connected... you captured it really well i think. 

wonderful, this is the toxicity i am here for. amazingly conveyed sanity slippage of both girls who were never alright either way

This was incredibly cool. Very colorful character writing, I found Limno way too relatable - poor little scrungly guy, he's got every disease, and fucks up things through his fear of fucking up (also i live for genderfucked yuri(?) with transmasc characters, i even wrote it in my own vn). there's something interesting about everyone here though, and they bounce off each other in very entertaining ways. i wanna know more about Gloria and why is she like this... also i feel like Sleeper is the one whose head we get to spend the least time in, i was curious about her and how she views her relationships. oh welp i'm very much looking forward to the update~

also super expressive and fun character art with memorable designs, that one scene in the car was jaw-dropping. great music and overall aesthetic too, felt very polished despite being technically unfinished.

thank you so much!!

this vn made a big impression on me. it's clearly a very ambitious project. the unique, very polished ui, and bit messy, highly emotive character art, and also the music, all already provide a very strong atmosphere, both oppressive and memorable.

the writing really puts you into the mind of these deeply suffering and deranged characters, confined in such an abnormal setting. i really wanted Rissa to be happy and uh that sure did not work out :")i knew things will only get worse but i still had hope. the dynamic between her and Silva also was really good, can't really express it but i felt it a lot.

the setting, a mystery in itself, an unreal surreal reality of weird cults and science experiments, was really interesting. 

the atmosphere and vibes definitely felt like a high quality denpa vn. (reminded me of Subahibi a lot in some places, ignore the fact that's one of the few denpa vns i read, hahah.) i am looking forward to the sequel for sure.

this was pretty interesting. Dr. Joy felt like the strongest element of this vn for me, i love this weird awkward cute freak with a body modification kink (peak character design too). also it's neat how she may seem like a harmless weirdo but she is absolutely running this evil facility that imprisons and kills people and doesn't seem very concerned with that fact. fun portrayal of an evil character.

the modifications you could choose from were also fun, the brainflowers one was definitely my favourite.

i wasn't much of a fan of the main character tbh, did not understand why she acted the way she did in most endings. maybe she was so uncaring to begin with. actually probably, yeah. idk!

i felt like this game would benefit from having more images for scenes and also some BGM but that is how making a jam game goes, time constraints and all so i don't consider this a flaw, it's just my subjective opinion.

really cool story. this vn neatly combines multiple themes i love, the numerous cycles of a deathly time loop, the all-consuming void and an eldritch being trying to figure out how to be human, and mostly failing... i liked both rae, this troubled being, and hua, who never signed up for any of this, a lot...

i love dream stories! especially when they get a bit weird. i also love how you had the mc meet a literal manic pixie dream girl, at least in the dream sense... it's definitely toxic enough. this vn felt a bit too short honestly, i was looking forward to seeing how the situation develops more, and was really curious about various things (such as who was the girl phoebe met in class... i wonder...) but that's pretty much the only criticism i have.

(review with spoilers, repost from toxic yuri jam server)

that sure made me feel awful. really good portrayal of being chronically online and completely dependent on the internet with all your emotional needs, looking for companionship and approval among people who will turn on you if you don't fit their standards of purity. when you feel like there's literally nothing else to hold on to, the fragile online world collapsing can destroy you. also yaaayyy we love subjecting yourself to digital self harm.

i also need to say i really love the grungy scratchy feel of your art and evocative colors.

ngl i kinda suspected Scarlet was an AI early on, from the generic responses it gave, but the confirmation of that still felt pretty devastating - it was a kinda heartwarming story about freeing yourself and unlearning shame for a little bit, and then the other shoe dropped, lol. seeing Lila cling to it just to feel any positive emotion was so fucking depressing. (also made me expect that the audio recordings would be abused in some way, which... they kind of were later? we're getting to that.)

now the final twist... i saw a lot of people are mixed on, and tbh it did feel rather tackled on. i think i can see what you were trying to do - it's certainly relevant to real life, with how AI is being shoehorned everywhere especially for jobs better done by a human, and it is already tricking a lot of vulnerable people into further isolating themselves. but it felt like such a ridiculous addition in this context.

i enjoyed this overall, always love a good downward spiral of a hurt girl.

thank you for answering the important question (definitely more important than how did charity die in the first place - this one remains a fun mystery, or does it...?)

i feel personally kinda conflicted about this game and how it made me feel. i wanted to enjoy it as a cheesy b-movie horror, but the dating segments were really cute and made me like the girls that were doomed by the narrative, which just made it heartwrenching. i wonder about our certified weird girl denver, was she actually evil and emotionless from the start, or was it all charity's influence/possession? then again, she doesn't seem very remorseful in the end, was it also because of charity? really makes you think. it's definitely a very toxic dynamic though it doesn't really feel very yuri until late in the game.

fun idea for the gameplay, though it took me a little bit to figure out how to get any other ending than neutral (but i am not smart).

really sharp art, liked both the cgs and sprites a lot. 

i applaud see the efforts of my fellow shipwreckers, i hope there will be another crossroads interactive release one day! also what did denver mean by looking up how to carry people on her phone in 2006? *thinking emoji*

deeply unsettling game, well managed tone shift from awkward teenage stupidity, a situation where many things can go awry, to complete creepypasta induced madness, where things went more wrong than anyone could expect. the central european setting and aspects of the story felt disturbingly familiar to me personally, which no doubt made it hit harder. 

thank you so much for this long insightful review...  🥺

this was excruciating to read. the portrayal of someone shifting your opinion of you over time completely, a relationship breaking from small cracks... rather confusing to follow but after two reads i think i mostly worked it out, it was pretty interesting figuring out the timeline, and the structure fit the unreliable nature of angel's memory. also really cool worldbuilding that felt like a part of a larger thing, collage backgrounds gave this a unique vibe, and i am totally not biased towards angels (lol)

that was super cool and tragic, i really felt the hopelessness and loved how the leads' lives intertwined and mirrored each other,... 

thank you so much!!!

That was a really fun game, beautiful expressive art, and i loved how the characters were written, with both of them having their own flavor of toxicity (Jinx was great but Avery spoke to me personally with how quickly she got overly attached to Jinx).

fun backstage corner too, i like the (lol) behind the scenes stuff like this a lot.

beautiful art with picturesque writing and a cryptic story i am not sure i understood? it's a neat little snapshot of two beings' journey in a strange void regardless.

i have to say i am getting some kind of renpy error when trying to save though...

this feeling of finding kinship in hopelessness and trying to find a place in a world that hates you really got to me as a lonely queer person who's a failure at life in multiple ways. i think you portrayed it really well. i absolutely wanted to know more of Dahlia but i can understand why you left that out i guess. thank you for making this game. also all the girls are bery cute, 10/10, would have a sisterly relationship with