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YOU, YEAH, YOU. I SEE YOU CHECKING THE COMMENTS PRE-DOWNLOAD. PLAY THE GAME. IT'S GOOD. DO IT. 

Anyway, I played the whole game in like 3 hours after downloading it and after finishing everything this is THE visual novel of 2024 and everyone who loves murdersims and funky little guys should play this game. 10/10 want to play this for the first time all over again. 

Thanks for the unending trauma I hear this laugh in my nightmares

Connie, once again you knocked it out of the park with this. The amount of effort you put into your projects is awe-inspiring. Coding all of the albums and achievements and redoing all the buttons must have taken forever. I always find little details about your work to obsess over and this time it was definitely the text boxes. It all feels ripped straight from a golden-age comic in the best possible. 

The art style for this is also amazing! You mixed your normal painterly style with comic book art so well. The ben day dots and different streaks of color add to this very immersive world you've built. Binary Star's design is so reminiscent of heroes like Superman while also being very distinct in its own way. And the parallax images max it feels like you're looking at the page of a comic book and trying to take in all the little details.

Alright, I'm gonna get into some spoilery stuff now.

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I went into this not expecting it to be a Yandere game. I didn't look at the tags and the shiny comic book finish just made me think it was going to be a normal superhero-type visual novel. Oh boy was I wrong...  Ray is such a great character who feels very grounded in the reality he lives in. He does a great job of not seeming like a yandere until it's too late. And the ending did a good job and showing such a wide range of possibilities. Though I will say the good ending and after story for it remains my favorite. 

The idea of him actually trying to be better and not just locking the mc up is very nice. Though you can still see him falling into bad habits and wanting to keep them in his condo. I'm also very glad the after stories exist, it gives such a good idea of the funny little hijinks or the shitty conditions that the player finds themself in (speaking of which fuck double I'm taking his fingers away). 

And of course, Z just decided to show up in the achievements and be the bastard (affectionate) he is. I'm so excited to see what you continue to do with favor and any other projects you decide to pursue because you always make such great work.  

This game came at a very appropriate time for me. I had recently joined a new discord server with ppl I now consider dear friends of mine and this just reminded me of them. The dialog felt oddly natural and I found myself saying what my mc would say before it even popped up on the screen. Toasty by far has my favorite route tho, as someone who has been very change-adverse the themes of that route hit me hard, but in a good way. I played this to make myself feel better so despite the completionist in me, I refuse to get any of the bad endings. I'm excited to see what you do next!!

As per usual Hermit's work is amazing, the art and character design are on point. Max feels like a fully fleshed-out character even if we only see him for a short while. I look forward to seeing what you continue to do with his character. This is a great game and I would recommend it to anyone.

Thank you so much for letting me know btw sorry my game is so buggy its my first time using renpy

I just found out about it it was working on my end hopefully it's fixed now

Thank you so much for letting me know I'll make sure to get that taken care of! It's nice to see people are enjoying my game.

I found you through your Tumblr blog and proceeded to go on a binge of all your games. The way you create atmosphere and tension in your games is amazing and your art style is so loose and painterly paired with the colors you choose just makes everything a visual pleasure to play. Keep up the amazing work and know you inspire other game makers and artists with your work!