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Hi cartyrs! I had a play of Apparition, so I think I've got some feedback for you:

• I think I mentioned this when I commented on the dev log, but I really like the game's art! ^^
• If you talk to Eden immediately after waking up (at the start of the game), it will replay the cutscene where Eden asks for Heather to get the Wilde off the bookshelf. This might have caused the possible softlock (more on this later).
• I think the slow pan up to reveal Eden as a ghost at the beginning is really well done :>
• The scream SFX when Eden is explaining about the occult stuff at the beginning may be a bit too loud?
• I didn't find the library puzzle to be too difficult, once I realised I'd already picked up the first book and just didn't notice >.>
• The tile to the right of the front door to Eden's house has no collision (the tile covered in papers). It doesn't seem to let you get out of bounds or anything, just something minor I noticed
• I like the dynamic between Eden and Heather. I think it's nicely written!
• I believed I ran into a softlock bug. Basically when I got back to Eden's room and started drawing the sigil, when I talked to Eden, she just went through the intro dialogue again (the one at the top). I've tried interacting with everything else in the room (including Eden), and I can't seem to progress, so I think I'm stuck? That, or I missed something obvious, in which case I apologise for that ^^'

I might have another playthrough tomorrow and this time stop putting my QA hat on (i.e. intentionally going against what is expected). I did like what I saw so far, at least!