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i found the settings and figured it out! Thank you for pointing that out to me as I had no idea. I'm so sorry for thr inconvenience but I appreciate you both helping me figure that out! Here is the new never expiring link https://discord.gg/fsP66dCrVS

oh no! I didn't realize they could expire. I apologize! Try this one. 😁 And welcome to the jam! 

https://discord.gg/tfSzM4pV

Hello and welcome to our Hallmark Holiday Jam! 

As you've read in the description we are still choosing our theme that will be announced November 16th! 

You can join our discord server here: https://discord.gg/FAdeYHGE to vote for our 15 potential holiday movie plots/tropes that are familiar and unique to create your games!

I'm excited to see what we all choose -- so far there are only two voters, so don't miss out on your chance to have your thoughts heard as to what you'd want to create your game around. 

If you have any questions, please let me know! 

Yours,

Teharra Rose

Great game!  It has a lot of hybrid aspects to it which make the game even more immersive and thoughtout.  I really enjoyed the sound effects and music. Good job!

I really liked this game. It was short and sweet and yet captivating! I liked all the options and choices as well as thought the art style and gui were both cute, functional, and perfect for the game!  I ended up playing multiple times. My fave ending was my first ending.  Eileen is life. <3

This was fantastic! I watched it with my daughter and she loved it too! Everything worked so well together, the gui was crisp and clean cut, the video in the background going was super cool! Great job!!

Great game! Everything really meshed well together to create a superb immersive experience. It definitely shows the power of creating visual novels in other engines! Awesome job.

you're great at gui! I loved all the art and Aesthetics and it did work! Just a bit overlapping. 🥰 you're still much better than me! It's the next thing I want to learn better 

I really liked this game, it was so cute and yet dark.  I was shocked at first to see what perspective and who we were, but I thought that weas a great twist in the beginning -- a nice hook for sure.  The gui page when you need to save needs the options moved over a bit in the coding but other than that I didn't see anything off. Great job!

thank you so much! Our art was done all by @luneatic-art and they are amazing at what they do! Please give them a follow, without them -- you are absolutely right-- my words would not have been enough. Thank you again! 

Lots of great stuff going on mechanically, gui, art, everything! It's all very smooth. Great job

Thank you! If you have any places I can learn how to better fix music i would really appreciate it. I would like to focus on one aspect here at a time to get better and learn more. I appreciate your comment and tips. 

Wow, so pretty! The UI was super cool and yet simple , it totally worked.  The story was compelling and I cannot wait to see what happens next! Good job

Thank you for playing our game!  I just went through it again today and  you are completely correct, I also noticed the music got ridiculouosly loud in that one area so it does need to be tweaked which I will be doing this week along with some other bugs/tweaks I noticed. I appreciate you also confirming that with me as it confirms also it's not just my computer lol Glad you liked the story and gods! 

So impressive what was done here. A mix between so many different kinds of games and it keeps you wanting to play more. Great job! What skill! 

Thank you so much for playing our game! I had a friend over today playing it and she also found the first ending and looked at me like .... wtf, Teharra.... lol Gotta throw a curve ball every once and a while. We're glad you enjoyed the game and thank you so much for playing!

I watched a show similar to this premise as a kid and now on tiktok in a creepier fashion! Visuals were amazing as well. Good job!

Great game, super advanced and the game mechanics were spot on. loved the whole look of the gui and everything! The story had me going back in for more endings which is perfect for a VN and all the customizations really immersed you into the character. Love it!

Cute story and visuals! Good job.

Beautiful story that hooks you from the very beginning by investing yourself into a character you feel  you create!  And the twist at the end of the one ending... nope, didn't see it coming. Totally here for it! Good job!

Thank you so much for reading and enjoying our version of the labyrinth idea! lol I loved yours too and I'm glad we were able to connect through our stories! 

Thank you so much for watching our story! I am so glad the labyrinth idea turned out so well for the both of us! lol And yes! Such annoyances gods interfering and all LOL I'm glad we have connected through this jam. Thank you again!

First playthrough, no one died (I guess I didn't visit one person enough.... the choices! lol Love it!) but the twist ending.... oof.... I won't say any spoilers but I didn't see it coming and I am sad. LOL But in the good story kind of way! Great job!

You're so welcome! I've really enjoyed meeting and talking with all of the folks in the VN dev community that I've 'met' and I hope we all can have fun and keep creating together! I'm all about that.  Have fun with my game and enjoy -- I'm gonna save your game to my computer so I can see more death scenes later LOL

Replied to the comment on the VN itself but thank you so much for reading and enjoying our story! I'm so glad you liked it!

No problem! We ran out of time to integrate voice acting so I get the one star has to be done lol But thank you! I really tried to boost the sound effects and change up the music as much as possible to make up for it! :D

Thank you so much for reading the story and finding value within the worlds.  Jake's world is one of the most special for me for a few reasons and I'm very glad so many folks are liking the emotion and the themes of the story! I'm so glad you enjoyed it.

It was so crazy. Our music guy got covid week one, I got the flu week two, and then our amazing artist got sick the third week. By the time the last week came around and it was crunch time, we were booking it! LOL But we all were so very happy with the end result even though life was trying to show us it was stronger lol we prevailed.  

I actually didn't mention a time, I would say a year or so.  In my head as I was writing I always felt it was long enough to know a lot about each other but not long enough to really stay together if the worlds around them were crumbling. 

LOL milk joke -- that's funny! Love it though.  

I am working on learning the Renpy coding and programming myself and gui is definitely my next tast to learn! I want to learn next how to make buttons for the text gui.... LOL I'll get there.  But you are right. Something fancy LOL 

This is the game I wish I wrote! Just absolutely fabulous. The replay ability is great, I love having the option just to return to the last room when you die, and I just think it all fits so well together.  I love this game! 

I went back and played for another ending because of your comment. LOL My family thanks you for the sudden scream they got to laugh at. XD That was nuts! Damn near threw my laptop. XD

Amazing use of sound effects and placement of them! I found the text messages a tad fast but it kept up in pace.  I totally got so into it I jumped when things got heated. LOL Great job

I really liked the visuals as well as the game mechanics of the nerve game! That was such a unique take to truly influence a person's decisions and I know it did mine! Loved seeing a VN made in Godot to see what it could do. 

Loved the illustrations/Art work, found a few bugs but over all I had a good time.  Great job!

Hmm I'll still check it out just in case. I am slowly learning python also to help with my renpy skills so it might come in handy in the future for me. One never knows. I still am grateful for the knowledge and you for  creating it. :)

I am a beginner still and was just teaching myself screens today! Im excited to learn more about them with this tool. Thank you for creating it!

I don't think I could have spent money faster. What an amazing opportunity for any starting visual novel Dev. Thank you so much and I look forward supporting you more! 

Omgosh we are so excited and humbled. Thank you for bringing our story to a wider audience. We appreciate you. ❤️

Great story! Left me leaving wanting to know more about this game world.  Could be a great bigger story kind of plot. Great job. 

Used this in a game jam free game here https://teharra-rose.itch.io/sweeter-echoes-crackling-embers

thank you! It was perfect!

awww thank you. I won't say I'll go up against the best but if I can give them a run for their money and bring new people into the genre along the way, then I count that as a win!!