finally found the time to play this and wow the animation was really impressive. this was a really good way to discover more about orlam and genzou's relationship, which i always found intriguing in the main game. i kinda had trouble understanding genzou before because he simply would not stop bullying orlam for no reason but this game (especially the tears moment) show really well that it's a loooot more complex than just "guy bullies another guy and feels no remorse", as it seemed sometimes (to me at least) in the main game. i may be biased because orlam is probably my favorite character in the game but this was a really cool experience, almost like i was dancing with him myself (and we both kinda killed each other afterwards but that's not the point). pretty much the only issue is that the screaming acrossed the screen really slowed down my browser lol but i have a habit of playing games on itchio instead of downloading them like a normal person so that's kinda on me. great job as always, loved the art as always <3
SORRY FOR THE DELAYED REPLY I've been working to catch up on everything after coming back from a trip lol
But thank you so much for playing?? Ahhhhh and for all the lovely words!! I'm really happy you enjoyed it!! I have a lot of fun trying out new things and teaching myself how to do a variety of different new things in Ren'Py whenever these O2A2 jams come around, and with this one in particular I had a blast with the animation and expressions (and also the new speech bubble feature which I found to be incREDIBly useful alkdjf) so I'm glad you like how it all turned out despite its shortness!
AND INDEED. I think a big part of my initial inspiration to do something in this regard was to have one more small little peak into the ridiculously convoluted thing these two have going on before building everything up to its big bang in the main game with Arc 5 Part 1 1/2 (i did this game only a few weeks before releasing that). It just felt very relevant and good timing lkadjfa
"(and we both kinda killed each other afterwards but that's not the point)." --> LOLOLOL REAL
And ahhhhhhhh yes actually the text lags for me too HAHAHA. Which was kinda the effect I was going for -- to laden the screen up with so much text that it can barely even handle it, I guess in a way to make tangible Orlam's guttural emotions in that moment. That they're so intense they literally lag the game 🤣 (though I have noticed the effect tends to be a bit even more pronounced when playing the browser version as it's even less optimized... I'm not sure what to do about it though GUH).
AT ANY RATE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PLAYING. GLAD YOU COULD ENJOY. GLAD YOU COULD GET A LITTLE EXTRA GLIMPSE AT THE CHAOTIC MESS THESE TWO HAVE GOING ON. And thank you so much for your kind and lovely words!! 🥺💕