First of all, from all of us... thank you SO much for taking the time to play through the game twice with such close attention and for leaving such a detailed comment. I'm so happy you enjoyed the game and the story enough to be willing to do this! It really really means a lot.
Your notes are incredibly helpful. All of them will help us develop this game and fix some issues when the game jam is over! I will try to keep this reply organized as I address them all.
With skipping dialog, I actually did not know this... but there is a skip button! Josh just told me you can hold escape (ESC) to skip dialog or press it to skip sections. If you're in full screen, the first time you press it, it will bump you out of full screen. But once you're in windowed, it works. Apologies from us all! A bit of a miscommunication between us... probs the result of the final night cramming xD I'll go ahead and add that control to the itch page. Also, we did originally have a plan to have an option to just replay the bouquet phase, but ran out of time to add that in. But no, I totally agree with you that it's a must for replaying the game. I actually played the game 4 times before I found out about the skip button and I agree, it's really long haha, I understand (thank you so much for the kind words about the story on the first read though! :D ). I feel your pain with the space bar thing too. If you decide to try again, hopefully esc. makes it easier :)
With not being able to get the true ending... that's really really weird. The Lock saying you have to try harder happens when you don't have enough flowers. I think it's a UI bug that where the 4th flower's picture doesn't get added into the bouquet, making it seem incomplete. Out of the 7 playtests I've done, I've only seen this happen once, and for the life of me I can't figure out what makes it happen. My guess is it happens if you try to invite the same flower twice or talk to it after already inviting it... but I don't know. I haven't been able to replicate it since. Either way, I'm so sorry you experienced that after putting in so much time to get the true ending! I did test the true ending just now, and it did work for me...
Just out of curiosity, do you remember what flowers you added to the bouquet when you tried for the true ending (it's cool if you don't remember their names haha, just the type of flower :) ) I can tell you if that's right or wrong if you want, if you'd like to try again for the true ending with skipped dialog! But if you'd rather not, I totally totally understand, just let me know. I'd be more than happy to share the true ending's text with you (maybe over Discord DM if you're on this Jam's discord? if not, maybe I can put it in a google drive and share the link in a comment reply) because after all the time you put into playing our game, you sure as heck deserve to know the true ending :)
Omi voice acting this would be so fun. It would be quite the undertaking because of all the characters and implementation but who knows, maybe in the future! Thanks for the suggestion! :)
With having pictures for the Petunias and Cacti, that's an excellent idea! Or maybe their names can be colored in the choices. We'll have to see if we can figure out how to do that. But for reference, the order of name choices for the petunias at least is listed in left to right. So Penny = Purple, Tulla = Red, Nivia = White
And finally the music! THANK YOU SO MUCH! I'm particularly proud of how this score came out. It was so much fun to write.
But ehehehehehehe... that sound you mentioned is the sound that plays when you add a flower to the bouquet. And now that you mentioned it, you are absolutely right! It totally sounds like a cellphone ringtone. I couldn't stop laughing when I read that. I can't believe I didn't notice before. And you're right it totally does clash with the music. I wanted to do something that could clearly be heard above the soundtrack but I think I went a little too far. I'll think of something different! Thank you so much for bringing that to my attention.
Thank you again so much for leaving such detailed feedback. I hope this reply addresses all the concerns! Let me know if anything I said is too confusing haha xD
-Sasha