Just dropping by to say that if I had the power to manifest my anxieties and self-hating thoughts into a physical monster, I'd probably burn that into the ground too. I was probably a cruel person for choosing the 'bad' options first, but it was all worth it when I went back to redo my choices. I really like that this visual novel shows that fighting against your negative selftalk can make a difference in the long run despite how bad it can get, and I can relate to Loupe.
A tall but slender monster that is made up of plants, but looks like a topiary of a deer. It has huge interlocking antlers that is capable of ancient magic that bends reality around it. Foxgloves and other poisonous flowers grow around the antlers. Might or might not be eating various things in its environment by growing around and absorbing them.
This story is so beautifully written from the way the experience of flipping through the old album is described, the framed memories to the tragic and distant relationship between the mother and son while dealing with traditional norms of gender enrooted in culture. For how short it is (because of the jam restriction), I was pleasantly surprised by how the endings managed to give me a new perspective on their relationship each time.
This game is very fun and elaborate, I like how many possibilities are there in this game for the player to imagine and tell their own stories. Tbh, in my own game, my character openly walks around as a beast in public without a care in the world (I kept rolling a 5 for difficulty because of my own damn luck) and obsessed with stealing food. My beast saw the superpowers and instantly gave up any need for humanity.
Aside from that, this game is so well polished, the UI is so sexy haha. The voice acting is also very convincing, I could really relate to Zoe as a character and feel bad for what she's going through.
It's pretty fun ^_^ I got the chuuni as my first encounter and she's still my favourite! I like how the dialogue changes depending on who you meet before, and some choices affect a whole lot. I'm excited to see what the full game is like!
