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Thank you, I really can't wait to show more of the characters! :D

Bittersweet is definitely a good way to put it! I did base it off of the general feeling of fighting with someone you care about, so being bittersweet was inevitable.

Also sorry for taking so long to reply, every time I went to, something somehow distracted me!

Whoa, thanks for the review! We certainly weren't expecting it, but we thank you very much, hope you like our future stuff too!

Thank you, I'm just so glad it is done and here for people to see!

I have never been great with words, but I very much have to try for this game, as it has meant so much to me in so many ways and I have to find a way to say it. It's beautiful, somehow relates to me, or makes me think about what I would want in ways that I was expecting (me being ace, feeling like I didn't fit in) to ways I just wasn't expecting or maybe didn't even know that I was going to relate to (the potential Orlam and Iggy relationship) and, of course, made me cry after a day or two with my friend who played the game practically alongside me, but with how many emotions I had for this game, that was to be expected!

Honestly, this game inspired me in every way it could, art (especially pixel art which I hope to be just as good in some way at some point!), music choice, writing and the characters (who I all loved the whole way through), enough that I feel I have to buckle down and find a way to make a game that's somehow just as amazing, I even found myself literally listening to the music and such while I work on my own stuff, just to remind myself how much I love it, and feel so inspired all over again!

!SPOILERS!

But that's just my general feelings, I have even more to say specifically! :D

I think I played the finale as soon as I was physically able to, exactly how I played every other Arc when I found this game and refused to put it down. (Or stop telling the people around me in real life everything about it.) And with everyone together and things being more peaceful at the cabin I was already emotional, enough that when things got to Bucks and everything surrounding her with how the group treated her and, honestly I like how it wasn't a "huge" incident or particularly one incident that was bad, it was more of a consistent treatment that wore on her eventually, I was consistently close to tears from the start, and that's not even mentioning the later scenes, where I had to fight tears so badly I got a headache.

Then the tree and Saydie. Those were just amazing scenes in every way, horrifying, but amazing. This is where I mean I have a hard time with words, but I truly loved this scene, in atmosphere and reveals.

The field scene surprised me, but fit in perfectly too!

I had little idea what the final ending for everything was going to be, but the final time loop was a great end to me, one final loop to something better, not perfect, but better!

And that's of course not even mentioning the routes, a big part of all my emotions, I just love every ship with Iggy, enough that one day I basically have one as my favorite before waking up the next day and having another and then other days they are all my favorite, just because I find something so good in each of the dynamics, where I'll just remember a scene and just love that pair all over again.

I feel like I can only just say random things about each pair that I loved so much, like how Iggy and Orlam's relationship isn't one thing and still just as close, or how Genzou and Iggy's scene finally has Iggy actually tell Genzou he loves him or Gidget and Iggy's relationship changing so much for the better in their ending together. Maybe my thoughts are just a little scattered right now, but I can only describe it as I have so much to love with each pair and I have a hard time describing how much I love each, other than just saying random parts I liked with each.

I went in the order of Orlam - Neutral - Gidget - Genzou, mostly as I knew I would like Orlam and Genzou no matter what so they should be my first and last routes and I always leave Gidget as my nice surprise in the middle. Plus tradition honestly, for some reason I did the same thing while playing OFW and OC, I either played Orlam or Genzou first, then Gidget, then whoever was left. My friend and I even discussed which route to play first, we took it seriously!

Just to end this, thank you for making this game, Carrot. I loved it in every way, and I believe it is a story that I will carry with me forever! Take care of yourself and I'll keep an eye out for anything else you do!

Thank you so much, we're already working on the full game right now, so hopefully you won't have to wait too long!

Hello, I'm BibiXP and I'm interested in being the pixel artist for this project! I've been doing pixel art for quite some time, know how to create animations and have worked with several games, so I should be able to create what is needed and bring to life whatever you're imagining! I am good at creating colorful environments, cute characters and animations alongside these, so I think I have the skills to make this game's art.

To know how long this art would take I would have to know how much art would be needed, however I don't think it would be too long.

Payment can be discussed in Discord, especially as I am uncertain how much you need and such.

My Discord is BibiXP#7580 . I hope we can work together!

Examples of my pixel art below.

