oh gosh thank you for such a long and thoughful review! i'm really glad the story impressed you so much
about the thumbnail:
you meet the writer 'outside of the game' like they really are (modern setting and facing away from you) but in-game, you hear their story about themself so they also appear more... fictionalized, with metaphorical quills et all
No problem! I absolutely adored the philosophical almost dream like sequence that we were being put through. It was so immersive despite not having a strong world to pull you in. It's like you're at a cinema but there is only chair and these characters state their names and stories not looking for judgment but like, wanting to be heard for themselves and not letting anyone else tell their own story. And then, when you think it's over all of a sudden the scriptwriter waltz in and pleads for their case and all of a sudden you're the judge.
It's really cool and I can still recall it even though some time has passed ahahaha!
