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HI CHO!!!! IT'S TEMMIE!!! its june 15th at the time of writing and posting this, and if i am not mistaken this is cho day!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! i might not have a twitter anymore but dont you dare think i forgot about you >:3c

sadly i do not have a digital cake ready for you this time ;3; all i have the time for atm is coming by to say hi and hopefully brighten your special-est day a little bit more! maybe my gift(???) to you will be to finally play ORDHTA (is this the proper acronym LOL) and leaving a comment here like i did with dating start :)

how have you been doing these days!! i hope it's been well :D as for me quite a lot has happened but i'm doing pretty good right now. the Big Immediate Update is that i'm going 2 be playing as cinderella* for my school's play in like 5 days (5 DAYS!??! HELP IT JUST HIT ME)!! i got a big poofy glittery blue dress and some satin gloves and a tiara and i'm so so so excited (and nervous oh no this is tem's first time in a play) about it. summer's almost here for me too, and during that time i'll be gearing up for the next year of school and also working towards my dreams of being a musician and continuing therapy!! very exciting stuff. B)

👀 i do see that you've made a train dating visual novel for the "worst visual novel ever" challenge chocho (or should i say choochoo)...! i havent played it yet, but i can tell you RIGHT NOW that it's definitely going to

• top dating start in downloads,
• earn you a nobel peace prize with how many people it's going to bring together, AND
• get 2 netflix adaptations of varying quality in roughly 4 years because of the vn's immediate popularity upon release because its just that good of a worst visual novel ever

...what, you don't have the release date of the movies? well it just hasnt happened yet im sure ;3

p.s. oh yeah if you've seen me disappear on twitter,, thats bc i decided to delete my account in april!! i did a social media purge for a few personal reasons, but its mostly cause i dont like feeling like i have to keep up with everything everywhere all at once & after maybe 2023 i barely used twitter outside of talking to you (yes!! its true!!) and retweeting cat image reposts ^^;

if i find a good enough reason to go back to the bird app i will (a side note: its SO annoying that i can't view anything on twitter w/o an account, i don't want to remake one just to have an occasional browse and check in on friends!! </3), but until then ill be keeping posted with what you do from here :) tem will always and forever be cheering you on from the sidelines!! woo go cho!!! 🥳

p.p.s. again, happiest happy birthday to you my friend! let it be known you are the sweetest most passionate game dev i've ever had the pleasure of knowing. i love viewing whatever you share of your creative process here on the internets, and i admire the way you push yourself to be a better game dev each year with the coming of the yearly events with the lengthy acronyms i tend to forget (nanowrimo?? i think) :) i truly believe you deserve the world, a skeleton hoodie (wink), and a bag of chisps. 🫶 temmie wishes u the classics (health, happiness, success) AND fulfillment in whatever you do!! and i hope you have the bestest day EVER and that you get to do all the things you want to do today and forever after!!

now get out there (even if out there is just your backyard with a few loved ones and perhaps a pet or a cozy blanket on the couch and a movie you like, or whatever your idea of the best birthday ever looks like) and have some fun today cho!! you deserve it ^^

yours truly,
tem 💙

*fun extra tidbits about the aforementioned temmie-in-cinderella-school-play:

• TEMMIE IS DANCING TO LA VALSE DE L'AMOUR FOR IT??? i first found out about that song through YOU cho!! how the heck!! funny how things work. btw 10/10 song im just worried i might trip on my dress while waltzing to it BECAUSE YES I HAVE TO WALTZ TO IT WITH PRINCE CHARMING its like my fairytale dreams come true omg BUT REALLY FAST AND UNEXPECTEDLY??? BECAUSE LONG STORY SHORT ME AND CURRENT PRINCE CHARMING HAD TO FILL IN FOR THE PREVIOUS CINDERELLA AND PRINCE CHARMING WHO LEFT THE PRODUCTION SUPER LATE, AND LEFT US WITH 10 DAYS TO PRACTICE WHAT THEY PRACTICED FOR 2 MONTHS. HELP???
• uhhh and yesterday night i got my entire family locked out of our own apartment because i was practicing in the cinderella dress outside and then they decided to join me, and then the door shut behind them (our door auto-locks when it's closed), and none of us brought any keys to get back inside... EVERYTHING'S GOOD NOW THOUGH!! WE'RE GOOD!! WE BROKE BACK INTO OUR OWN HOUSE!!! WE'RE GOOD
• for props, we have these AMAZING HOLOGRAPHIC steve madden heels for cinderella's glass slippers... that unironically fit me AND previous cinderella perfectly??? (i mean. if the shoe fits wear it i guess!! LOL)

