i am totally sold on of sense and soul after this! the amount of polish here is insane, and you guys did an amazing job at using the limitations in your favour versus bumping up against them.
the use of a spinning background alone was a great workaround for the cg limitation, but combining it with the darkening/lightening and panning in and out of the graphic as well, it just elevates the visual storytelling done here into such a new level, bravo to ingthing for melting all of it together so seamlessly! it honestly feels theatrical in presentation, and i loved every minute of it.
max's voice is perfect for hugo, and they really do a great job of conveying the emotion that drips off of every one of hugo's lines. he seems like a real tender hearted softie, and i find it really endearing, especially when he talks about seamus. (i get such a kick out of imagining them as having met on victorian craigslist.)
and the writing too! i've always been particularly enamoured with stories set in a victorian setting, so i'm no stranger to the particular way you have to write those stories for them to not sound "off", but that's not at all an issue for ingthing it seems. the tone and vocabulary used are amazingly well done.
seriously just a GORGEOUS little game in every way, from script to visuals to audio, absolutely incredible. 🤎