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this was really sweet. love the mess getting bigger
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i adored the concept, awkward meetup with all the expectations being challenged by the reality was really good. its like just such a relatable struggle. i liked getting one side of the story and then the second and how confusing and challenging navigating this meeting was for both of them. i think especially on the second round ever since the kiss seeing how things really panned out was so exciting. i feel like repeating the same story from a different perspective is a really fun approach i feel like i see surprisingly rarely, but here it was perfect. i also like the narration shifting to an impartial description, i found it thematically fitting the conflict of them both just being clueless together as were just left to watch these girls fumble like a voyeur, since thats what the relationship was built on, both sides
the art is so good and the sprites are so lively and adorable. they sell the cute expressions just as the serious ones. so good job. and the music is so fitting that after completing the game it became my music player for the rest of the day. everyone involved did a superb job. good job thank you for sharing
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the whole focus of boundaries and how they can be bent and broken without even knowing was extremely thought provoking. and when things just didnt make sense anymore, when they felt at loss dealing with the same person in the same room that felt so different than the one they had known from online... so what stood out the most to me was how i was very touched by the part when they couldnt talk so they began conversing digitally in the place that was familiar for their relationship. i think that part really sold the shape of their relationship and so when they went back home and could return back to being bold and "normal" it was perfect.
a kiss with tongue is too scary in real life but the same person confessing to stealing your panties makes you suddenly wanna fuck the dork is hilarious. i really get that how when i have my own space and own privacy to interact from its so much safer. big mood.
DELICIOUS toxic yuri, waow. holy. visceral.
playing this with headphones on really adds to the horror. i have autism goddamit, all those grating sounds. it was uncomfortable and that was great that i get to feel like they do.
you have really outdone yourself with this, the disjointed scenes all moving towards the climax had such a thrilling pacing. and the art and presentation working together sold the emotion with ease
the ero fingers cgs were brilliant. yes. nice. good job
im kinda stunned at how much there was in act 1 already the nights kept on ending and i was like oh wow really still more? and it kept on delivering! oh this is so strong its unreasonable.
like not only was i taking my time to admire the art and the assets and the scripting and how cute these dorks are but the writing was so pleasant. its such a strength to be able to have so much text on screen yet all of it just feels purposeful and just makes me wanna binge more
every one of these girls are in such an unenviable position and feels like they all have reasons to want or need to get murderous with eachother but they're all kinda trying to scheme and find wiggle room for anything else than mindlessly obeying the big mama boss bitch who put this web together. i adore how the chapter select shows who is in each scene and how it makes it even more clear how much of a presence lavandula has with so little screen time. i love her. and gabey. very much
i feel like the more i say the more incoherent my ramble will get so balically ive just told my friends to play this too i hope they and many more find this story. youve put together something wonderful and im looking forward to act 2 and onwards
beautiful. beautiful. this vn is so brilliant and pure and masterful. my
heart is glowing.
ahh the weird headspace of being gay and trans and mentally ill and using it as your blade and armour to navigate it with someone who loves, understandns, and is doing the same. i got emotional connecting with these feelings, relating to my own experiences with all the awkward confusing autistic queer sex adn how it feels good and right when it feels good and right
especially after trying to mess with videotome too i really apperiace the customisation here and the addition of video and the intre. thats so cool. the mixed media and the ADORABLE sexy art just sells itt..
honestly there was too many adorable pages and lines my screenshot folder is so happy.basically what im saying is that i love the heart put into this. being a pervert about anything makes it better. maidgender real. thank you for sharing
youve done a great job! its a really nice setting and the kink aspect is woven into it in quite a fun way! as for the tags, you can look at what tags other games have in their game description. but stuff like adult, spanking, nsfw, female protagonist, are good ones that i use that would suit your game too
this is wonderful. your art is always such a treat and seeing it in a vn format makes me delighted. i love how cute beelzebub is, and especially when she gets disciplined. it was really fun way to include different scenarios through conversation i liked that. kink stories with good world building and heavy themes is really my favorite way to do them
you should consider adding more tags to this game so it can be found through itchio easier! esp the nsfw ones help so much and i want more people to see this too ^^
idk waht to tell you "rape" and "Rape" give different results for me
im under the impression that tags are manually set to redirect to the same "tag". so something less common like rape which has only a handful of results wouldnt have been combined by teh site admins
edit: the different results being, teh first one gives me 0 results and the second gives me 31 results
ahhh now THIS is a vn for girlthings with something wrong with them..