CHO I LOVE YOU SM LITERALLY,

-tem

OH ALSO EXPECT ALL ROUTE SAVE FILE NAME TWEET THREAD SOON
I'M WORKING ON IT

-also tem

♪(´▽｀) 

owo 1.0.1? what's this? i'll definitely make sure to update when it comes out! and yess simp forever and always >:D

!shpoilers~!

oof x_x dats a lotta variables,jesus
oohhhh so thats what it does... cool beans :D

i can tell you had a lot of fun writing these XD i wonder how many pieces of dialogue you wrote with a straight face (¬‿¬)
fnsjfnifao thank you cho and snasn, you both are great :D hopefully, after a while, i'll improve somewhat after having my brain stuck in the writer gutter for a while XP

yasss every part of a scene is important, and that includes the ambiance and music!!! really adds to a scene and makes it more impactful as a whole :)
3 or 4 tracks? owo? i know one of them is that glockenspiel cover, but i couldn't tell if any of the other ones were made by you or not :P they sound perfectly great to me

YES PET THE DOG!! >:Dc

such a dork he is. you did a very very great job at keeping him in character! this version of him is the one i fell for in the first place fjfaofaoi 

yOU'Re vERY WELcOmE!! I eNjoyEd eVerY minUte of iT!!! i shALL sTay DeTerMInEd!1!

you stay determined as well!!!! >:Dc

- tem (hoihohiohiho)

okay where do i start jesus christ

this game was an experience, to put it simply in words. i loved it so so much, and i only played through the pacifist route! (have no plans to play the No Love route as i have a feeling i will have a bad time, and also i can't just do that to our skeleboi ;-;)

i'm gonna keep this game on my laptop for a while so i can simp whenever, wherever ;)

you did such an incredible job on this game, cho. again, just wanted to let you know. you poured your heart and simping power SOUL into this, and it really, truly shows! :D

!spoilers up ahead, beware!

owo

the attention to detail was great, so many things to look at!! blue heart in the corner when sans talks, sans remembering what you say/do to him and talking about it (at those moments i wondered how you make the game do these sorts of things, like- how do you even make a game in general i'm just plain impressed xD), the small bits of dialogue from the original game but changed up a little bit to fit the scene... i have an eye for detail, and the fact there's so many here makes me happy. i'm happy :D
oh, and don't think i didn't notice the fact that when it was just sans in front of you, the background dims to shine a spotlight on him HAH i noticed way back when i was in new home on my first run and i was like '...wait, why is- oh my god cho, listen i don't want to stare into his eyes, i would like to stare at that darkened bookcase over there yes thank you HI GOAT MOM-

you wrote the scenes perfectly! (i'm kind of jelly honestly, i'm pretty sure i can't write anything like this xD) i could really feel as if i was in it. the monster crew's dialogue was really, really spot on, too! jesus this is basically them, you're great at keeping them in-character. felt like toby made another game, but it's just a version of undertale for the sans simps HAHAHAHA

