A nicely atmospheric little game with effective moments of understated solace. There are some rough edges, like some of the photo assets being distractingly low-quality; still, the pieces fit together well, with the macabre, sardonic mood and the flowery, occasionally weird prose complementing each other perfectly.
The setting, while intriguing and competently worldbuilt, does feel like something developed for a larger project – judged purely as a standalone work, it's not terribly efficient, spending a lot of its time on details that don't get paid off yet. But wrangling its micro-arcs competently, the narrative ends in a good place, feeling satisfying both as the conclusion of this particular story and as a prelude to whatever may follow. I'm glad it got released despite missing the game jam deadline!
The presentation and coding is pretty fantastic, I'm impressed.
The story was fun and in some sense thought-provoking, even though in execution it did end up feeling too much like a Spanish soap opera for my personal tastes. But I did really enjoy the underlying message in this one, about not fighting other people's battles for them. Although I must say, the way the abusive boyfriend did a complete 180 as soon as the dragon stood his ground felt unrealistic: I see what you were going for and being all bark and no bite is not unrealistic per se, but the way the shift happened in the span of one line felt a bit too sudden.
While the high fantasy bits did feel a bit superfluous, I did not hate them. I do think they might be a tad confusing for the folks who aren't familiar with the whole "My Wolf" discourse.
Really loved this one. The writing was great and the story and characters were immediately engaging. I remember feeling so anxious as the main conflict kept brewing and escalating, a sure sign you managed to pull me in the fictional lives of these characters.
My only small gripe with this story is that the resolution did end up feeling a bit too lopsided.
This was a very neat and well-constructed short story. I enjoy the attention to all of the details of the world the story is set in and its politics and social constructs. I also enjoyed reading the growing connection between the wolf man and the protagonist. Thank you for making this! <3
Possibly the most solid entry in terms of overall balance of the May Wolf Jam. Great presentation with the use of (very cute) custom sprites, great animations, and fun Ren'py tricks I haven't seen before in a FVN. And I really loved the way you used choices as a tool to explore the core theme of the story.
The story and the characters were great, at its peak the interaction between the two romantic interests was genuinely moving. Possibly the only part I didn't enjoy as much was the ending: not because I think there is something wrong with the way the story ended per se, but because it made feel the story a bit less unique, something we've seen before, as opposed to the strong artistic identity it had carved for itself in the preceding parts.