We apologise for the delayed review. Here is the review from your judge:
Oof, your itch game page has a giant banner across the top: not really part of the review, but it did make it harder to notice that the comparatively tiny game window was actually the game versus the giant CHOSEN logo.
So, your game runs a bit slow and laggy in Chrome, but way too fast in Edge. Not sure what causes that, but it might be a setting in Unity. The chat boxes and audio run about twice as fast in Edge vs Chrome. Beyond that, this game is awesome! I love the way you interpreted this theme and made a narrative game about being the proverbial "sword in the stone." I absolutely love the allusions to Arthurian myth and "worth", and seeing how that plays out in the character stories. The graphics are very well done, and the art style is unique. I like the different dialog options based on your glow/resistance, and your timing. I wish there was a better idea of the actual result of the ending was more understandable: maybe make a story banner that explains what the endings are and mean for the story of the sword? Though maybe it's just bugged since the whole right side of the screen is filled with red dialog that reads different options based on the story path taken. The only other things I suggest improving on are the lack of a pause button, and making the text boxes be able to be clicked or accepted to move forward so that slower readers have time to read what the characters are saying. The lack of music would normally be a gripe, but the background sounds added a lot of ambiance that I really enjoyed.
Your GDD is really thorough and well organized! Well, minus the random images at the end, but I get the last minute rush. I really like that you included a lot of image examples of the art style and UI layout. My main gripe is that you didn't add all your team members to your tieam on itch: you should do that for any future jams. I think you absolutely succeeded in making a narrative game for this jam. Awesome work!