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Thank you for commenting! I'll have to see if there's anything I can do for Safari compatibility, as I've only tested it with desktop and mobile Chrome. I'm happy it was still an enjoyable experience regardless 💜

It's so awesome to see people commenting on how much they like their different endings, thank you for commenting! 💜

(Belated) thank you for your comments! I think the song sets the mood of the whole piece so well, and I'm glad to see people agreeing. I'm so fortunate to have gotten such an emotive song to work with 💜

Thank you for your comments, my fellow fan of sad endings! 💜 It's fantastic to see someone reading the intentions of the story the way I meant them.

I did not, in fact, escape the unholy city. Fun concept for a game, and I think it'd be cool to play a longer version of this, maybe one where you get to play longer stretches of time before "they" stop you again. Running into the traffic accident reminded me a bit of The Truman Show, which does feel like a good comparison for the escaping-inescapable-circumstances plot at least. 

In the end, I think it works out well to keep this game short, because it avoids the issue of making the constant waking-up feel annoying.

A fun way to work the whole playlist in together, reading this feels like if people watching got a massive upgrade. I like that it feels like a collection of short stories, and that each story has a unique identity rather than blending into the whole. The UI layout is cute too, and feels just barely reminiscent of looking at a seating plan for a train car or an airplane.

Interesting place to go from the song inspiration. Very melancholy, and a fairly simple narrative that unfolds through two different points of view. Definitely a neat way to experience the story, and maybe a little too sad for my bedtime story tonight hahaha.

Really interesting concept, and a great sense of atmosphere. I have no experience with Catholic tradition so I think I might be missing a little bit of the experience that way... everyone gets 1 Our Father and 1 Hail Mary from this confessional, haha.

Small comment: the audio was very loud for me, turning it down or offering a mute option might be nice.

Very unsettling, haunting atmosphere in this game. I would consider adding a trigger/content warning for depression and/or suicidal ideation. As someone with clinical depression, I found this really upsetting to play because of the main character's attitude and comments.

Otherwise, extremely creative use of the songs in such a small space. The end is deeply unsettling.

Thank you so much! I'm sure there are some bits with tense I messed up, editing was such a blur, hahaha. Restart button is a great idea, thank you. 💜

Very interesting place to go from the song! Reminds me a bit of older literature with a similar slow pace and limited dialogue. I think the story leaves me with a bit of vague, lingering discomfort.  Nothing gets resolved here, because it's just two people refusing to acknowledge whatever has happened between them. I think it leaves me wishing there was something I could do about that.

I just really love wizards...

Great interpretation of the song lyrics, and very cute/fun way to integrate the magic. I like the little magic book supplement and the little character hints in it as well. The relationship between our two space wizards is very charming, and definitely carries the story. Endings 4&5 felt very nice. 💜💜

Very cool and fun way to interpret the song! I love the characterization of "Lola" and "Joseph" and the way their personas contrast with their real personalities.  The POV switching works well in this story, and the font changes make it easy to read without getting confused. I'll make more comments on the seeds when it's SeedComp voting time 💜

Really creative interpretation of the song! It's one of my favorites. I found the main character's circumstances pretty mysterious even after trying a few endings; maybe that's the point. The choices presented and the consequences for some of them are really compelling, and that makes the replays feel more rewarding. The game feels a bit like a prologue to a much larger story, in that it answers some questions and leaves others unanswered.

Thank you so much for your kind and thoughtful comments! I'm so happy to see people reading and enjoying my sad little story. I always wonder if the parts that make me cry while writing will also make others cry while reading. 💜

Thank you so much for your comment!! That's so kind of you. 💜 Spoilery answer:

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I don't know if any of the endings are definitely the end. I like the way the "Goodbye" ending wraps things up, but for those MCs that might not be enough, and they could certainly go looking for more like the other high belief MC. I also thought about variations on the endings where high belief MCs find Caspian first, but he finds low belief MCs first, and their conversations would differ accordingly. I don't think that meeting couldn't still happen for low belief MCs, but I decided not to write it this time. 💜

Thank you for commenting! I've changed some settings for the upload so it should have a larger browser frame and allow fullscreen mode to fix this.

Hey friend, you did win! If you want to talk about the details for your commission, you're welcome to respond publicly or email me at drycappuccinogames@gmail.com. Thanks so much! 💜

Not at all! I need to find them all somehow, and the pictures were super helpful 💜

Thank you so much for taking the time! These should all be corrected now - I'm not sure exactly what happened with the stats problem on your second run, but I did find that there was an incorrect stat variable in the [Fierce] choice during the childhood memory. As far as needing to clear your cache, I think that would be an issue with the Twine Engine struggling with storage or memory. I'll see if there's anything I can do to clean this up in v1.2.

Thank you, and no worries! This fix will be up in the next patch this evening.

Thank you for reporting! These issues are now corrected in the current version, so play on!

Thank you so much, and don't worry! I have a really hard time reading my own writing, so it's been really challenging to track all the errors on my own, haha. Now that I'm aware of the most common ones, they shouldn't be an issue in future updates. :)

Odd! Do let me know if it happens again; I tested it myself and it worked as intended. If it was just on the page where your dad says your name for the first time, it might be an issue with running the LiveUpdate feature? If it was still wrong the second time he says your name, it might be something I did, haha.

Thanks for letting me know! Can you give me more details on how this is happening? Normally, the way this function should work is you select the [input] option, click the Next Page button, and then the input name popup appears. When you type your name in, you need to click the "Save Name" button to update your name on the page; clicking the "X" on the popup will not save your changes.

Just a little chat and comment thread for Demo v1.x! Feel free to use this space to ask questions, leave comments, make suggestions, etc.! I'll keep an eye out here, but I also accept anonymous asks on Tumblr!

Hey guys! I understand there may be some (or several) errors in the game code! I may not have checked every path or combination of paths, so I'm sure there's some issues I missed. You can use this thread to report any issues you run into, and I will get them addressed in the 1.2 patch update!

Screenshots are always helpful, as are descriptions of what happened or what you've done before encountering a bug.

Thank you so much!

Reported & Acknowledged Bugs:

• Error thrown on Prologue p7 - [Anxious] Option. Fixed in v1.11
• Incorrect italics code shown on Chapter 1 p3. Fixed in v1.11
• Jolenn's gender selection not set correctly after entering the building. Fixed in v1.11
• Unfinished code in Chapter 1 p14. Finished in v1.12
• Macro tag errors in Unicorn Clearing. Fixed in v1.12
• Macro errors in final Campsite choice. Fixed in v1.12
• Various naked variables and HTML in link text. Fixed in v1.12
• Various mismatched quotation marks breaking links. Fixed in v1.12
• Genders not settable after choosing "I'd like to set them as I meet them." Fixed in v1.12
• Verb not displaying on Ayre's Route p2. Fixed in v1.12
• Code error stopped progress when leaving the house without visiting the kitchen. Fixed in v1.13
  
• A few more link text issues. Fixed in v1.13
• Various broken variable and if-statement codes. Fixed in v1.13
• Various old code that showed on-screen. Fixed in v1.13
• Issue with variable setting on Prologue p7 - [Fierce] option. Fixed in v1.13.
• Scrambled if-statements in the Unicorn Clearing. Fixed in v1.13.
• Unusual spaces between variables and punctuation. (most) Fixed in v1.13.