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There are some games which are visual novels and then there's ones like this which are visual NOVELS!

Seriously though, the writing alone in this game is in a class of its own among the titles available on this site and that's before you mention the great art, music and, last but not least, the battle system.

It strikes such a good balance between actually showing you things and letting you imagine them as you would reading a book.

I can't really blame the creators of games which use English that's barely held together as it's rarely their native language, but it is just such a joy to play something with this much thought and effort put into its storytelling. I could be nitpicky and mention that it feels like there is a bit too much swearing at times and that there are a few "thens" instead of "thans", but I won't even if I just did.

I'm only finished with the first day of the story so far, but am itching to continue on with it.

Cheers!

Cryswar1 year ago(+1)

Those are very kind words, thank you! Always makes me happy to hear people enjoying the game, especially as an amateur indie dev with no artistic talents, it's been an uphill battle to try to make it look and play well haha.

I write using a mix of typing and Speech to Text to try to save my hands, so there are definitely gonna be more errors than if I hand-typed everything. I'm always open to typo reports!

gocart991 year ago(+1)

Ah, I see, that's really cool! I've never really heard of anyone doing that before, but it does indeed seem like a good way to get the words down if you know what to say.

I'll definitely be tagging along for the ride and enjoying the coming updates and such.

Cryswar1 year ago

Yeah, it took some practice. I think typing it out is still better, but my hands just can't handle writing multiple novels a year lol.

Here's to a bright future for the game though!

gocart991 year ago(+1)

Haha, I have no experience of writing novels myself but I can imagine the toll it must take on a prodigious wordsmith such as yourself.

I played a little bit more today and I must say that the sheer depth of thought of your characters has left no small impression on me. I know a lot of people, myself partly included, come to these types of games to find something they can't in everyday life, but this one has given me something I can take back and improve it with. Those are the best kinds of stories, aren't they?

If I didn't already say it, thank you for creating this game.

Cryswar1 year ago

Yeah... the game is about 330k words right now, which is about 5-7 novels in length, written in a bit under two years. Doing that by hand would have killed me.

I definitely think the characters are the main draw of the game. I just love trying to write people, or rather letting them write themselves. Always makes me happy to hear people are really enjoying them, or the questions raised.

I don't like writing as a way to moralize, but asking questions and leaving them unanswered, trying to make the reader consider it too, is really fun and fulfilling. Dune had that effect on me a while back!

But yeah, glad you enjoyed, and thank you once again for the kind words and enthusiasim~

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