OH THIS WAS SO INTERESTING. I didn't notice the lily on my first runthrough (like a silly goose) and I was surprised at the brevity - I took a peek at the description and only then realized there was an entire GAME MECHANIC i hadn't even thought about!!! i think the mechanic is absolutely brilliant even if I missed it at first, it was so interesting to check when to read Evelyn's mind (though I appreciated how forgiving it was, considering I'm really bad at reading expressions haha). & i'm so curious about what could potentially be going on, supernatural-wise, it sounds fascinating!!! This was great, really fun to play and I'd honestly love to play even longer games w this mechanic lololol, it's very very fun to interact with. absolutely lovely!!!
Thank you for your kind comment, Pothos Studios!
Don't blame yourself, I admit that many things are poorly telegraphed in my VN and it's something I should fix. 😆 Yes, I wasn't sure how readable the facial expressions are because it's among the last tasks in my list for this VN and had to rush the art to deliver within deadline. At least it's a learning experience for me to streamline gameplay better for future games from all the comments I received.
To tell the truth I haven't planned the story beyond this jam. And I also have a tendency to start on completely new VN projects that are not linked with anything else, solely to test out new concepts. Personally I love small scope VN jams like this for experimenting. And I'm delighted that you are so enthusiastic about the gameplay and supernatural elements in "Faceless Date".
Since the game mechanic is inspired from "Ace Attorney", maybe that would scratch that itch for you? I only didn't mention it because a lot of VN players are familiar with that series and then they would start to look for statements that contain contradictions, or expect 1-on-1 identical mechanism.