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I actually do have a mini project on the side to address this. It'll be posted to my twitter @needs_bear when it's ready.
Though there's no ETA on it as the main artist for Ember, Plaster, and Aaron is busy juggling work, life responsibilities, and the project. I won't spoil anything, but this was something I planned as an additional story to the game to help show a bit of Plaster's side as well as his current fate after the ending.

Really appreciate that!

Thank you! It was a big goal of mine to make sure the whole story was packed densely with emotion and character even if that made it a shorter game, so reading comments like these always feels really nice in having that pay off.
A sequel is on the way! I already have the story all planned out, and now it's just grinding away at it. While I do greatly appreciate the kind words, do not worry. The sequel will be free to everyone to play all the way through the same way the first game was :D

Hey thank you so much for that! It's so amazing to hear from everyone how much they enjoyed this story. It's a passion project of mine that I really hoped would reach my audience in the same way I felt making it. Don't worry about the donation. The fact you played it and enjoyed it enough to leave such a kind comment is definitely enough!

Thank you! All the kind comments I've gotten have helped a ton with keeping at it and grinding out the sequel :D

Thank you so much! Rest assured, I have a sequel in the works. Though life is getting in the way, so progress is a bit slow. I'll definitely still be working on the sequel until it's ready though :D

Thank you so much! I really appreciate the kind words. 

Thank you for the interest! Good news is the sequel is currently in the works. Progress is a bit slow, but just like this game, I'm going to chip away at it as best as I can in my free time until it's done!

I'm so glad you gave it a chance! It's always super flattering to hear that the story was that compelling. Thank you for playing the game and leaving such a kind comment.

Thank you! I am currently working on the sequel to the game, though it's still very much a work in progress. There's no estimated time for when it will be completed. I'll be working on it in my free time as much as I can. 

I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it! 

Thank you so much for the kind words! It's really flattering to hear such high praises for this project. 

From here onward, I've made the demo build private. I've had unfortunately a few people confused between the release build and the demo build. (It's not their fault. I set up the games in a confusing way due to me being new to posting to itchio) With the release build existing and being completed, I figured there is no reason for the demo to exist anymore.

Thank you! I'm really glad to hear you enjoyed it. 

Thank you so much! I appreciate the interest in the sequel. I'm currently working on it in my free time while I juggle real life responsibilities. I do have the entire story planned out and work has already started. I'll be honest though, this next story is so much bigger than the first that I don't know how long this will take. It's a huge project to take up as a solo dev, but I'm going to keep at it!

Thank you so much! I actually am working on the sequel, but I've just started on it now so there's no telling how long it will take me. I'll do my best to keep everyone updated on its progress though. Again, thank you for all the kind words, I'm really happy to hear you enjoyed it :D

I appreciate the offer! I am a little wary of handing out the entire source code like that, but if it's something you really want to do, be sure to message me on discord and we can talk about it more there :D I'm open to the idea 

Ahh thank you!! That's such high praise. I really did my best to put the actual story in the spotlight and not make anything that was too formulaic and stereotypical of other visual novels. I'm really glad to hear it stands out among the others :D

Thank you! This is such an amazing compliment. I definitely do have a sequel planned for the future. I left a few things unanswered for that reason to come back to visit when more of the story is worked on. (I actually have a smaller project regarding Plaster being worked on right now by the main character artist who drew ember and plaster throughout the vn. It'll release hopefully this month. Be sure to follow my twitter to see it when it's done :D)

Thank you :>

I'm definitely planning for more of this story sometime in the future. I can't promise it'll release quickly, but I definitely do have plenty more for a sequel down the line 

Thank you so much!! I'm still just really happy to have gotten such a positive reception to it all. I hope to make more that people enjoy just as much in the future :D

Thank you for the sweet compliment. I'm glad you liked it :D

I'm happy to hear you enjoyed it :D

Thank you! I hope to have some more out about the story as soon as I can. :)

This game is completed, but I do plan on expanding on this story sometime in the future with a sequel. I have no estimated time when that would be worked on / released though. 

(Vou usar o google translate para responder, porque eu só falo inglês.)

Este jogo está concluído, mas eu planejo expandir essa história em algum momento no futuro com uma sequência. Eu não tenho tempo estimado quando isso seria trabalhado / lançado embora.

This was such a sweet comment. Thank you! I hope to work on a bit more to expand the story, but can't make any promises when those would be finished.

Thank you!

Thank you :)

Thank you for that! We'll have to learn more about Plaster in a future project :3c

Thank you so much! 

And I've been getting a lot of questions about Plaster. All I can say regarding him is I have plenty of plans for the sequel vn (whenever it would be made) to address what happened to him.

I haven't actually timed it, but it's a fairly short vn. I'd say about 2 hours depending on how fast you read. 

Enjoy! :D

Thank you so much! And I really appreciate you wanting to support the game. I really hope you enjoy the story :D

That's such a great compliment to hear. I hope my future projects live up to that :D

Short Answer: I just did not have the time/money to implement audio. 

Long Answer:

I have zero experience in composing music, so that left 3 ways I know of to get music for the vn:

1) commission an artist who has experience making music for these projects

2) buy a pack of music to be used commercially 

 3) use free, fair use music (since the project is completely free)

I did not do much research on the first two, because this is a personal project that has zero budget (money is very tight for me). That left with me doing fair use music. I did spend an entire week working on music for the game, and in that week I was only able to source and download a few tracks for the vn. Mind you, this was me spending all of my free time that would've went to the vn just looking for music which ate up so much time that could've gone to writing and art. 

None of the music I could find in that week fit the vn and honestly sounded awful to listen to longer than 30 seconds. Keep in mind, that week was spent only *finding* the music, I would need infinitely more time to actually implement that music, properly credit the artists who made it, and then finding even more music as the ones I had barely even covered half of the vns tones. It became clear to me that something had to be cut, and music was the easiest thing to cut out. (The stress of finding this music only to be disappointed by the results was also weighing down on me pretty hard.)

Please keep in mind, this project is *mostly* worked on by just me completely for free. I had a few friends help out on some art assets, but everything else from coding, writing, proof-reading, implementing assets, as well as plenty of the art in the vn was done solo. It's a project I made next to nothing on during its year long development, so adding all of that work just to have a bunch of very boring music that most people would've muted anyways during their time playing just was not worth it. 

Thank you so much for all these kind words! Yes, I definitely purposefully left a lot of things open for a potential sequel down the line. The fact people are so invested in seeing more of these characters is really heart-warming 

Thank you so much!! 

Ahh I'm glad you liked it :D