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This game really hooked me right from the start--the directive not to use the obvious solution was the LAST thing I'd expect in a horror RPG, and made gameplay so much more exciting (and nerve-wracking!). I was on edge the entire time. I can't wait to see the finished project.

ETA: I'm a huge fan of horror RPGs, good and bad--I've played a ton--and this was both good and unique in a way almost no other game I've seen has been. Like someone else said it's hard to make a horror RPG stand out, and Project Kat definitely does for the gameplay alone. 

Thanks so much for leaving a review!!! Dicrocoelium dendriticum was the most fun to write by far and that parasite has always really fascinated me, I am SO happy to hear that it was appreciated <3 

IMO it's a radical act to write this at work lol. I really loved this collection. Especially your poem about the sentiment "art must come from a place of pain," I love how you played with words in it, it was just so good

"SKIN" hit me especially hard. You put words to a feeling I've had a lot. "Your skin ends somewhere," I mean, God, that really hits. And I love the zine-like quality of the whole thing, the art is fantastic. Sorry this is so short but I just wanted to let you know how much that poem grabbed me. 

As a horror game fan myself (and someone who gravitates to the same kinds of games--I love indie horror) I really loved this! The interface really grabbed me, the music and general vibe are set up in a way that evoke the experience of playing a homemade rpgmaker horror game. You put a lot of love into the way this was set up. 

As far as the actual poetry, I felt the same way about it; they really feel like poems you could find in these games, and take that same awesome, sort of campy tone that goes big on emotion and horror, if that makes sense. It's the EXACT thing that I love about these kinds of games, and you nailed it. Your poems are like these fun creepy lullabies. 

The only games I'm familiar with out of these are FNAF 5 and DDLC, so I'm probably missing something with the other ones, but I think I got a pretty good sense of them.  I especially liked the Fran Bow poem-- "This world is filled with monsters, /Who love to feed on darkness. /But keep this in mind / That between evils of all kind / I choose happiness." is a great stanza and makes her sound like an interesting character. The Circus Baby one is really sad.

Like I said, you REALLY nailed that creepy lullaby/nursery rhyme vibe, and it fits this particular project really well. But I hope when you keep writing, you get a chance to try and experiment more with other kinds of poetry--blank verse, free verse, or even more complicated poems like villanelles or sonnets. 

Also I feel like I have to drop some game recommendations! I think you'd really like Witch's House, Ib, and possibly Yume Nikki. 

This is so sweet. I love it!!