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Content Warnings
Mild threats of violence from cartoon characters
Log Line
Only you can help save all of imagination's creatures from disappearing for good. Connect with your imagination like never before.
Team Credits & Cast
Christian Harrison - Narrative Designer and Writer
Jaime Povar - Composer
Marta Adelantado - Project Manager, Narrative Designer and Artist
Is your submission created with the Light.VN visual novel engine?
No
Does your submission contain Boy's Love content?
No
Does your submission contain voice acting?
No
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That dastardly mouse's thirst for power and dominion is pretty insatiable! I like how he was straight up just a thug, like a villain with no inner turmoil or sad backstory. He just want the power. This was a fun and silly romp of a VN, with dialogue flowing easily, nice music playing in the background (not too distracting which is a thing I see in too many VNs), and really pretty art (also extra kudos to the artist for drawing alllll those coins). Fun VN!
You're an incredible storyteller, and the interface is stunning! The visuals immediately draw me in – I love this style of art. The subtle changes you make to create movement in the still frames really bring it to life. I can't praise it enough! The music choice is spot-on, especially the opening theme, which had this chill vibe that made it feel like something bigger is always unfolding – a perfect hook. I also love the artistic direction you've taken. The backgrounds, in particular, reminded me of Disney's flat-concept art style in Hercules—they feel rich and vibrant, never empty or dull, which is something I often notice in background art such as my own. The story's concept idea about imagination is always something I'm drawn to.
Thank you for playing and for your kind words <3 We did check different animation movies as references for the style we wanted, and it's really nice to hear that we achieved that vibe :)
Hey, thank you so much! It’s the first real fiction story I’ve written and published, so I really appreciate the kind words. It means so much.
You're welcome! Then you must have been an ace in English or writing classes! It feels as if you have wrote a short novel before—it's great!
A really compelling premise, with cool way of interweaving the story and the world! The art is also really gorgeous, with the patchwork / collage elements working really well with the sprites of the non-human characters. Felt very accurate to a certain mouse as well.
Unfortunately I got a crash! Line 1226 - "Through my travels collecting all the pieces, I'd become very familiar with how everyone faired in the present" gives an error of " '/i' closes a text tag that isn't open. " I don't use renpy, but it sounds pretty fixable - thought you should know!
Great job, and congrats!!
Oh no D: thanks for letting us know! It seems like we missed some italic codes. We are far from being experts in Ren'Py since it was our first time working with it, so we don't really know why it didn't crash in the many tests we did :( hopefully it is fixed now. Again, thanks for letting us know, and for your kind feedback too!