Aww thank you very much!! <3 Happy to hear that you enjoyed the game and the Smug Guide that much (heh heh)! That means a lot to me!! :) <3

Hi! I'm very happy to hear that their relationship resonates with you, and believe me when I say that it's very important to me, too! :D <3

However, I don't want to give out spoilers for the future so I'm afraid I'll just have to say "wait and see"... ;_; heh heh <3

Thank you so much for playing and for commenting! :) <3

Well done on figuring it out! :) And I'm happy you liked the game! :D <3

Well of course I did!! :D And AWW that's awesome to hear, I hope you'll enjoy it! Would love to hear what you think when/if you get a chance to try it out. :) <3

Hi! :D I can't answer that unfortunately since I want to leave it up to interpretation, but it *may* be her, and it *may* be someone else entirely... heh heh!

Thank you so much!! Reading that really made my day, I'm very proud that you'd consider my work addicting ;_; thank you for sharing that! <3 <3 <3 We're always working hard on more stuff and hopefully a major update will arrive at least before October ends. :)

Thank you so much Naarel!! For playing, for commenting and for always being so supportive and a fantastic, positive source of joy in the Discord. Your dedication to my games really means more than you probably know, and helps me work harder and better to keep expanding The Purgatoryverse. <3 <3 <3

Thank you so much!! I'm very happy to hear that you enjoyed it. :) <3

Congrats on getting featured! So well deserved. I've always admired your art from afar and this gothic lil' tale is so very, very striking. Really enjoyed it!! :) <3

Hello!! I'm happy you liked the game (and The Guide!) :D <3

I don't have a Part 2 planned right now but you can see a lot more of him in the other Purgatoryverse games, but who knows he might get another story of his own some day. :)

I can't reveal his real name, birthday or age as those things haven't been revealed (yet) in the main game (Poetry in Purgatory) so it would be spoilers buuut... one day I'll let the world know LOL. As for mbti, I really need to sit down with my characters and sort that out, I've been lazy LOL but it's coming!! :D

And finally ah yes, I would *love* to have full voice in all my games but unfortunately it costs quite a bit of money, it's easier in a short game like this because it's much cheaper LOL. But there will definitely be at least some voice acting when the game gets closer to being done, but probably not full. 

Thank you for playing and for leaving a comment! <3 <3 <3

My pleasure! Hope you’ll have fun :)

OOPS... hehehe <3 <3 <3

(Thanks for playing!!)

WOOOO I’m so happy you enjoyed it!! Of course, The Guide is all yours (if you can manage to tie him down somehow)… HEH HEH :D 

Thank you for playing and for leaving such a fun and sweet comment!! <3 :)

Hi!

The Android version is now finally available, if you're still interested. :)

Thank you for your patience. <3

AWW that's so sweet!! ;___; So happy that you enjoyed it that much, thank you!!! AHHH yes that would be great, maybe it will get there one day?! LOL!! Thanks for playing the game and for leaving this lovely comment <3 <3 <3 

JUST REALIZED I FORGOT TO COMMENT, SO SORRY! ;_;

But let me tell you that this game was truly beautiful and I had a lot of fun with it!! And also huge congrats on completing your first VN. <3 <3 <3 Looking forward to more from you! :)

Thank you ;___; this game means a lot to me so I'm happy that it resonated with you!! <3 <3 <3

AGHHH thank you so much ;___; <3 Me and the team appreciate it very much!! So happy you enjoyed it! Thank you for playing and for leaving this awesome comment!! <3 <3 <3

(and what does it mean indeed?! LOL)

Wonderful, thank you! :) <3

There's some debate in the Discord among fans which order is the best, but as a developer I've always made it a priority to make sure that you can actually jump in anywhere. Your perspective will be different, but they're all possible starting points (and they're all connected and in the same universe).

As the creator, I'd probably recommend playing them in the order they were made, which is:

Pitstop in Purgatory > The Painting > Ezrebeth (A Holiday Mindfudge) > Poetry in Purgatory > Guidelicious

But there are people who say that The Painting is better to start with, and even a couple who started with Ezrebeth and found that to be a cool way to be introduced. 

And of course, Poetry is Pitstop's sequel, but since it's standalone you can also start there and that will make Pitstop sort of an origin story for you instead.

So any way you want it is fine, basically! :) <3

Thank you very much!! :) <3 I'm super happy you enjoyed the game and that you found it to be worth your time!! :) Thank you for playing and for leaving this sweet comment <3 <3 <3

Thank you so much, I really appreciate that! :) <3

Fun fact, I thought about doing it that way originally (like each object would turn into a sequence and then the plane would be the final one to be chosen after the other three had been picked in any order), but in the end I opted for intensifying the whole powerlessness of the gameplay so here we are LOL. XD

However, if you enjoy VNs where you can point and click stuff in any order, I can recommend my other games in which that type of gameplay is a much bigger and interactive part of the proceedings than here. :)

Thanks for playing and leaving such a sweet comment! <3 <3 <3

Hi! :D AWW this is such a lovely comment, I appreciate it so much ;_; And don't worry about using the same word too much, I do it all the time LOL, absolutely nothing wrong with that! <3

I'm sooo glad to hear that you enjoyed the game that much and that you want to play more of our games, that's honestly such a great feeling!! ;_; <3 And good news, if you enjoyed the point and clicking there's lots more of it in the other games (and The Guide is indeed a major character in most stories!). 

