Oi mate, never played a game of yours but I saw a knife and I was into it. Great stuff. Have you played Kitty Horrorshow games? Your language surrounding gore reminds me a bit of hers. More broadly, what influenced you to make this? It's an interesting set of emotions to explore, it's like a more earnest Julia from Hellraiser, or a sort of Cronenbergian obsession with the taboo. I think it's compelling to mix that sense of taboo pleasure with a sense of admiration or beauty, even romance. I have a couple light criticisms though. First, I think the important decisions could be signposted a bit better. If I'm not misremembering, there's something like 6 decisions in this game but only 4 endings, implying that only 2 "matter". I don't want to replay the entire game to see only a bit of new material, so it might be a good idea to place some kind of weight- narratively or otherwise- on the specific decisions that decide your ending. That way, players would know when they should save so they don't have to replay the whole thing. Secondly, I think I only saw 2 or maybe 3 drawings for each character. I don't think you have to go crazy and draw a ton of frames, but maybe just a handful of facial expression changes could provide a touch more characterization and variety. Those are pretty nitpicky though, I don't think they're super important. Overall, it was a good experience, and I hope to see more stuff from you!
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will not lie the variation in drawings is because i was Lazy[tm]! there's 6-7 expressions for each of them but eh. [throws up violently on the floor]. definitely need to get out of my pit of being lazy. i do have potential plans to add more endings or impact, so i do understand the nitpicks and everything! :D no worries whatsoever buddy.
i've only played kitty's hornets, which i really liked. very good piece though! i think my main inspirations are somehow the movie event horizon? and the weird vibes of horror tumblr in the mid 2010s. thank you for playing! i do appreciate the feedback, and i'm glad it was a good experience :3
Ya know what? Laziness is an artistic decision, I officially respect your creative impulses and hereby retract that criticism. I'm half joking but sometimes it stops you from putting way too much into a single project, so maybe it's not a bad thing? Also I respect the Event Horizon influence, I haven't even seen it yet but I've already decided it's drastically underrated and my opinion is completely set in stone. Either way, I checked out your page and saw you had a game called Limerence, and I have a song called Limerence, so I guess I know what game I'm playing this evening lmao