This game features gorgeous UI, plenty of suitably meta moments (with visual novels being a huge theme through the game, and mentions of GameJams), and plenty, PLENTY of Feelings to go around, playing this was painful but so cathartic. That final sequence, fromJulie pitching the idea to Amy completing it, really was just brutal gutpunch after brutal gutpunch.
The irony and bitter reality in a game studio mostly filled with cishets making an LGBT+ game, then walking around laughing about how stupid their audience is, was also not lost on me, especially with Julie saying that the game was "made for people like Amy" when recommending it to her trans friend (likely while knowing all of this).
I also love the seeming Hatoful Boyfriend shoutout with the inclusion of what appears to be a parody VN dating sim about dating an animal, which is, in actuality, a greatly moving piece of art. (If anyone was put off by its parody-like nature, go check out Hatoful Boyfriend! It's a great VN with some surprising darkness to it.)
This game was an absolutely stunning experience, especially for this studio's (from what I can tell?) first fully completed game!! You lot have all definitely made a fan out of me, and I look forward to whatever you do next!