I wrote a review for this game, not knowing how itch.io works and that the review wouldn't be public 😅
So I'm posting here to say, for the benefit of anyone who sees this, that Straigh!? is a wonderful (and sexy ;) ) visual novel, with tremendous depth - 5/5. I can't recommend it enough.
Cheers and thanks, Aaryn, for all the hard work and commitment that's gone into this! (and if you happen to see my review and feel like posting it below this comment, I wouldn't mind, but nbd)
Heya Bean,
thanks for the kind words. so in terms of reviews, this is a little embarrassing but I'll publicly say it anyway because anyone who's followed this project for any length of time can attest that i do not shy away from embarrassing myself. So this project began in 2017 (the original demo was published in October 2017 but i started several months before that-- I wanna say like july or so but i can't remember). Anyway, I published it over here not too long after that as the means to get more feedback and reach a wider audience. However, about 2 months ago is when i actually figured out how to read the game reviews for this thing. They're buried in my user profile and i have no idea if they're public or not but there's hundreds of them in there. hundreds of notes people have left in there that i've never been able to read. Now I probably could have figured out how to read the reviews sooner but most of my time is spent in the project itself, rather than marketing or website construction. I usually spend the most time writer and doing graphics and the rest of my time is usually spent interacting with the community. So while i could have done better at trying to figure out the website over here, I promise I was busy doing other things that were probably more important. But, I did finally figure out how to read all the reviews so i spent the better part of a day going back through and reading them all. That being said, I have no idea if they're public or not and i have no idea what they're so hard to find. I've always thought the UI over here was overcomplicated. But thank you for your kind words and thank you for taking the time to rate the game and leave a thoughtful response. i really do appreciate it <3
Haha, well I'm not surprised, honestly, with how itch is laid out. No worries at all, you have more important things to be doing than digging through the wonky UI on this website. I just wanted to say publicly how much I appreciate this project, and I've done so here.
I've been following Straight since maybe 2019 or 2020, I'm not too sure. But when I started, you still had the loop in the early game of going to class and having to choose the right path to progress things. The story has developed a lot since then, it's really grown up! I just started in on the revamp for the first time, and I'm loving the added depth and attention to detail, it's great. Anyway, thanks again, your passion for this project really shines through.
well thank you. i honestly have to also thank the community for allowing me to write a story that actually could grow up. adult games seem to be pretty shallow in their story and I really needed a community that was open to having a story within the genre rather than just mindless adult content. sure, it's niche, but it does help to have people that appreciate the depth there and like the slow burn. i really am passionate about this damn thing and honestly i'm happy i can still be passionate about the revamp even after working on it for this long. the community has a good energy that's helped keep me going more than once :)
