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So I extra created me an itch.io account just for this game and I tell you it was quite troublesome to pay for it (since the payment methods here aren't my preferred ones), but in the end a friend gifted it to me and I'm so very happy for it.

So I have been playing a bit of this game today First thing I noticed for it being early access there is already A LOT of content. I played the game Red Embrace on Steam a few days ago, which was finished and much shorter than what I played today.

First I just chose what I thought were the best options which ended in a very bad ending for my Aura. I found it a bit hard to figure out how to avoid this bad ending, so I instead looked at the walkthrough. That's how I reached Nor's (and Esha's) story path. I like the both of them, however I really am kind of a jealous person xD so I found myself a little pouty throughout parts of it, but I think I can adjust to it. I felt like I was kinda going through the same emotions as Aura. Anyway ... Esha with long hair is so darn hot, can't blame Nor. They're both hot.


So I played what exists of their route and really liked it. After that I started Noah's route (yes going for the Alphas first) and it's really interesting so far, I wonder how that will continue, considering the physical and chemical changes what happened most likely will cause to Aura.

I kinda want to play the other routes, too, but it's 3am here and I'm getting tired, can't play them till after pentacost most likely.

So a few thoughts I have.

* It would be nice if there was a way to also skip dialogue, that is the same in different routes like the Storage Room scene with Oscar and Raymond, skip until actual new dialogue arrives.
* I noticed that the game is mainly written in First Person POV, which I find very immersive, but there are a few scenes written in Third Person, which kinda throws me out of that immersion.
* The artwork is absolutely beautiful.
* The writing is very good and at the same time not overly complicated, so it's easy to understand also for people who don't have English as their first language.
* I kinda wanna learn more about Gilbert (but then again I haven't played all routes yet). Will he turn out ot be a crazy stalker or is he just a guy that's a little bit odd and shy, but kind. Curious to find out.
* I have my assumptions and theories about the story :) Curious which ones will turn out to be true.
* Headmaster gives me the creeps, as does Mr. Crawford (but giving me the creeps in writing is a good thing :D)
* I love Mr. Clair and Mr. Chiaro :o I wish them all happiness in the world.
* Honestly also kinda hoping for a advanced toxic relationship storyline with Oscar ... just because I love bad endings at times and because I in the beginning without walkthrough only ever got the Oscar ending
* Cami deserves love, protect him (curious for his storyline, can't wait to have more time to play)
* and lastly, I saw that the last update was nearly a year ago. I hope you still continue working on this. I am a huge fan of Omegaverse stories and this is the only Omegaverse VN I found online and it's so good. I want to learn more about all the lovable and unlovable characters.

Thank you for making this and I wish you a wonderful day and a weekend that comes soon :)

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Hi there! Thank you so much for your wonderful comment :) 

At this point in time, Mannequin Academy is so huge it's honestly twice as big as a standard Visual Novel, and it's not even finished. It was a very ambitious project, and the two of us started and continued it because we love it, but we had to slow down the updates because frankly speaking, it was making us both broke :< The starving artist stigma is so very real, and to be able to continue making games at all, we had to diversify a bit and start launching smaller, more 'popular' games that would help us buy groceries. Right now, we are both working full time jobs (we spent all of our savings to develop Mannequin up to the point it is now), so our game dev is considerably slower.

And to address some of the points that you've listed:

- There is a skip dialogue button!

-So glad you're enjoying my writing, thank you :) I think it's much better now than it was at the beginning of MA, but I'll be slowly rewriting parts of it later. Same goes with the art, this game is evolving together with my skills.

-Nor and Esha really can make a person jealous, can't they? I honestly live for this dynamics, and the uniqueness of their relationship in a game that is 'Aura's', and, in theory, his romance;D

- Speaking of POV, it might be a mistake that it switches to a 3rd person. We will need to investigate this.

-Can't really do much about the payment methods, I'm sorry:( 

Once again, thank you so much for leaving a comment and for liking our game! We're very excited <3