For me I literally always wanted to make games since I've been playing video games since I was extremely little, I just wasn't sure if I could for quite a few years. 

Then I ended up learning music and convinced myself I will become a composer for video games. Then I learned pixel art since games need art too, college ended up teaching me Python which is what Ren'py uses and I realized I actually could make video games now! So I now team up with my teammate, who learned different stuff like writing and other types of art, and a few other people to make or help others with visual novels now! Hoping to work with other types of games eventually too.

I could do this pixel art for you if you'd accept my art! This is a top down game I am helping with, and not only can I create in this style I can also create in several different pixel art styles, such as with outlines and other types! For prices for what you want, I'd say each map would be about $50, due to the large size (this would include tiles, walls and items in each map) while the sprites would only be about $20-30 for all the sprites as a group, as they are rather simple (this would include the animations such as different weapons and walking.) I'm not sure what price the stick art would be, as I'm uncertain how many artworks you'd want, we would have to discuss it.

If these are alright prices then please contact me through Discord, I am BibiXP#7580 !

I can also more examples of my pixel art after being contacted!

I have sent an email, it contains examples of my work and such!

This is definitely a different submission than most of the rest, mostly due to the story surrounding the music, all the songs are still really good though! "The Wheel that never stops" was a favorite though!

Thanks for the kind words, I appreciate it!

Thank you, I haven't messed with synths too often lately, so glad I didn't lose any ability in them!

Thank you very much!

That's great, shoot em up is exactly what I was going for! :D

Thank you, that specific track was a favorite of mine too!

Thanks, I haven't gotten a big chance to do fun songs in a bit, so I jumped at the chance to make fun songs for this jam!

Very sweet song! I like lo-fi in general, but this one hits the relaxing feeling a bit better than many I've heard, probably from the percussion choices made. So nice job!

I really liked this one, sounds cute all on its own! Plus, as you mentioned, I can definitely hear the inspirations you had for this soundtrack!

Very pretty melodies! I like that the whole thing fits your story well too!

Very fitting to the theme sound wise! The synths also feel very well made and everything fits together perfectly throughout the songs, good job!

Thank you so much! It mostly came together after the first song of the group!

Smaller streamers could give a chance, which is why I recommended them, even if they only have a few hundred watching that is still a few hundred that now know the game.

My game is just a visual novel, so I just need to know if the story is interesting, which I'm pretty sure it is and, due to it have a fair amount of choices, I know it is interactable enough to keep interest in it.

For your game, you'd have to compare it to similar games and see if yours can create the same "fun" feeling that other games feel, basically, just see if the concept both keeps attention and can evolve. Evolving is usually the big important part, if the concept can grow and change to different and new gameplay, then it is often fun, or at least interesting.

You will definitely need more than one tester, as one person's concept of fun can vary, people say strangers give the best advice as friends and family might not want to say anything bad about the game.

We plan to finish development of the game in early 2023, to give ourselves a good amount of time to finish without rushing, especially as both me and my teammate are involved in either other projects, work, or school. Thankfully, most of the sprites we need are finished, so development now is creating backgrounds, CGs, the rest of the writing, and then programming it all in.

Twitch would probably work better if you instead ask some smaller game streamers to play your games instead, they already have followers so you just would have to find some that play similar genres.

Pretty much, I do have an idea who would like the current game I'm making, I just want to show the best parts of the game once I know I actually have the best parts of the game, which might take a bit of time.

Game covers are definitely important, which is why I plan to have a new title screen and cover created not too long from now, at least before the final game releases. 

I know quantity of games won't make a difference, I just feel that our next idea, which will use more traditional art, at least more so than pixel art, might appeal more to visual novel players. Plus, we'll have more experience advertising. While we did get quite a few players and some followers by releasing the demo and advertising, dev logs also helped get some eyes on the game, so we definitely will continue doing that in later games.

What strategies do you think might help you, other than improving your game covers?

I don't know, the only thing I can think is just checking out me and my teammate's game demo and such, but that's about it. It's just we currently have creation of the game, a visual novel, under control, and marketing is what it is, slow, but steady on different platforms. We're kind of hoping our next game will be a little easier to market, but we're still doing our best with this one.

Was marketing slow on your first game too?

