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There's a few mechanics in-game that can help you jot down your findings during a puzzle, most significantly the peg markings and the bug holograms -- these are mainly talked about in the 2- and 3-peg tutorials!

There's also "unconventional", yet super effective ways of using these mechanics which the tutorials don't tell you. The peg markings for example can help a lot with figuring the colors out, and therefore can save a ton of the headaches!

In either case, don't beat yourself up about it too much, as it does take some time to get used to the puzzles! 5-pegs for me took more than an hour the first times I've played them, but got it down to about 10 minutes total eventually. Even with that in mind however, try to keep away from the game if you're feeling tired -- the harder ones can easily become psychological torture sometimes!!

That comment of Abra is pretty far into the game, but it's the topic where they mention one of the companies that belongs to a man who became quite infamous at around 2022. At the time of writing, I had their project in mind which was involved in the Ukraine-Russian conflict, because it felt really ironic with the game's topic at hand, but not long ago I realized that I might've misremembered that whole situation -- the CEO shutting down their whole service to Ukraine by themselves is what I remembered, but as it turns out that was quite a stretch. Even still, something like that could still probably happen considering that CEO is not exactly a decent person, but I guess it's only time that can tell that for sure.

I think I had my highest record in my second playthrough, which was 48! Since then though, my latest rank got down to a 43, as I can't always bring my best haha! Finding out you could mark the pegs as correct/incorrect has helped a ton, and I had gotten used to a technique where I use those marks to take note of how many of each colors are surely and surely not in the final answer while ignoring the position. That way you can even check for errors easily as you compare the amount of correct bugs in the clue with the amounts of dots and hearts next to it. It's only the correct positions you need to find out after that, really.

With getting two of the outcomes, and giving them a little thought, I feel like I scammed the character involved in my first, since they really barely know anything about the player, as well as it turns out it's nothing an alternative can't fix -- and thinking it was right before their special day might be the worst part about it. Even with me wanting the best for them in both scenarios, helping them with an alternative has left me with the most happiness -- even if i did start doubting myself in the middle of that one-

Can't lie though, I'm both amazed at, and might be a tiny little bit jelly of the level of your persistence haha, but it's really nothing some time and practice can't fix! Extremely long work does sound quite scary, especially with not being able to be consistent like myself with such projects, but it has to be some real great feeling when that same hard work does pay off in the end -- and don't be shy about embracing that! :D Your other game works I've yet to look into properly, but it's definitely in my plans! In the meantime, I'm hoping I could get some wholesome content in the making of these goobers anytime soon -- be it wholesome wholesome, or oddly wholesome ones haha!

I'd definitely love some more lore to these guys, even if it's not something full-fledged like this one! :D

I'm going to be like an other person from here and make an account for the sake of commenting on this game, because holy shit!

Out of all the aspects Monster Mind has to offer, the characters and the conversations with them really exceeds everything else! The perspectives they tell of themselves -- the vast majority of which I understand, and some I can even relate to -- add a lot of life to the atmosphere, and to me, their company is the biggest reason I've kept going so far! I wish I could tell them this outright when given the opportunity, but even still, I can resonate/joke with some of the options the game gives me. Speaking of jokes, even the humorous moments are great, and one of Abra's comments in particular has definitely aged like fine wine lmao. To sum it up, it would be real kick-ass if one could party hard with these guys! :D

The puzzles and minigames themselves can also be quite engaging, and they can be real fun once you get the hang of them! No joke, some of the 5-peg puzzles took like 30 minutes the first time around, but I did manage to get them down to about 4 minutes average with techniques I figured out over time. The minigames also add some challenge on their own, because not only you need to have the knowledge for them, but the speed of which you can apply this knowledge in also matters a ton -- basically a death sentence if you're playing these with a tired mind haha. Oh, and each character has their own playstyle, apparently!

As for the NSFW parts of the game, I like to think of them as a bonus which further reinforce the characters' personalities, as each has their own preferences which you figure out over time. Hell, they even have their own sexualities! -- although, this one part does make me wonder if every character is aware of the player's gender, as it wouldn't be nice to make any heartbreaks. Rhydon is pretty much the one I'm 100% sure that I got the hang of, and oh boy, do I relate to how he perceives the idea of sex :D

I'm pretty much new to playing explicit games, but I'm glad that this was the second I've touched upon! I've played this game through a second time when I figured out there's more than one outcome, and I'm really happy I did, because my second outcome was so so much better for everyone involved! It's incredibly easy to get attached to most of the characters, and it's nice that I could make them happy! ^^ About the only thing I don't like about one character in particular is how they fail to acknowledge boundaries and possible consequences of their actions, and how they're not honest with everyone about that on top of it all -- but I'd also call them cute if it wasn't for that.

This took quite some time to write down, but dedication is what matters most in the end, really! I can tell you also had a crapton of this when you made Monster Mind. Writing down "3000 pages worth of dialog" that is also this high-quality doesn't sound like an easy feat, and that doesn't even cover everything else! I'd like to say thanks for making this beautiful game! I think it will remain close to my heart for quite some time! :]