Thank you so much for playing and leaving such a sweet little message! And enjoy the rest of the games, feel free to let me know what you thought of them when or if you get to try them out! :) <3

Oh of course!! I just can't help myself, getting comments makes me so happy so I feel like replying to them is the least I can do?! LOL XD And OH no worries!! I honestly didn't even notice <3 Thank you so much! :)

I’m happy that you enjoyed it! :) This short little story is definitely close to my heart so hearing that it moved you to tears means a lot to me. :) <3 Thank you for playing and for leaving this lovely comment, and I hope you’ll have fun with the other games as well! <3 <3 <3

ARGH I am flabbergasted and overjoyed that you enjoyed it that much ;____; you’re so sweet and kind to say all these wonderful words which mean the world to both me and the team!!! Ahhhh thank you thank you thank you! For playing, enjoying and leaving such a heartfelt and lovely comment ;___; <3 <3 <3

And also OHHH if you ever play the other games I hope you’ll enjoy them as well and I would love to hear your thoughts on them :D <3

Ahhhh LOL this is such a great comment ;___; so cool to hear that you like Guide and our games so much! It’s an honor to inspire you!! You are AWESOME and enjoy the rest of Guidelicious when you have time to finish it! :) <3 Thank you for playing, supporting and commenting!! <3 <3 <3

Awwww!!! You’re so sweet ;___; I’m very glad to hear that you liked it and aghhhh I appreciate it so much! Yesss ah using the one SFX creatively is always an interesting challenge LOL, I’m happy that you found it to be impactful!! It worked as intended then *phew* XD

Thank you so much for playing the game (especially considering the vastness of your backlog) and for leaving this absolutely lovely comment! <3 <3 <3

Well you know what they say, great minds think alike! ;) Mweh heh! And also thank you so, so much!!!! <3 <3 <3

You definitely should! Join me in the exciting world of “all games I make must have point and click because dang it I just love clicking on stuff” :) <3

Hi! First off, thank you for the kind words about the game, it makes me and the team very happy to hear! :) <3

Your question is a great and valid one! :) The reason why The Guide calls you that is that he doesn’t care about how the player character views themself, which is part of his not-very-pleasant personality (this is also why he asks you your name and then proceeds to ignore it), so it’s all kind of a way of getting his personality across. In the various choices you as a player can make when he addresses you, you can choose answers like “But-“ to attempt to combat that, although it is ultimately fruitless (by design).

I definitely could have included options for the player to answer The Guide in a more clear manner about the subject matter of gender identity and it’s something I’ll look into adding for an upcoming update, so thanks for bringing it up! I really appreciate that. :)

But in terms of what The Guide himself says, that won’t change unfortunately.

Thank you for reaching out and for giving the game a chance at any rate (especially considering that you felt uncomfortable to a degree for which I apologize), and for sharing your viewpoint. <3 Have an awesome day. :)

LMAO this just made me laugh out loud irl XD thank you so much for making me smile so wide!! I’m very happy you enjoyed the game and The Guide that much! Thank you for playing and for leaving such a wonderful comment :) <3

Of course! :) Oh really?! Well I’m honored to hear that!! ;_; <3 lmao 

Thank you so much! Very happy to hear that you liked it, and thank you also for playing it and putting your gameplay on YouTube. Very appreciated!! :) <3

My pleasure! :) And yeah well, building of suspense is kind of my brand so gotta keep consistent I guess LMAO 

Alright Cappy, I’m going to be real with you. *Cracks fingers*. This was…

…DAMN GOOD. :)

Well done! <3 :D

AHHH OMG this is such a sweet message ;___; thank you so, so much!! I'm very happy that you're enjoying it enough to dig even deeper like that (and it's always nice to meet other lovers of LORE and as you're correctly guessing that's definitely a big part of The Purgatoryverse! :D).

I hope you'll keep having fun with the games and if you ever want a place to discuss them and their lore with other people who are really into it, you're very welcome to join our Discord too! <3

Thank you again for playing and for leaving this absolutely lovely comment, it makes me and the team very happy! ;_; <3 :D

Thank you!! I'm glad you enjoyed it. :) <3

(and don't worry, a lot of people in the Discord are also having troubles figuring it all out so you're definitely not alone LMAO) <3 <3 <3

LOL well that's understandable, the console was like a huge flop basically, the only thing truly memorable about it is the unique graphics XD though they look way better in your game than on that actual machine LMAO

You're very welcome! <3 <3 <3

And oh, wow!! ;_; That's so sweet of you! I'm very glad to hear that and I do hope you'll enjoy the game(s) when and/or if you get to try them out! :) <3

Great lil' story. Would love to see it expanded upon in the future, feels like there's a lot of potential here! :D You all did very good!! <3

Cool art, great GUI, lovely atmosphere. Thoroughly enjoyed it (as both a fellow enjoyer of the Purgatory subject matter and a VN fan)! :D <3 Well done!

Wow, this was truly special. Definitely an entry I won't be forgetting anytime soon!! :D You did an amazing job, Taumi!! <3