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This demo was PHENOMENAL. My entire YT is dedicated to indie games and visual novels, and this is by far the best one I've seen in a while. Many VNs fall short due to poor writing or being too unrealistic when it comes to interactions. I loved lil Grimmy and his social awkwardness<3 My type of man. The dialouge options gave a decent range of freedom, and I felt super seen when it came to the light teasing options. It's my love language haha.
As for the customization: wow. Most VNs just have a basic faceless MC. The rare VN that allows for customization has extremely limited options. Usually just hair color and gender, imo. I was amazed. Once I moved from character creation I was like... WAIT I CAN CUSTOMIZE MY ROOM TOO?!
This was such a breath of fresh air and I'm so excited for the final product. I'll be wishlisting for sure, and can't wait for the final release.
I did have one crash during the game, but forgot to save a crash log (sorry)! It is in my video though, so you can see my exact line of choices leading up to it. I didn't test if it was replicable.
Anyways the end. TLDR play this game its great
For a demo that is allegedly only 15% of the full game, this is super fleshed out. Props to that! There is a lot of potential for this game if the remaining 85% can maintain the same quality. There are a few quality of life adjustments I would like to see such as better visual indicators for items that can be interacted with, but they aren't really a necessity. There were just a few times where I wasn't sure what to click, such as the chair in the dining room when you sit to eat. I'm curious as to what a full release will look like, as this game seems very self contained even as is. I have no idea what else the 85% could add, which makes me excited!
I totally forgot to leave a comment yesterday! I played this game for my channel, and it was beautiful. The storytelling is so raw, and I love that. I've played a lot of VNs where the choices and dialogue feel stale. This game was a breath of fresh air! I really felt for the characters and portrayal of mental illness. I love how the story showed that not every terrible thing is the work of the supernatural, etc. Sometimes there is realistic explanations-- and there is help out there. Anyways, great game. :)
I really liked this game, and to think this is only about 15% of the final product is pretty nice. Everything looks very polished, which I enjoyed! I loved all the environments and little details (such as the book titles haha).
As for constructive criticism, I noticed there was a frequent glitch while moving that caused a sort of "bar" glitch across the screen horizontally. I know I mentioned it in my video a few times. Personally, I also feel like there should be more of a visual indicator when it comes to what you can interact with. The white outline on objects is nice, but it only appears when hovering directly over the object. Because of this, I was super confused at the part where you are supposed to sit in the chair at the table. I had no idea what I was supposed to click! Obviously it's personal choice, but I feel like having some form of outline either always visible or when your cursor is within a certain radius could greatly benefit the game. It would help avoid some of the confusion I felt, and likely others as well!
Ill be honest, this is probably the most scared a game has made me in forever. the first jump scare actually got me so badly that I started crying, and I normally don't even scream lmao. The devs really know how to create ambient horror, and I appreciate that. Too many people rely solely on jump scares, whereas this game made great use of ambient noise, shadows, music, etc too.
It definitely was annoying, but there are definitely worse bug/issues a game can have! I play a lot of itchio games, so it's honestly the least of my concern. Glad to hear it's fixed though :) really only the reason it was a "problem" for me was because it was a little easy to get lost when stripping myself of the ability to see my surroundings haha
I got all of the endings in my playthrough! It was a great game, and definitely worth the time to play. I think my only complaint was skipping over unseen dialouge when using the skip button, but that's more of a "my bad" thing. I'm used to visual novels automatically stopping the sped up text when new dialouge is reached, and assumed it would do the same here. Idk how hard that is to code, and honestly it's not a huge deal though. Anyways 10/10
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