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Played this at a friend's house! The set up required is surprisingly "elaborate", if only because one of us only has a PC that cannot be moved :,) Incredibly fun though, generated a lot of fun moments. I almost broke his blinds and he shot me with a bb gun.

10/10 Incredibly accurate American simulator experience.

Thank you for the detailed rating!!! We really appreciate your feedback :] Hope to see you try it again when the full game is released!

Thank you so much!! :D Excited to make more!

Thank you for trying our game!

Thank you for playing! ^_^ I'm glad you enjoyed it. We'll be sure the horrors are horroring on release!! :)!

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The setup is very scary! Getting snowed in and the looming threat of a murderer on the loose had me quite tense the whole way through. However the final fight wasn't all that hard, since I had to fight like 5 different wild animals before I got there XD Joan is a battle hardened girl at that point!

I think the combat would be a lot more scary and tense if the character doesn't heal immediately after an encounter ends, so I have a reason to manage my resources instead of spamming attack like a maniac... Well, I did play as Joan so I imagined a neat little scenario in my head, you gotta love when girls are allowed to do violence!

There is a bug that occurs whenever you try to escape a random encounter and fails... It gets stuck on the next turn but no text appear, and you can't move or do anything. I had to reload my save whenever it happens, and ended up just spamming through combat instead of escaping later on.

In all, I think this game has a lot of potential! I think it'd be very scary if the combat aspect were adjusted, but overall it's a very neat short game. :D Good job!

I believe I ran into a similar issue!  after the first text sequence, it says "Loading Error... Failed to Load: img/characters/!Doors.png". This is on the browser version, I'll be sure to try it out with a downloadable version when I get to chance on a windows computer :,)!

I loved the combined genre of visual novel and mini game elements! it's a fun and creative use of the engine. The art and character designs are fun and colorful! Very fun short game, took me about 20-30 minutes for one run through, but I had fun going back and explore all the other endings and it took longer :,3!

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In terms of horror, I think it's safe to say I'm quite haunted by someone's Golden Cheeks XD

I think there might be a bug in the diagnosis scene? I tried to see what would happen if I intentionally messed up, and I believe I trapped myself in an eternal loop of failing to diagnose poor Heather of her illness :,)

Love the ending! I quite enjoyed Psychemis as a character, really hoped she'd play a bigger part in the story, but I'm glad she got a nice ending regardless! Good work everyone!

I really loved the presentation of the game! The scratchy hand drawn map is very fun to look at and very spooky to explore, and I love the little guy. It's just a little guy! Gotta love a little guy!

I got a little bit stuck so I'll be returning to it later, but I really enjoyed the parts I did get to! I really loved the creative take on the theme, and I'm very curious about the various characters as well... It's a shame I couldn't figure out how to talk to them :,)!

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I really took my time to try and figure out the wine puzzle and tried out a variation that I think make sense..? my thought process: dessert wine = rose (because of rosé), red and white for gut and bone, blue for moonlit... Though I guess purple does not exactly fit for "warm"...! I will get back to this again, though I believe I accidentally trapped myself out of the secret passage after going through it too many times.

Thank you for your review! :]

We wanted to have a released version before the deadline, which in retrospect meant things aren't as polished as we would've hoped, and the extra scene that played with the transmute mechanic more didn't make it either, even if the mechanic is built... :,) Hopefully an extended demo can be released before rating period ends, but I can only say it tentatively because I've been forced to go on a break ahaha. 

Unfortunately the horror and the theme is a bit slow building so it will only really come into effect in the final game...  but we hope you'd give it a try when it is! Thank you for hosting the event, we all had a lot of fun and learnt a lot too.

Thank you so much!!! :]

i love you haunted mirror 10/10 would go into crippling debt again

I played it, and it left me emotionally compromised for the evening...(in a positive way!!!) I've been looking forward to this for weeks and it gave me the exact feelings I know it would! It's well paced, the quips are fun, the art is incredible... And of course the story heart-wrenching. I love all the characters and all the details about them that's discoverable between conversations! I haven't yet find the other two endings, but right now I definitely want to process it for a while, aha. ouchie.

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My favourite bit was the one where you walk back and forth single-filed and Siff comments on missing human contact but tries hard to get some without asking for it out right. That really hit hard. God, please, someone hug this caring little friend. They need it so much.

What a lovely game!! You're incredible at using colors and making pixel style artwork. A fun treat with wintery vibes ^^ I look forward to see more from you!!

i ran the game on my mac with wine just fine! what a sweet and lovely game!! i love cute rpg where i get to help everyone out! i loved the atmosphere of the game, limited palette is my JAM!!

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just one criticism, the clue on the mayor's house is really a little difficult, i really wish there was an option that lets you review the clues! had to look in the comments for the final three digits ;;

the only thing that stopped me from going through a perfect run on my first go was my clumsiness as i bought more spaghetti than i was needed, and ended up not being able to afford the toys to make the princess happy... that will go to the regretful whole food purchases;;

i restarted the game and used pickles to get a perfect run! i can't wait to see more of your work, and pip's backstory!!

also my favourite characters are harold and jolene... they're so cute together!! and the Rare Happy Artist. and the 32 years old princesses servant? i love all the character designs, they're all like perfectly huggable plushies!! >_<;; i really hope to see a conclusion to the couple that deals with swimming dilemmas (hope they worked things out...)

incredibly cute game!!! however i collected 10 moonflowers and thomas froze before i could reach the star prince :C i had to replay the game since there wasn't a save option;;; but other than that?? this is so very adorable!! i love the character designs... what a peaceful game!

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it was the first time for me playing games running on an engine like this, so it was a little confusing. i'm pretty sure i only figured out i have to write reports after half a month :,) but the rest of the game is so very sweet and heartwarming, and the music was charming. <3