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unusualredcolor2 years ago(+2)

At first clicked on it because of "Adult" tag

After some play i got hooked in by the actual game, the story was very good, i loved it, the ending almost made me cry(i suppress my emotions, don't ask, also i swear i never felt that way to a game ending), felt sad specially about how some of them ended. 

I played all your other games just after finishing this one, and i'm very impressed, also got some context of the "cheater" thing i think lol. 

Only thing i felt bad was that my choices didn't matter at all(didn't make a big impact sometimes, that could not prevent some things, remind me of Deltarune lol), opposite to your other games. But still i give you a 9.4/10

The other "goodbye time traveler" game, made me cry at the ending, i won't talk about the other games here to not spoiler.

Now I'm looking forward for any game you upload, you gained my respect and a follower.

extra(SPOILER ALERT):

Also left me wanting more of this story, if CC will ever return, or if she was completely deleted(i wish there is hope for her). Also sadly after playing all the other games i learned tsundere Carmine>>>>CC, i also based my personality in MC and kinda like redheads now /s

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Fouzi2 years ago(+3)

Thank you for the thorough review. The thing I enjoy most about making games besides writing about ''Time travel'' is hearing from you the one playing them. Yeah playing any of the past games should explain why a certain girl calls you ''a cheater'' 

You bring up a good point regarding the choices. The original plan for this game was to make every choice have a very major impact but midway I quickly abandoned this idea because it's unrealistic ( If you are trapped in a death game unless you take a leadership position your words will only hold so much weight in the voting) and because of what you discover at the end of the game you can never play '' the leader position''. Still, I did try to make the choices hold some effect and I hope it showed.

I'm currently working on a new game that takes place after both ''Goodbye time traveler'' and '' Null''. It has a large cast of characters so who knows who could show up. I have been working on it since maybe June and it should be finished in a week or so.

***Minor Spoilers***

Haha regarding the last *spoiler* part Carmine just has the advantage of being in more games than CC . My take on the ''best girl'' is a tie between Mirall and CC. But then again I can't be objective in this matter so my opinion is irrelevant lol.

Ps: Redheads are severely underrated.

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unusualredcolor2 years ago(+1)

(More spoilers for other ppl)

Yeah you have a point too i think, they were in a loop and if they could change something in each reset then Zero would have not returned their memories i guess, also that the MC(or idk if his name is ben afleck or alex according to the other games) likes to take an "observer" position rather than being a leader or having an important role most of the time.

I liked the Carmine-MC relationship in the other games(not counting "butterfly" game lol, but still i think she was forced to do those things) so there my bias toward Carmine, and they had its funny moments, if i saw development in CC-MC(but i think CC talks to the player, ddlc vibes) i would say it's a tie between those relationships.

I like Mirall, but idk, i feel sometimes that MC would only use Carmine so Mirall is born, or he is just "dense" as Carmine said. Also mainly focused on the MC romantic interests, but loved their Father and daughter relationship

Also I liked a redhead girl in high school(natural tho), at some point we were getting close but i didn't try or do anything then, now she is in another country, and Carmine did remember me her *sob. Now i know i'm into redheads completely lol.

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Fouzi2 years ago

****Major spoilers to every game in the series including this one****

Oddly though the new game I'm working on has a part where the MC's real name is finally addressed. The |MC x Carmine |in ''Butterfly'' is my personal favorite, lol I'm kidding but I find the idea of someone going from seeing their relationship in ''Happiness 1'' to immediately ''Butterfly'' super hilarious lol.

Yes, CC has no romantic interest in MC (whether it's Happiness MC, Goodbye Time traveler MC or butterfly) the only attachment she sometimes has for the MC is because she sees him as an extension to the player.

Happiness MC and Carmine's relationship is very complicated. The MC's life was one big hole, if Mirall didn't show up he would have either ended his life ( like what he tried in ''A Happiness Story'') or ended up like the ''Butterfly''. Mirall is the sole reason for the MC's continuous survival. So he's completely attached if not a bit too obsessed with her. 

In the Web Novel I wrote years ago the MC  does show some interest in Carmine way before Mirall showed up But Carmine's cold behavior and her inability to express herself makes the two of them always distanced. Carmine stubbornly waits for the MC to remember her from their first year in high school while she forces him to stay in her club and the MC just wants to live his pathetic observer life thinking Carmine is just a sadistic demon forcing him to stay for no reason.

When Mirall shows up, the MC realizes that the only way Mirall can be born in the future is for him to fall in love and marry Carmine so he no longer knows if he's with Carmine because he has feelings for her or because he wants  Mirall to be born or both. 

In certain scenes like the ending of '', Happiness 1'' and ''Happiness 2''he confesses to himself and Carmine that he loves her but once the adrenaline rush wears off and regular life returns he finds himself once again questioning if he truly loves her or he was just swapped by the moment.

I realize I spoke too much about the MC x Carmine relationship but it's because it was very important for me to create a ''realistic romance''.  I consider writing romance the hardest thing in fiction. decades of novels and games have overused the concept of Love and made it near impossible to write about it without coming out as cliché or cheesy. At first when I made ''Happiness 1'' I was convinced that I will not add any romance but it was impossible due to the story so I would always stop when doing a romance scene and pay extra attention to how it's portrayed and try to make it as realistic as possible.

|The goodbye time traveler MC x Carmine| is not yet explored and should be in future games.

|The Butterfly MC x Carmine| is a parasite-Host relationship. That Carmine was never forced by Isaac, she just attracted and lashes on the strongest alpha man she sees.  At first, it was Isaac but after gaining his new powers the butterfly became the new alpha male to her and her new host. Meanwhile, the butterfly just wanted a family. he lost his parents and he just wanted a chance to have a new one so he accepted Carmine's confession and accepted being her new host. It's a very messed up relationship but it's very realistic too because I've seen people in this kind of relationship before.

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