I played this game, bought Astronarch, and played Astronarch, but this stands up really well when stacked up against its Steam-released competitor. The simpler adjacency system, synergies, evolutions, and super-meter give a lot of depth to this game.
At first I though it had to do with a portrait of feathers, then I realized it didn't. Man, I really loved those side stories, this vn is so good.
I dunno how to make hot chocolate irl