Looks like the dev supports A.I art now, since they have a section for it on their discord.
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This is a surprisingly well thought out game, with well-written dialogue that had me chuckling quite often while also making the characters feel alive, and an rpg battle system that doesn't feel like it's tacked on!
I really look forward to seeing the game in its finished state, since it feels unlike any other.
edit: Though my only complaint is how nearly every woman is sporting a D cup or bigger. I get that more people enjoy large+ breasts, but it'd be nice to see some more average or smaller sizes too.
edit2: The Umbral Labyrinth is bullshit. It's one thing if there's hidden traps, but a significant amount of them are just "hey, eat shit, we don't care what your stats are" and a static one that makes you lose 1 spirit with zero counterplay possible, needing to pass through it to progress. The fights with the bosses there expose the flaws of the combat system pretty heavily, with a hidden dice roll that modifies initiative each round, leading to my character that had a focus in technique (which is one of the bigger influences on initiative) going last half the time.
At this point, it feels like the game expects you to have a massive amount of health, what with it being nearly impossible to actually resist status effects (and hilariously, most bosses ignoring any immunities you get after they wear off/are cured).
I really hope at the very least the traps for the dungeon get rebalanced, along with some of the battle mechanics getting reworked, since it's really unfun to have bosses just go "no." and ignore some of the biggest ones as the norm, rather than one or two that have it as part of their gimmick.
1. I..actually missed the part that said I could only play it once. Though I tend to answer questions in games a lot more closely to how I would in reality.
2. I didn't really envision a gender for Sal in my mind, but Ash I envisioned as a kindly 50 year old male with a neatly trimmed mustache, balding head (as in the only remaining hair being at the sides, with the crown bare) and average build, with a slight southern twang to their accent (I think my mind basically made him look + sound like the doctor from the start of fallout new vegas)
3. My choices leaned more towards being direct to Ash, though when it came down to the choices as to 'why' you felt that you couldn't love him, I wasn't too sure what I wanted to pick. I ended up picking the 'lack of a body' choice partly because I have an immature sense of humour and partly because getting into the headspace of Sal, it felt like that might be one of the big things they would concern themselves about. Ultimately I chose that 'I' didn't want to have a body. The dialogue for this portion was really well thought out and intelligently written I found.
4. I didn't find anything wrong with this beyond the music being way too loud/not having a way to mute it. I'm a little ambivalent about how I felt about the game, but it was pleasant enough that I wanted to see how it all resolved (Sorry, I hope none of this came off as negative, I just didn't develop a strong opinion about it).
5. Well, it was interesting to read, but I didn't have any real emotional reaction to it beyond not wanting to hurt Ash's feelings.
6. Hmm, well that's up to you really. This story is one of your worlds, an expression of a part of you and your experiences. It's a bit of a cop-out for me to say this, but write what you're passionate about and want to write.
7. Honestly, without the context with the rest of the world this is in and the state of rights for true, sentient A.I, it's impossible to say for sure. One day Sal might just have the plug pulled on them, or Ash might be laid off, etc. There are just too many hypotheticals to say which way this would go (though, you can probably see I'm a tad jaded/biased from my examples)
8. There isn't much I can think of to say, beyond it being an interesting read. So, thank you for this!