Hey, it's finally here! And faster than I expected (30 minutes later?) I have worked my way through the prologue.
To first talk about the prologue itself, I enjoyed it! It wasn't anything crazy, although I'd be more impressed if it was given its short run time. What stood out to me the most was, as before, the lovely art and the mellow soundtrack. I especially appreciate just how much time was spent with no backing track, which is an entire vibe of its own. I enjoyed the character dialogue quite a bit as well.
The story was fine. It's fun to see these characters again after the year and a half since I played the initial demo, and I also appreciate that Eri was very much her own character and that ultimately the short story was focused on her. I'd have liked to actually see snippets of the events at the end resolving rather than just having the remaining threads quickly glossed over, but hey, it serves its purpose fine as a demo product. Also, very interesting attention to detail to also have the yen counter adjust accordingly to the state of the story.
But yeah, it was cool. Thanks for putting out this entirely unique short visual novel! I also appreciate that you've left the original legacy demo available for download, because even if it won't be indicative of the finished product I do think that it has some good content in there for what it is.
Speaking honestly, if I had to pick between the legacy demo and the new demo for getting somebody excited about the game's full release I'd probably have to tell them to play both the legacy demo. Not because I think the systems or writing are superior necessarily, but I do think that the story that you get there is more interesting. There's just more meat.
Super excited for the game's full release and wishing y'all the best! I had today's date marked on my calendar for a while and was bummed to see the delay, but I'm glad you were able to drop a solid demo.