I frankly loved the game to bits! And yeah I may be biased bc im like, a fan, and such, but um um erm, I do agree on Millicent's characterization, I enjoyed that how, in spite of how fucked up and weird their situation is, both her and Ember strangely fit perfectly with each other, no, they deserve each other, whether that's good OR bad, I can't really see them with anyone but themselves. It IS kinda funny that as evil as she can be, Mill still shows a whole lot of care and humanity for Ember at the end of the day, because she actually loves the little girlthing, and frankly to me I think it's, kinda beautiful.
Maybe that's a failing of my own to see a relationship this messy and fucked have fluffy, happy moments, only to call it beautiful, but I live for this kinda stuff, idc... My one mandatory criticism (that I must say, lest this comes off as me shamelessly glazing, which I COULD do without fault, but I won't, for the sake of my sparse dignity) is that I'd have liked to hear more from Ember! Narratively speaking it checks out that, when in a state of namelessness and dissociation, she wouldn't have much of anything to say, but, it's like you said, at times, the pair appears one-sided (though I don't believe they ultimately are). At the same time however it also just works that Ember isn't fully defined until Millicent swoops in, effectively helping her mold herself into a proper person, it all comes down to the game's themes of co-dependence being displayed really well, so yeah, Ember's still a bit of a mystery but you made it work!
ANd yes PLEASE I NEED a scene where the sub actually vocalizes something instead of being a babbling, crying, shaking, terrified mess, even IF that's also really really fun and hot. anyways ramble over love ur games so muchhhhh YAHOO YAY YIPPIE
Lunapeaker dropped again and I'm so thankful, this was AMAZING. Ember is quite the understandable, yet tragically broken little girlthing. The kinda girl I wanna see smile and find joy and be alright, and, one could say that did happen? In a twisted sort of way. I don't know if I can say for sure, but I know that I love her. She's adorable, and I admit I didn't actually expect her journey to turn out the way it did (I expected way worse!) With the type of girl that I am, I'm not surprised I could relate, but still, amazingly written lady...
Millicent on the other hand is plain awesome. Coolest vampire character I've seen in a while and I mean it!!!!! Her appearance, specifically, is so well designed and distinct to me, I love that she's got cool ass fucking dreads, is tall, pretty, able to be beautifully feminine while simultaneously exuding a butchy (futchy?) charm as well... She's also got some insanely shaky morals, but that's what we're here for anyways. The dynamic between her and Ember, their synergy, it works scarily well, and without spoilers, I gotta say the game diligently proves that with astounding success, it's that special kind of symbiosis that only manifests itself in relationships such as theirs. And that I adore.
I also just want to say that I'm guilty too, I giggled and felt my face heating up at certain moments while reading this, I audibly said "ohmygosh >w<" and wiggled my hands up and down because I found some moments cute, and I feel that I wasn't supposed to, but I simply loved these characters to death, I lovelovelove ur art and writing Miss, thank you for the food!!!!
God this game is so fucking good and it made me feel so icky, idk how to put it into words exactly but, ughh I loved it and it genuinely made me wanna cry, made my skin crawl. Amazing art and music, I kinda wanted more little websites to explore, and maybe I got more invested in Heart/Breaker and the VN Sera was playing than I should have but, aarhghhhh uaaaaaaa uweehhhh!!!!!!!!
I loved this... I love the way it looks so so so so much!!!! And Voda... ooooouuugh :(((((( she just wanted freedom and got more than she ever asked for... This girl was dealt what is possibly the worst hand she ever could have, no where to run to, except back to that diving bell. And worst of all, she got punished for it to the point of breaking. I hope she'll be okay, even if realistically, that isn't likely...
I also wanna point out that I loooove the name you gave to the pretty fish lady, Rusalka, like the siren-like water entity from slavic folklore!!!! Such a lovely touch >w< And once more I gotta say your art is phenomenal, expressive and adorable, despite the grim feel of the story <3 Might just be my bias towards cartoony looks like this but I just thought it looked super unique! Do consider telling more stories such as this... Also Rusalka is mad cute I lowkey want her!
