Streamed this for 1.5 hour got to the cliff hanger on deciding between the poor Cecil and Fredrick on who to lock while seriously suspecting a third option. I will feature the game as stand alone on my YT later.
I agree with The last secret that I wasn't very sure if I was a male or female in the beginning until I see my name later, (I got lost on what kind of voice I need to find as well as a streamer)
I also agree that BG styles would look better if it's done differently, AI art can be considered as long as you want to keep the game free and not commercial so you don't run into any legal issues.
I think the story was intriguing for me to want to know who killed the professor, but there is an issue as that I completely have NO IDEA who the victim is and I can't picture his importance and relevance unless it's through other characters and his title, then my motivation would be to save myself or maybe the princess from any suspicion but the game didn't reach to that direction which would be more emotionally engaging, it's a mere suggestion but if we can see the professor in an inserted party scene before it all happens it will help a lot story wise for the player, and if not too costly, a way to put the player in more danger so it's more keeping the player on the edge of their seat trying to get to the end of the story.
I have my own suspect, for the sake of the story I could not choose my true choice where I stopped, that was a bit frustrating as the player and that did dim my interest a bit to continue, just thought the emotional feedback would be important.