also that scene during which you chose/reveal your core trait... i was just amazed, really. i mean, holy shite, that trait description was super accurate, and the fact sans 'seemed wide awake now' made me laugh XD
plus, during that SAVE his SOUL scene (dat one reminiscent of goat bro taking your friends and you having to restore their memories) and other things, the core trait you choose will be remembered and used throughout the rest of the route. i just- 👏👏👏 my detail-seeking heart is happy
for scenes like those, i thought about how much different those scenes would be if i had chosen any of the other 5 traits, and what the dialogue would be like
but i mean...
i could find out owo

now where do i even start with the music??? god the remixes you chose to use were great!!! literally, every time something new came on, i just vibed man, i just vibed
don't think i have to drag this out any longer, you've heard me scream about the music in my livetweets ;) it's just... 👌.
(also that glock gun spiel thingy cover you did for it's raining somewhere else is ( /◡‿◡)/♪ just amazing, i love it :D)

now the most important detail i wanted to talk about was... DOG YES DOG I GOT TO PET THE DOG BUT IT MADE THE BRIDGE FALL BUT I GOT SAVED BY SANS BUT MY LIFE GOAL IS COMPLETE I HAVE PET THE DOG!!!!

...no wait actually i wanted to talk about sans, but dog is important detail too >:D

anyway yes snasn where do i start with our one and bonely
okAY! one, he's super in character but also charming and seriously sweet. he's still the laidback, punny skeleton we all know and love (or LOVE), but now with the hots for you ;))))) two! deflection deflection deflection deflection deflection. don't think i need to say much else, three! jesus don't even get me started on the one-on-one scenes with him, it's just so fluffyyy and cute and romantic and it just made me fall for him all over again every time (´▽｀)

all in all, i had such a blast playing this and falling for sands undertable. the two years was so very worth the wait.

thank you for making this, cho. you're the greatest. :)

- yours truly, temmie 💙

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HELL YEAH CHO LET'S GO IT'S THE MOMENT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR (ME ESPECIALLY) I'M DOWNLOADING THE GAME RIGHT NOW HAHAHAHAHA PREPARE FOR THAT LONG ASS COMMENT I PROMISED YOU AT THE START!!!!!

- tem

Hehe, prepare for what will probably be at LEAST one full 1 page long comment of pure praise when the game is finished :PP 

Good to know you're doing well on the game, as well as mentally and physically! xD You keep doing that :3

Game development seems fun and I'd like to mess around a bit with code but online school cancels all my lockdown plans for boredom xD And I'll probably have like, x2 tabs more open than you while messing around because I know nothing XD

Anyway, maybe I'll make a small project soon when I get the chance..

But that's enough from me! :P Remember to stay determined >:33

No problem!(*^▽^) 

Honestly, the original comment was WAY longer, but I didn't know if long comments were 'ok' with you yet so I just sort of... shortened it xD

Maybe I might make a playthrough if I get the time to, but that might be for a while.. twt Plus, my mic is terrible. xD I bet you would only hear my fan blowing in the background and static noise xDD

How's development going on the game, by the way? Make sure to take a break if you overwork yourself and drink plenty of water! Eat something if you need to! Take a nap! I dunno, just remember not to strain yourself! xD

(I really can't fathom making a visual novel as great as this, let alone a demo on my own! I barely know anything about game-making and coding, so it all seems bizzare to me.. Hmm.. Maybe I might give game-making a shot someday.

i really don't know xD)

And thank YOU for making this gosh darn masterpiece, you amazing person! ^^

AAAAAA THIS IS SO GOOD JDUSHAFWEJIK

I loved this so much! The dialogue was on. point. The fact you have accessibility options for everything is really thoughtful! The art was amazing, and everything in general is awesome!! (*^▽^*) I can't wait for the completed game! ^^ I'll wait for it for as long as I can until it's out >:33

Overall Rating: 11/10, would play over and over and over again!! :D

(P.S: I would have made a Twitch stream or Youtube video on my playthrough through the demo but I fear of messing up everything in audio so I didn't xD) 

(I have so many questions too but I won't voice them because people reading this might get spoiled xD)

(BTW I apologize for the long comment, I tend to go off-kilter with comments sometimes xD)