Checkin out the Toxic Yuri submissions, this is the first one that caught my eye, and I played it through to the end, got 2 out of 3 endings (unsure how to get the third) and well, much like the commenter below me I'm also unsure as to how to properly describe how I feel about this... but I'll try!!
I'll admit right off the bat it's not really my cup of tea at all, story and content-wise, and the main character (Ana) consistently pissed me off </3, howeverrrrr I really liked the art, specifically the character sprites, as I thought they were very cute and had charm to them... Bumbles and Mika are cool (love the designs!), and deserve way better, poor girls...
When it comes to the writing, things seem to just happen in the world of this VN, and I feel like that's entirely on purpose. It felt absurdist and self-indulgent, a setting where rules get bent on a whim, which, once again, is fair for something that's very open about what it's going for, so I have to respect it!
Perhaps my "complaints" are unfounded since art is meant to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable, but as someone that is admittedly on the disturbed side of things, I did not feel comforted, definitely not in the traditional sense LOL ;-; but still, certainly an intriguing piece and fairly well produced! ^_^
this was amazinggggggggg, so so poignant if that makes any sense... i relate a lot to this, being inside of a speedy car at night, and, well, cis women yeah, as a trans woman, i'm scared of being near them, for many reasons, and it all comes down to that insecurity, that feeling of inadequacy... you nailed a lot of that down to a T!
the writing was also immaculate honestly, i loved it, even if it's a short experience i was left caring about these characters, their story, their lives, especially Dahlia... poor girl, she deserves so much better ;( I won't lie I was caught very much off guard, even if the writing was right there on the wall since the beginning... Also, fuck that guy Brad!!!!!!
Additionally, pls tell ur wife that her music is great! I know she doesnt wanna be credited but like if you two could consider uploading the music somewhere... I (and I believe others here as well) would be grateful bc its so gooooodddddddd!! I hope you win a gazillion toxic yuri dollars!!!!
uaaahh thank you so so much for making this!! its so good and i can relate to it deeply ;c im in love with ur art and the characters, and i also played Red Red Tarmac before this so im definitely eager to see more whenever u feel like sharing more amazing stories >v< teehee
this game hit so close to home that i can't help but wonder if that's sad or not. i love Gail, as a character, as a protagonist, in the beginning i nearly found myself thinking she seemed like kind of a douche but the more i spent time with her, the more i want to be her gf BECAUSE IT SHOULDVE BEEN ME NOT SUSIE understood.
and it's not just understanding, it's relating to this, very niche experience (at least how i see it), of being a queer, neurodivergent, shut-in transwoman that struggles daily with navigating her life, fears and trauma. feeling like you will NEVER in your life be understood until that one person shows up and turns your perception of reality upside down in more ways than one. you laugh, you cry, you hurt, you heal. you move on. you realize that no, you're not hopeless. things can get better.
you can even fuck ME PLEASE ME I WANT GAIL SO BAD a burger.
Wahh, this was so cute and fun, though I'll be honest, I got kinda spooked, I actually could sympathize with Vita... is that normal, am I normal, I hope so, guh, I just think Levia and her are so freaking cute together!!!!
Anyhow, this vn is amazing ^w^ definitely going into my faves list
everyone knows visual novels that prominently feature gay women having kinky sex with one another is nothing more than a ruse to mask the life changing existential shit you will read
I wasn`t able to complete this one, but I did enjoy my experience overall! Very well written as usual, with amazing art to boot, just uhm, please if anyone wants to play this, take the content warning seriously
OH JEEZ- Ms. Anna this is so cool??? wtf!!!!!!!!!! This was so beautifully written, and comfy, and, well, sadly very real as well, even years later :c I'm beating myself up mentally for not checking out your work earlier, this is right up my alley ldsgklhndfjgdf,g
Also, Ms. Anna, is there anywhere or any way to contact you/ask questions?
hm, gay women, nice. also thank you Edmund and also indie game twitter and twitter artists for making me aware of Jill and anna's cornucopia of quality games. anna you are a mastermind.
