Well, what can I say, the art in this is absolutely stunning :3 A real visual feast for the eyes! The sprite art sort of gives me Fire Emblem vibes, which I love. Eisleigh's design was my favourite. That hair + glasses combo is awesome :D Oh, and I always love to hear English voice acting in VNs ^-^
I haven't managed to play anything from the O2A2 jam yet because I was trying to finish an alternate version of my Otome Jam game before Spooktober began >.< but I did browse the O2A2 page and The Penitent definitely caught my eye! I guess I'll have to go check it out once I've eventually finished going through all the Spooktober stuff :3
I'm generally not that keen on kinetic VNs just because I've played so many VNs now that they somehow feel like they're missing something compared to ones that do have choices, but some of the games in this jam that I've played so far have really surprised me in that regard, this one included :3 I'm starting to think maybe I should give kinetic VNs more of a chance again. I used to enjoy them years ago, and I guess I got somewhat spoiled by the sheer number of releases as time went on >.< Plus I do tend to be a self-inserter type. But there are times when I get tired of self-inserting and I just want to sit back and watch someone else's story unfold, which I thoroughly enjoyed doing here!
And now for...
SPOILERS
It's not a huge spoiler I guess, but just to be on the safe side, hehe. I wanted to say that I adore any after-credits stuff, and I thought it was a very nice way to finish things off what you did there :3