When I read Kafka I immediately started thinking about different ways it could have gone, and was furious how they didn't even try to communicate with the protag once he transformed. Not even a yes-or-no question. Its nice to see that at least the sister wasn't that braindead, and was willing to call out the parents on their bull.
I managed to get all the endings after looking through the walkthrough. Loving the various small changes depending on what you do beforehand.
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I like how Maisie becomes a silhouette once she stops trusting us.
I'm assuming Maisie never actually asked us for help with homework, and therefore assumed we were trying to impersonate her bro?
Also, what happens in the second ending, exactly? The first one, we fail to come out of the cocoon and die. The third one, we kill our parents. The fourth one we run away, and the fifth we run away but with actual prep.
But what happens in the second one?
Thank you so much for playing, as well as for taking the time to comment ^^
I thought of the same exact thing while reading Metamorphosis. That ended up being my entire motivation to make this game ahahah ^^
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Other than that, you're basically right about everything you mentioned! Regarding the homework specifically, it is mentioned that Maisie is a straight-A kid, and some parts of the game implies that the main character might not be that close to her and doesn't know her all that well. She was indeed testing him, you are correct about that ^^
The second ending is the one you get if the MC completes pupation, but still wishes to return to his old self (the pupa) but of course, a change like that is impossible to undo, so the cycle simply starts all over again.