Yes, fellow sea theme gang! Thank you for playing and I'm glad you enjoyed the character dynamics!
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Titan Arum had remained my favorite game from you guys because I was obsessed with the vibes, but I think this is my new favorite. I loved the atmosphere, the story, the impending doom, the horror elements, literally everything. The item search mini game was also a lot of fun, although it genuinely stressed me out LOL Another great game from you guys!!
I adored the atmosphere in this! It was such an interesting retelling of Swan Lake and I liked being inside Odile's mind! This is also a random note, but I really enjoyed how the main menu screen was set up as well, the way the image moved and the simple colors just made it really nice. There was one error message I got during the conversation with Odette and sometimes text didn't fit in the textbox, but other than that, it was a really nice game!
I definitely felt uneasy the whole time playing this, and I felt awful for MC having to deal with such a toxic friend group (Raid Leader alone was A Lot, but pretty much everyone in the guild sucked). I really liked how the tension escalated throughout the game as well. There were technical issues (the preference menu was broken and there was something else in game, although I'm not sure it led to) but other than that I had a great time with this!
It took just over two weeks but I'm finally feeling better, thank you! And yeah, I definitely felt that during the first few Velox jams I did. I had a dozen tabs open for basic Ren'py tutorials just in case I forget lol It takes time, but I'm glad I've kept at it and that I'm at the stage where I'm starting to feel comfortable with it!
Askfajld I got sick for Formido AND O2A2 and now this one. At this point it's more comedy than tragedy xD I do work in healthcare (pediatrics specifically so children), so getting sick is expected lol but I'm happy I submitted too! And yes, the post jam update will include extended scenes and endings, as well as the CGs!
This jam would have been smooth sailing if I didn't get a chest infection on day three LMAO (every game jam I've done this year has been cursed).
Honestly, since I got pretty sick I obviously couldn't get everything done that I wanted to (hence JAM EDITION), which I'm fine with now but I almost didn't submit because I was so caught up in everything I couldn't do falkjfala. I condensed the scrip a lot, ripped out an entire ending, and obviously had no time to do the CGs I wanted, and since it was so far from the vision in my head because of this, I thought that meant it was Bad(tm). After not touching it since I threw it on itch though, I am over my perfectionism and I'm honestly pretty happy that I managed to do anything at all considering the state I was in.
This is also such a fun jam to reflect on because it has been an entire year of doing Velox jams (+ September it will be 2 years since I first started releasing games)! And honestly, I really felt how much more comfortable I am with Ren'py now when compared to last year! I wasn't constantly looking up or reminding myself how to do basic things, I just knew how to do it. Like wow, finally, I know Ren'py coding 101! It's also made me more confident and willing to look into doing more complicated things for my long term project! I'm not sure how obvious my improvement is from the outside since I think I'm a pretty slow learner with things compared to others, but I can certainly feel it, and it's been nice to see.
As for the entries, I've had so much fun playing through them as always! It's always so fun to see all the different things people do with the theme and I've genuinely loved a decent chunk I've played. I'm hoping to marathon the remaining entries today and I'm excited to get through all of them! :>
I like the setting and atmosphere of it this, but I also had a bit of a hard time following! I think the flashbacks being told in a linear order might have helped make the narrative stronger and easier to understand.
Oh, and I also liked how the character expression were done, I thought having the little icon on the side was cute!