just finished playing this and then had like a two-hour discussion with friends who also played it (don't worry, we all liked it LOL)
this game is impressive. there's like no other word for it it's just IMPRESSIVE. using the medium of a vn to present a parable was just so fresh and i don't think i've ever experienced something in quite the same manner before even though i'm very well familiar with the concepts that were discussed. i smiled when i realized early on (im talking about like. the red text that shows up in the intro like Early) what you were going for and was just smiling all the way through and turning/revealing what Alba's Knocking On The Door Of The Root (beautiful bookend/callback to the sfx at the intro) Was was like. masterful it was ARTE
absolutely gorgeous game and all throughout my reading i was genuinely gobsmacked at how you both managed to pull this off in like what two months? RESPECT!!!!!!!! i cannot wait to see the zine about this you have planned!!!!!