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Very lovely overall! The tutorial felt natural, esp with how it was framed and with the 'i just work here buddy' vibe Boss gives. All of the customers were endearing in their own way, and the last client... love them, absolute peak

also: quasooooooooooooo

There's a neutral ending you get for failing to get into a route, and there's a bad and good ending for each route, totalling to 5 endings :)

Okay, I got around to playing all of it today and afterward cracked open the files out of curiosity (hope you don't mind) and LMAOOO. In response to the commented out lines, I would argue that you guys added a tsun in the form of Nenette, does she count. Either way, peak

I think it's really funny you guys picked up that unintentional otome isekai trope in (redacted for spoilers) and in turn meant editing the name tag used to match the internal one (their name was meant to be mispelled because she was initially one of the 'vague references to other media' that I had dropped in, but this is better)

You guys also sticking to using 'clod' consistently is funny because whilst you could argue that 'clau' is one letter away from being a clar typo but actually? The reason her internal name is like that? i was thinking of clodsires at the time. yeah. don't think about it

(redacted)'s 'bad' end has always been my favourite ngl but that doesn't mean the fix made it worse, I think it's perfect. Sweet and in character. still insane. My belorbed... never change (I adore that you made him so obviously smarter than everyone else. Chev, you dumbass)

And speaking of Chev I didn't pay him much mind originally because he was supposed to be a rushed, mis-paced route, picking fun of how some OI just... does that. But you guys fixed him and made the pacing much better!

And whilst I say I played all of it today I didn't realize there was an ending that involved all three of them! Gotta get that, stat, haha. Also really like how you guys cleaned up my messy code (first renpy project pls understand) and you made checks for study and status as appropriate, good stuff.

Again, thank you for picking this up! Really giddy seeing it real and live, lol.

Oh my god I- I'm laughing and crying rn this is so good what the heck. Thank you guys for turning my jam-induced fever dream into an actual readable VN oh my GOD

I love that you guys added a lot to my old text! And that you adjusted a lot of the options so that they flow a lot better! The art slaps, the new expressions are a lot more lively (big fan of Claudia's annoyed face, and I'm doubling over that the bleed sprite is called out) and you actually added music and sound design! I'm laughing the entire time playing this game what the hell

Shoutout to the addition of a OG MC route (and the added parts in general are so good) but I'm laughing. Remade version Nenette my beloved

Omg thank you!! I'm really glad you enjoyed the demo. Thank you for taking the time to check for the two leads' silly conversations throughout the place :D

Thank you very much for the detailed comment, I'm glad that you enjoyed the game so far! These two were really fun to write and I hope to keep that sass between them fairly consistent throughout their dynamic :D

The current puzzles are meant to serve as a tutorial for basic mechanics, I hope the full game won't disappoint with the puzzles that are planned - the intention was to have the chat function serve as a possible hints section but it wasn't quite conveyed since there was only one area after getting the second party member, hahah.

I'll be sure to work on improving and polishing the game for the final release!

You don't like my 10 minute backgrounds drawn with a 17px default brush, and my epic plot threads that come so out of nowhere that they basically don't make sense are super surprising? :<

Jokes aside, lmao thanks! Don't know if I'll ever revisit this but we'll see.

If I got a nickel every time I read an otome isekai manga/manhwa that pulls 'actually I was a good guy all along but just wasn't allowed basic communication of the situation to my fiancee' out of nowhere I would have way too many nickels

Thank you!!!

Haha, thank you! Yeah MC is a mood fr fr

I've got a lot of other things on my plate at the moment (other otome projects) but I dunno. maybe, you never know!

Thank you so much for playing my silly game!! And doubly so for telling me your thoughts!!!

Yep, you're 100% on the mark for thinking he was the yandere. I'm unsure if it was clear, but at the decision where he prompted the player to return to the dorms, he was testing her - and taking the bait results in missing his route. He's a very dedicated yan :^)

I'm really glad you say the game is good! This game was a little rushed, admittedly, and mostly hinges on playing tropes from villainess media, so to hear that regardless of it makes me happy. If I had more time or was making this seriously rather than for a joke game jam, I think developing the characters further would have been fun. Alas (currently pre-occupied with other actual otome projects so I most likely won't expand this one)

Clarence's ball ending is my favourite, personally :D but yeah, for a guy that the MC literally refers to as 'fuckface', yeah... that checks out!

I haven't played all of them yet because time but the ones that stood out to me so far!!

https://dollcorp.itch.io/a-story-about-love: Best writing! Shitpost-tier visuals (still very lovely. i hope mark brown laughs at his 'sprite' if he ever sees it) but an overall great read that practices what it preaches. But is it really a bad game...

https://knickknackpj.itch.io/notlikeothervns: Definitely 'worst' game ever, and it knows it (it takes more effort to take built-in QoL out than to leave it in...) Truly simulates the feeling of pure agony. I dread re-opening it to continue playing because I just know Violet will give me 2048 again, leaving me with no choice but to force close and lose my loop progress :(

https://glueblade.itch.io/worstvn: Based writing I hope all of these angels and demons live their best life. I don't want to live in a world where angels aren't yaoi enthusiasts

https://omegabutton.itch.io/hilltop-academy: The greatest soundtrack of all time and the best gameplay loop ever, clearly

https://flufffables.itch.io/thirsty-for-you: Hot-leaf juice route, my beloved... (i accidentally rated this good because I liked it but forgor that the creator appreciated low ratings. oops)

https://cloudrac3r.itch.io/snail-society: The realization that this was a powerpoint file alone killed me. And that it looks like a vn...peak

goty (i cannot play 2048 to save my life though) (also i'm unsure if it's a bug but sometimes even without me force closing the game violet gets mad at me the next time i open it) (this only adds to the experience)

just like a lot of other people in the comments the first impression i got was that it was gonna just be silly little goobers having silly little romcom :3 but lmao... mark brown jumpscare

i don't know, this doesn't feel like worst visual novel ever when it has such a strong message. to create art for the sake of making something palatable and for everyone just leaves it barren of sincerity and you nipped that in the bud. love how chloe and adam have such different reactions to the game which is great!! the narrative doesn't strike a chord with the former but it does with the latter and like that the MC has found the audience of the thing she wanted to make instead of trying to mold her thing for an audience that maybe just wasn't meant to be.

i guess tldr a game like this that made me really think and reflect what tf i've been doing just hits too close. 10/10 i'm so sorry

AAAAAAHHHHH THIS GAME IS AMAZING THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I was laughing so hard the entire time, omg Maya's so relatable (i love her sm) and Robin is SO SWEET?? gdhgdfkhjdg i would gush more but i don't want to spoil anything in the comments-- please just know that I enjoyed this immensely!!

; o ; I eagerly await the other routes!! (super excited for Nico, he's so cute!!)

ALSO i just want to say that i ADORE Coco's design!! i too want to become as ice cream T_T 10/10 would dedicate my free time and disposable income to him