Weeell, that sucks x3 If the save and load symbols are mixed up on this one, you can blame the UI artist for that cos I just used UI from a Japanese UI art pack for most of the UI in this and applied them by whatever they were labelled as >.< Now I wonder if they were labelled incorrectly or if they tend to be the other way around in Japan or something xD It's not something I've paid much attention to cos usually, the buttons in VNs have the words on rather than symbols, haha. (And Lazy Polar Bear drew the UI for the phone and the PC :3)
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You can technically avoid going to Limbo completely by choosing the option to go home right at the start instead of jumping, but yeah, the option to refuse the job doesn't come until later as you found out x3
I'm the same way, haha. I don't do taking orders. The exception is, if I respect someone, I'm happy to help, but I'm not good with being forced into stuff. The more I'm pushed, the more resistance I'll put up xD
The main reason you can't pick a name for MC in this one is cos their name doesn't matter once they reach Limbo. No one cares what MC's name is, so they will just call em whatever the heck they want to >.< Rude, I know! But that's just how it is, haha. At least Nine is a gender-neutral name I guess x3
Phone breathing generally irritates the heck outta me, ooooor, I find it hot… depends on who's doing the breathing xD
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I know what ya mean cos we all have our preferred types of MCs to play :3
I know I personally tend to get really pissed off playing as most otome heroines cos the majority of em are irritatingly innocent and naive >.<
Out of all the MC's I've written, Loni in Lovestarved is probably the closest to the types of characters I'd prefer to play as cos Loni has a dark side and a lot of fight in her depending on player choices x3 I don't think it shows much in the demo, but she has some pretty fucked up moments later on in the game if on certain story branches. You can still play her as kinda innocent, but I prefer how she is if the player explores her dark side more :P
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I don't know exactly which endings you've found, but I guess you must've got bad end 02 by default if you saw the vampire call cos, if I'm remembering correctly, answering that call leads to an unavoidable bad ending x3 But if you don't answer, the main story keeps going :3
There is 1 ending in particular that is yandere-esque, but you've gotta meet a few different conditions I think to get that ending. I can't remember how off of the top of my head though cos it's been a while since I made this one >.<
I just checked the walkthrough guide though, and it looks like it's bad ending 04 which has the somewhat yandere vibes. You have to make it all the way to the final day while avoiding some of the other bad endings earlier on in the story, and then pick the ‘Go Home’ choice when asked.
There's a hidden extra ending AFTER bad end 04 as well depending on how you treated Niard, haha.
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Both Nine from Limbo Line and Loni from Lovestarved are stuck in Limbo, but like, different sectors of Limbo. Tbh, I think I would prefer to be in the neon dump that Loni's stuck in than trapped in the offices like Nine xD
Where Loni is might be kinda grim, but I couldn't do the whole call centre thing, and the lights in the offices are waaaay too bright for me >.< It'd drive me insane!
So glad you wound up having fun with this one anyhow :3
Don't feel as though you have to answer this, but did you happen to find any of the hidden numbers to call on the phone or the ARG side quest related to some of the stuff on the PC? :o
I know there's a lot that would be easy to miss since you're limited with what you can do on your break times in-game x3 I can't even remember how you find all the hidden numbers and side quests and stuff without checking the guide >.< I had sooo much fun making the side quest with the alternate reality game elements though, even if it is pretty basic!
I've wanted to include more stuff like that in other projects, but it just doesn't really fit in most of the stuff I've made or I haven't had the time in a jam timeframe to put in all the extra work of including something like it :(
Thanks again for playing this one too :3