Wow, thank you so very much! 💚 I definitely consider being compared to Disco Elysium as an extremely high compliment!!
As far as the choice of Ren'py goes, it really was just familiarity/comfort; I haven't worked in Narrat before (and neither has the UI programmer, I don't believe), so--particularly for a jam!--it was simply a case of sticking with the devil I know.
Thank you again for the kind words--I really enjoyed Hocus Opus as well! ✨