I do games as both a hobby and as a potential future income. Currently I've only a demo (soon to be full game) and game jam projects where I was a teammate, but me and my teammate are working to hopefully be able to be taken seriously as commercial game creators.

Honestly, I know it's really hard to get anywhere selling indie games, but I really want to do it despite it all, as games are something I loved since I was little, and making games for a living would be a dream come true. Until then however, we're just working hard to make the games we're making as known as possible, making the game look good, and doing game jams and work for other games.

I currently am not spending anything in marketing or other parts of game development, but that's because my teammate and me are doing everything ourselves, marketing, assets, so on.

Thank you, I just knew I had to have some sort of warm synth, and combining it with strings in certain parts just made it even better! And no, the violin isn't a live violin, it is a virtual instrument. Still sounds cool though!

Very nice combination of what you'd expect from a forest town theme with more futuristic synths, they meld well enough with one side overtaking the other.

I pretty much love many types of electronic music, and this is no exception, especially since I definitely get the Deltarune vibes you mentioned! You did very well, this really creates a vivid image!

Very nice, felt a bit like fairy tale or Christmas music, perfect for ice cream!

Very pretty song, I really liked how well connected the two songs were, like, you can easily imagine the two songs switching in between each other in an actual game, and that's hard to do!

The instruments, like the marimbas, being able to sound both cold and warm was really cool too, it really fit the theme perfectly!

Thank you very much, Omari was a pretty cool game so it's great to be compared in a nice way to it! Glad you liked that little melody too, I was really hoping people would like that part!

I admit, I'm always a bit biased towards pixel art so that's the style I'd pick. Both look good, but, especially in the background, I prefer the pixel art as it allows detail that isn't as rounded. It's always your choice though!

Bumping this thread! Still open for jobs!

Hello everyone, I'm BibiXP, and I have created both pixel art and music for quite some time as of now, enough that I am quite confident that I create whatever is needed for the game that asks for my art or music! While I will only work for payment, I believe I have enough experience to really give you art or music that is worthwhile in a timely manner!

I can make quite a few different genres from...

• Electronic music, like I did in this album: https://bibixp.itch.io/loopable  
• Orchestra mixed with other genres: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K5e7VDsSixBPNKDDdU0O0_HHgrZN91vA/view?usp=share...
• Post-rock in my very own video game, CTRL FREAK: https://bibixp.itch.io/ctrl-freak
• Cute music, like what I did in this video game Satisfaction Guaranteed! https://imacquarrie.itch.io/satisfaction-guaranteed

If you can think of a genre just ask if I can make it!

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My pixel art skills can also change to suit whatever game look you need! While I mostly stick to a more "cute" style simple contact me to see if the style you want is possible!

Not only did I make the tiles and buildings in this game, Satisfaction Guaranteed : https://imacquarrie.itch.io/satisfaction-guaranteed

I also created all the art in my own game, "CTRL FREAK": https://bibixp.itch.io/ctrl-freak

Not to mention my personal art as well!

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If this all sounds great simply contact me here or in Discord, I am BibiXP#7580 ! Payment amount will be discussed then, depending on the specifics of what you want. Thank you for considering me.

Hello everyone! I'm BibiXP, a composer that have created quite a bit of music for both myself and video games, and now I am opening commissions for music in general!

The songs I can create can vary in genre, I can make electronic music, like I did in this album: https://bibixp.itch.io/loopable

I can make orchestra or orchestra mixed with other genres: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K5e7VDsSixBPNKDDdU0O0_HHgrZN91vA/view?usp=share...

I have done post-rock in my very own video game, CTRL FREAK: https://bibixp.itch.io/ctrl-freak

I can even make simply cute music, like what I did in this video game Satisfaction Guaranteed! https://imacquarrie.itch.io/satisfaction-guaranteed

Want a video game level theme? I can do that! Want a character theme? I can do that! Boss theme? You know it! Other than very specific genres that require certain equipment like authentic chiptune, I can most likely do the type of music you need!

If this all sounds great simply contact me here or in Discord, I am BibiXP#7580 ! Thank you for considering me.

Hello! I sent a friend request in Discord to see if I could help with some of the pixel art. My Discord is BibiXP#7580 .