I stumbled upon the "Thank you for playing!" ending first. The context it gave made some of the other endings seem sad, like watching passionless creation. The narrator sounds tired. Playing this felt like watching a friend struggle and, depending on the ending, eventually find some peace and comfort. There's something heartbreaking about the line "onto the next one." I wonder what it feels like to other people who played?

The use of music is powerful. I didn't consciously notice the different recordings of the same song until my second playthrough, but I could feel the difference well before knowing what it was.

The ambiguity of this game really drew me in, and I really appreciated the subtle animations rather than just having still images. The prose read almost as poetry, which I think served it well; it meant I didn't expect explicit answers and could just sink into the dreamy headspace of the character. I also appreciated that it didn't run longer than it needed to.