I AM RATING THESE ALL THESE JAM SUBMISSIONS RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER. THERE ARE HIGH HIGHS AND LOW LOWS BUT PLEASE DON’T TAKE THIS TOO PERSONALLY, AFTERALL, WE ALL ONLY HAD A MONTH.
Implementation of Theme (4):
Out of all the Non-MPreg-y ways for a story about an alien blob going to Earth to go about expanding this was an out of this world interpretation. Wesley just wants to expand his mind with all sorts of new knowledge about us and our world. Can you blame him, his culture sounds like it’s in need of some expanding too.
Story (5):
Kraaj bared his entire kraajussy for this story. He almost went over the maximum but I feel like him not having 24,999 words was a bit of a powermove.
You feel all of those words in this linear VN and it’s able to give us something that we aren’t used to in these Jam VN’s: a nice slow burn that feels purposeful.
I did get teary eyed at the end but it was not enough for the tears to come out of my face. You will not get that honor from me—yet.
Presentation (4):
I thought you were going to making your own sprites like you did for your previous VN’s but boy-howdy and I am glad that you got your metaphorical money’s worth with the Pre-Made sprites. One of my favorite scenes in the beginning is where they are watching the video from the shop’s window.
Love the purple backgrounds and textbox. It makes Xander’s sprite pop!
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Creativity (4):
This should have been a 5, plain and simple.
Total (16):
First of all, this should have been a 17/20 on my SuperSpreedsheet. I have no idea how I didn’t end up giving an entries this score. There’s a bunch of 16/20’s and a few 18/20’s but no 17/20’s.
You very much do deserve all the awards that you won. I was going to cry a little if no one used the Rudderbutts after I went through all that work to get permission from them.
Thank you for putting me in the VN three times.
I know you’ve been struggling lately with the VN’s that came after this. I think that it’s good that you’re taking some time away from the community so that you can come back fully refreshed with another banger like this.