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vFlan, LaloTheTaco, ikee_ts, ClocksCoolArt, Kwaaah
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This one really sucks you in. It is a Touhou story without a single youkai to be found. What it lacks in horrible monsters turned to cute girls, it dives deep in the unknown and peeling back layers that maybe should have been left alone. While the union of Maribel and Renko is a constant and no surprise, the world building here is a giant mystery. Even after progressing down both the available endings, I want to know more and see the conspiracy unraveled. The game is gorgeous, and you quickly forget this is a jam game and not a commercial release. That every part of the UI has clearly been developed from scratch gives unity to the presentation. Playing in full screen is indeed preferable, so you can get properly immersed. What I had trouble with is determining which decisions mattered and how. I got the true ending my first run, and then reversed all my choices to get the bad ending. Yet only two or three choices seemed to have any "bad" result. If there are to be more ending in the future, a skip text option is going to be necessary as there was a lot of clicking and slow scrolling text to even get a second ending. If you like Maribel, Renko, or Steins; Gate you should be playing this VN.
I just got finished playing 1000xRESIST so maybe I’m in bit of a sci-fi mood but this hit the spot so good. Loved the vibes, the story, the progression of their relationship. I was going to say it would’ve been cool to see more of the building of the time machine but you’ve already said you’re going to try to do that post-jam!
I especially like the sections of Merry in the field. Again, maybe just bias, but that sort of melancholic greenery coloured by uncertainty really ticks all my boxes.
Also, the music was perfect. I wasn’t quite sure from the credits whether the team made it or not but I’d love to download it if possible!!
thank you!! i chose the music from the unity asset store (lol). they were all free to use and all i did was pick them except for the day 20 good end track arranged by vFlan himself. i can send you the links to all the songs used via discord or twitter if you'd like!
That’d be awesome thank you, my discord is @relick
It's cool that Hifuu alt universe is becoming its own sort of sub-genre in the Western Space now. No matter the time or place, Merry and Renko always belong together. I was also very impressed by the worldbuilding behind this story. It's clear that the team spent a lot of time designing this world.