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Score Chart =========== [150-125] : ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ [125-100] : ⭐⭐⭐⭐ [100-75] : ⭐⭐⭐ [75-50] : ⭐⭐ [50-0] : ⭐
VN Score: 135/150
Applies to UNSPECIFIED VERSION [2024/01/12].
Score Breakdown:
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『Visuals』 - 15/20
Images, videos, backgrounds, characters, drawings, animations, etc.
- Good:
- High Resolution.
- Good art style.
- Original character sprites.
- Sprites with multiple expressions and poses (animated!).
- Animations and transitions through all the VN.
- Visual effects.
- Frequent visual changes through all the VN.
- Visuals complements the narrative.
- Neutral:
- Backgrounds are real life photographies, characters are drawn (looks good!).
- Bad:
- Minor (-2.5pts)
- N/A
- Major (-5pts)
- Copyright Issues: Third party assets not credited.
- Severe (-10pts)
- N/A
- N/A
- Minor (-2.5pts)
- Good:
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『GUI』 - 20/20
Graphic user interface of the VN.
- Good:
- Custom dialogue box.
- Dynamic text, rich in fonts and effects.
- Text is legible 100% of the time.
- Neutral:
- Renpy default skin with minor modifications.
- Bad:
- Minor (-2.5pts)
- N/A
- Major (-5pts)
- N/A
- Severe (-10pts)
- N/A
- N/A
- Minor (-2.5pts)
- Good:
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『Sound』 - 15/20
Music and sound effects; quality and sound design.
- Good:
- HQ Sound.
- Music complements the narrative.
- Sound effects complements the narrative.
- Dialogue audio, custom “voices” for every character.
- Neutral:
- N/A
- Bad:
- Minor (-2.5pts)
- N/A
- Major (-5pts)
- Copyright Issues: Third party assets not credited.
- Severe (-10pts)
- N/A
- N/A
- Minor (-2.5pts)
- Good:
-
『Writing』 - 20/20
Spelling correctness (grammar and syntax). Also, vocabulary and quality of the dialogue/prose/verse/etc.
- Good:
- No spelling mistakes found.
- Average vocabulary.
- Dialogues are consistent with the characters.
- Neutral:
- N/A
- Bad:
- Minor (-2.5pts)
- N/A
- Major (-5pts)
- N/A
- Severe (-10pts)
- N/A
- N/A
- Minor (-2.5pts)
- Good:
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『Story』 - 17.5/20
Originality, ideas, characters, worldbuilding, narrative flow and consistency in VN.
- Good:
- A meaning can be inferred, not just a sequence of events.
- Hard and rich Worldbuilding, story occurs in a whole new universe.
- Depth and diverse characters, with a lot of personality and backstory.
- Good narrative flow management, keeps the reader interested.
- Story is consistent (plot holes expected to be covered in future updates).
- Neutral:
- Based on other (religious) stories, and yet, is unpredictable and interesting.
- Customs and traditions are from real life (combination of multiple religions).
- Another work is needed to understand the VN.
- Nonlinear narrative technique.
- Bad:
- Minor (-2.5pts)
- User inconvenience: The beginning and the continuation of the VN occurs in another medium. Use of multiple mediums unjustified.
- Major (-5pts)
- N/A
- Severe (-10pts)
- N/A
- N/A
- Minor (-2.5pts)
- Good:
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『Gameplay』 - 20/20
About interactivity, e.g: kinetic, with choices, or higher.
- Good:
- Three fully functional mini-games: Fishing, Boxing, and Hamburger Making.
- VN with choices.
- Branched narrative, 8 different endings.
- Achievements and Gallery!
- Neutral:
- ADV mode only.
- Bad:
- Minor (-2.5pts)
- N/A
- Major (-5pts)
- N/A
- Severe (-10pts)
- N/A
- N/A
- Minor (-2.5pts)
- Good:
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『Programming』 - 12.5/20
Bugs, Crashes, Builds, Packaging, etc.
- Good:
- Uploaded builds for most operative systems supported by Renpy.
- Neutral:
- Assets where not compressed in a RPA file.
- RPY files shipped in the final release (plain text source code).
- Filename follows the Renpy standard.
- Bad:
- Minor (-2.5pts)
- An ignorable exception occurred midplay. (traceback here)
- No builds for mobile platforms (iOS/Android).
- No versioning.
- Major (-5pts)
- N/A
- Severe (-10pts)
- N/A
- N/A
- Minor (-2.5pts)
- Good:
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『Promotion』 - 5/20
About the thumbnail, title, game page, metadata, tags, description, screenshots, etc.
- Good:
- Title: Complements the art style of the game, it might even hide a secret in the story.
- Neutral:
- Game Page: Generic. Can be improved with HTML code.
- Tags: Lot’s of tags missing. Should add Furry, LGBT, Post-Apocalyptic, Fantasy, Magic, Robots, religion, renpy, and vn.
- Bad:
- Minor (-2.5pts)
- Thumbnail: Just game title. It can be improved: add the characters, animate it, etc.
- Metadata: Important info absent. (Engine Used, Session Duration, Languages, etc)
- Major (-5pts)
- Description: Story synopsis absent, lost the opportunity to grab new readers.
- Screenshots: Absent. Unable to judge before download.
- Severe (-10pts)
- N/A
- N/A
- Minor (-2.5pts)
- Good:
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『Personal Opinion』 - 10/10
Is fun/cute/interesting/scary/etc? Did I like it? (subjective)
Loved every single bit of it.
The game is a roller coaster of emotions, it just can’t be categorized in a genre, it goes from romantic to scary, from funny to philosophical, this VN has everything on it. Most of the time this goes wrong, but tandrewine (mango?) did well and that’s impressive.