This one really impressed me!
First off, having a romance counter and a semi-branching path with multiple endings? That's brave. Especially when we were on such a limited development time. I can't imagine the amount of effort you put into this during May. And submitting it a week before the deadline? Shit, that's crazy.
The art is well done. The custom sprites are good and help this story stand out as distinctly you. The music is solid, as are the backgrounds and the UI.
The writing was great! There were a few metaphors and weird sentences that made me squint. Overall though, this is quality stuff. The dialogue was good. It flowed well. The pacing was great. I was getting invested.
And, to be honest, I found the nods to other VNs to be handled surprisingly well. I thought it was cute.
I would say that the horror stands out as the weakest link, though. And by that I specifically mean the wobbly-text-entity's interjections. Maybe this is me being a spook snob, but it was trying a little too hard to give me the creeps. Maybe this will be further elaborated upon in Silverstone, but that part of the experience felt like an outlier to an otherwise great read.
And that's about it. It's pretty darn good. Looking forward to reading Silverstone when it drops!