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A jam submission

HervéView game page

Gay furry visual novel about meeting your old bear friend
Submitted by Sourou Woof — 3 hours, 21 minutes before the deadline
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Team members
Bayron Desuga - main artist, sprites and backgrounds arts
Sourou Woof - game dev, UI, story, background sketches
Bedan Drake - 1st proofreader, English helper
Wacky Woof - 2nd proofreader, itchio publishing helper

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Kind of an uneven package in a lot of ways – the prose is pretty full of ESL-isms ("I'm making the clown") but not to the degree that it would feel actively distracting to read, and the presentation does a lot of things but not all of them work. For instance, I feel like it was not perfectly clear what some of the camera movements were trying to convey, and the previous line fading out quite slowly hurts the readability a little. The slick title screen transition does earn some points, though.

As far as writing goes, Hervé is one of those VNs using the protagonist's internal monologue instead of proper narration, and it always feels kind of awkward to me. Moreover, structurally speaking, I think opening with a long explanation about the relationship between him and the man of the hour is probably less interesting than finding out some of that gradually as the story goes on. But despite the rough start, I think the game is generally a pleasant read; the cozy vibes work, and the winter survival imagery feels grounded in reality (those damned electricity prices...)

Also nice to get something set in a small village in the Alps, even if it's a shame that the guys didn't meet a young witch trying to solve the disappearance of her neighbor's cat.

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Very cozy.