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bug is real and she's me. 

very much appreciate this one - it is always relieving to find evidence that you're not the only one with this kind of experience haha. thank you! <3

it's taken me several weeks to gather my thoughts on this game. after my first hour or so of playtime, i was pretty convinced that i would get filtered by this game and that it straight up was not meant for me, but i ended up drastically wrong in that assessment.

i think that, in writing this kind of story, its easier to tend toward one of two extremes: either of making its characters legible, explaining away or excusing all of their worst qualities in a kind of falsely reassuring way, or on the other hand, just veering totally off the nihilism cliff and saying that nothing matters because everything is hopeless and nothing better is possible. 

i found that this story somehow rejects both of these frames. dancing between them, the characters arent made to justify themselves for who they are, yet theyre still made to be accountable for their actions because eachother are all they have; theyre allowed to just be human. seeing this portrayed so sincerely opened up a lot of space for me to look honestly at myself and not be so afraid of what i might find. this is really a huge relief especially when it feels like everything else in life is telling you to go in the opposite direction. wherever im headed, your art at least shows that its possible to come out the other side. thank you for sharing it. <3 

lovely lovely! this game feels... timely

wonderful. wonderful wonderful wonderful lecture, thank you so much for sharing it publicly. I especially appreciate the resources provided at the end. this is very helpful to me for navigating our current wave of sex-negativity that seems to be gripping the culture. as someone from a younger generation the kinds of repression that were more prevalent during the bush years were definitely still felt downstream even while coming of age into a more information-dense culture in the early 2010s. it saddens me to think that we're vulnerable to return to that time again, but i would like to do what i can to prevent it. appreciate your perspective <3

love love love! nat and bethany are very cute and its affirming to see characters like them that feel true to my own life in a game <3

despite being trans and gay, i feel like this game may not be for me. but even so i wanted to say i really like the world design and setting, it has that kind of half-real quality that worms into my imagination in the best way. i admire you making something that so clearly resonates with a lot of people. if i do end up playing more of it i will be sure to comment and leave more of my thoughts <3

i find myself completely drawn in by this style of world building you're able to pull off. I feel like im being rattled around until i clip out of bounds into the gap between reality and fantasy, where the two meet and are - inevitably - just as real as the other. another wonderful VN, thank you!

Thank you for making this! Games like these inspire me to make games of my own someday <3

ahhh this game made me feel so warm and giddy and happy <3 <3 thank you for sharing! will be playing chapter 2 and chapter 3 when it comes out :)

This was an incredible little game, I loved it a lot. I was especially enamored by the way it depicted the charming sincerity of early internet culture in a way that stayed wholesome and earnest. This quality is weaved beautifully throughout the story, its themes, its characters, and even the UI design itself.

It made me think a lot about internet culture today, and how as we've shifted away from these cute, intimate communities and towards more centralized, corporate spaces, there has been a simultaneous push to drench any genuine feeling in a heavy veil of irony whenever expressed online. This kinda worries me sometimes, I wonder if today's generation of kiddos on the web will be worse off for being immersed in a culture that's so cynical.

But then again, early internet culture certainly had its uglier parts, and there are sweet little havens on today's internet, too - largely exemplified by your beautiful work. It really helped me out a lot and I can't thank you enough!