the wonderful presentation starts before we even get to the main menu, and continues all teh way to the end. as much as my vocabulary wasnt up to par with the prose, embracing hte ambiguity for the intro had me fully caught up and invested faster than i expected. it didnt take me long to just catch your vision and have no further struggles because the story was put together in such a nice and clean way
this is one of those stories you gotta sit for a while and stare at the ceiling after completing it. and that bieng said, more spoilery things are happenign below this line of text
the setting is terrifying. not just for hte 'heatwaves' but obviously all this bureocratic nonsense and the disparity pushed to the extremes. whats there to do when life isnt fair and you are a second class citizen, or i guess not even that, item.. ah angel is a painfully relatable being. theres something so utterly depressing seeing it having to lean into the abuse and lack of worth. drifting between people trying to find a place to call a home. but if i were to mirror it to my own experiences & values and how i often wish to relinquish all control for someone else to handle it.. well. maybe thats just one of the many reasons why im reading a story like this in the first place and finding it so incredibly compelling and erotic
i dont even know if to call angel 'it' or not. i think angel deserves to be called a good girl. and give her a good beating but like in a loving way. this is toxic yuri at its finest.
two hours well spent im going to be thinking about this for a long time and that isnt even accounting for me scavenging for all these insane renpy visual effects you have managed to pull off. well done and thanks for making this
anyone glancing down at the comments wondering if they should hit download or not, i highly recommend doing so. especially doing so without reading any further than this just to have your own experience first.
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i dont know if its my own reaction or if it was exactly the intended point, but the presentation of the game really put a pause on me. its not uncommon for people to upload projects with bizarre presentations and it is natural to want to put your time where you assume it will be well spent. theres an overwhelming amount of things to do in life and only so much time. thats not really the fault of anyone i think.
still starting from teh first menu choice i had no intent to understand waht the protagonist was truly saying. maybe its the autism but i am not the kind of person to understand metaphors so my first instinct is to just immediately give up. i prefer stories that are literal just the same way i want my friends to say what they mean directly to me
it was the blocked out choices, and the menu options that were actually the honest sincere truth yet were misinterpreted by the shrink as more metaphors that forced me to slow down. around the time of the therapist scene this really clicked with me, instead of seeing her as the odd one, and as an extension the whole game and its unusual presentation, as i continued reading more it further established my understanding of the protagonist and my read on the story.
she is struggling to fit into this world and facing unreasonable expectations. the bold collage art decisions and flashing animated backgrounds are recontextualized to be her point of view. the world is a scary jumbled mess of mismatched parts and she stands out and does not fit in.
especially as someone who is often the one the world feels judgemental towards, especially as someone who considers herself an understanding person, and especially as someone who goes out of her way to seek out wanting to see the good in indie visual novels made by new faces,i dont want to be judgemental. if that was the point, well done. it really was effective on me.
even without me starting this story with this hostile view, the dialogue is sincere and real, and the metaphors painfully appropriate. it is a story that feels impactful and relatable.
we would all be better off if we were more like the carpenter. thanks for sharing this
brilliant absolutely soggy pathetic useless protagonist she is amazing. i fuck with it
this story certainly went in directions i was not expecting. im impressed by the characterisation of everyone, even side chars seemed like theres depth to them waiting to be explored. quite liked the hype battle sequences even tho they were only text
ps.crystal and vivi are so cute. love them sm </3
absolutely enthranced after just the first 60 seconds with this incredibly impactful opening. i love how lively all the art and sprites look and the combination of the pixel backgrounds and atmospheric music really immersed me in this world.
neginé and selene are such a joy to watch interact, everything from the chats to the killing.
also liliana is cute, just wanted to put that out there
gay angels stuck in teh rain together.........
i really loved the visual presentation of the backgrounds and the more elaborate effects of ripped pieces. i feel bad for hte OG pieces but they died for a good reason u_u the chars are very cute i quite like how their personalities click and clash. having a relationship involve a 3rd person and the past is an angle i quite like seeing, those emotions are very real
when i finished hte 'bad' ending first, i felt like completing the other one really recontextualised that in a way that made my brain feel good. the final scene was very impactful for me.
thanks for makign this wonderful lil game!