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yes! You should join my discord, where I'll give you access to the translator channel :)

https://discord.gg/yNkNUMHTgW

Thank you so so much!

Thanks :))

Thank you so much I'm honored!!

Thanks! I just checked it out and that artstyle looks super cool :)

Thank you so much it means a lot :)

Thank you so much, you are too kind!

I am incredibly touched by your words, you are too flattering! I don't think my game could live up to such words but it means a lot nonetheless. Please look forward to my next title!!

Loved the video but side note: YOU RUN YOUR GAMES FROM THE TERMINAL???? love the old internet aesthetics haha

I loved your jam sesh and sound effects LMAO

Thank you so much! I feel so flattered by your words

I'm floored by your analysis Joseph! I feel like your analysis is more detailed than my own game haha. Nevertheless I feel like it was spot-on, you hit on a lot of the ideas I was thinking of when I made this :)

does an error message pop up when it happens? does it stay frozen forever? also what operating system are you playing on (is it a modern version of windows or an old version)? I haven't seen this error before, but I hope I can figure something out to help. If nothing helps, could you try playing the HTML version on your mobile device if you have one?

does the download version for Mac or windows work?

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The ending that you get depends on the cynicism in the choices you make as XMO-124 and the other player character, in some outcomes, war will still happen even without you telling anyone.

thank u! Glad you all enjoyed it :)

that means a lot to me thank you so much :,))

thank you!!

thank you :)

Thank you very much, I agree with your sentiment and I plan to never use AI art again -- I want my future project to be a celebration of art instead.

Thank you so much! I hope to give more Charon content in the future.

Thank you! Though I don't believe in the technology anymore, back in the day I felt it was an interesting way to make something unrecognizable as human

thank you!!!!!!! :)

your words mean so much to me, thank u!!! <3

thank you so much :)

Yes! It is called Project Obelisk and the announcement can be found here. For updates (and access to any alpha/beta builds I release), please join my Discord and follow me on Twitter!

That was indeed the inspiration, its incredibly striking and haunting imagery that should never be forgotten. Additionally, I completely understand your concerns about the AI art, I feel like these games do not represent me or my opinions on that subject anymore, and have attached a blog post about that subject. Thank you for your criticism as it helps me grow as a creator, and such growth wouldn't be possible without people like you.

UPDATE: You inspired me to make a blog post and post it permanently on top of the descriptions of both of my games, talking about my stance on AI art and how these games do not represent me anymore. You can find that blog post here.

I'm considering making a notice or something on the game itself because I feel like this doesn't represent my current opinions on the subject. When I made the game, the most early AI art models had just released, and had this imperfect, surreal look to them. As a computer scientist, I was fascinated by what it could do, and since this game (along with Cohabitation) was made for a school project with a development cycle of only a couple of months, I decided to use that art because I felt it complimented my surreal game quite well. Since then, it has become much more clear that these models are trained by stealing art (and the models that have came out after the one I used are much more obvious about that).

So now I am left with some options. I could delete the game, since I feel like it doesn't represent me anymore, but from some of the comments and private reviews I know it means a lot to people, so I don't want to do that. I think my current decision is to never use AI art again, a decision I made clear whenever this discourse has come up before. I am an artist (my second side hobby is making webcomics) and my next game will be worked on in conjunction with many of my artist friends. Because I am an artist the concerns about stealing art matter a lot to me, and I understand the worries of you and everyone else who has commented here. Between these ethics concerns, which were not made clear to me back in the day, and the complete lack of anything interesting from new AI models, I don't think it has anything to offer to my work anymore.

Thank you for your feedback, I agree with you that oftentimes the point of a piece of art is the skill that goes into it. I hope to bring that point across in my next game :)

obrigado :)

Thank you so much! :)

Thank you so much

Hm, what error message shows up on your screen when it says that?

thank you! Stay tuned for my next game in development now, Project Obelisk!
https://itch.io/blog/708576/announcing-my-newest-game-project-obelisk

thanks :)

I'm working on a new, full-length game right now! Details are here: https://itch.io/blog/708576/announcing-my-newest-game-project-obelisk

im glad too :)

up to your interpretation :)

Thank you! It's incredibly touching that it had that effect.

True, I think the ending part is the part I was the most disappointed with when it comes to the story, though I'm not sure how else I would end it. By the time we were making the ending, the game was due within an hour (this was for a class project lol) so maybe we got lazy haha

Thank you so much!!! :)