At a glance, the first thing that impressed immediately was the sound design and music quality. Camazule should be proud of the soundtrack they developed. Assisted by Bowser's editing in the "4 years" backstory section.
There's something very unique about this art style, too, even beyond the jam - using a handful of base colors (red/black) gives the VN a stark look while the red flower a smart choice. The custom GUI only enhances.
Cetus' storytelling commands attention. There were a few times where I felt the story could end and I would have been disappointed in its shorter length, but the motivations of Memento would have been clearer. The wolf seemed confident in his purpose but the ending unravels some of that, so I'm left wondering a bit. But this was a real thinker of a novel, either way - it couldn't have been easy to write something that examines so deeply the human condition.
There's very little to fault in this succinct package. Congrats on a great collab :)
Thanks for your comment - and that's a pretty accurate analysis! You'll encounter similar things in each route you choose, but the majority of the content in each route will be original to that route. Each one has to have a different sensibility to it, otherwise there's no point in writing so many different routes.
Thanks for the comment! I have good plans for Joel :D
And no worries; it is in the past. I don't have a full answer to your question, but it's something that happened and it gives me a purpose to work on (and complete) this project. Making a VN is a big effort, so we need a purpose for creating it. Nobody needs to experience trauma to write a good story, but for many people, writing is used as a healing mechanism. And healing emotional wounds is important to leading a beautiful life :)
