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So glad you liked him! Thank you for playing!

Thank you for playing! We'll keep in mind your preference since other players were also requesting that, but we're glad you were still able to enjoy the story!  We won't be having a kickstarter, but we gladly accept donations (in exchange for name on the credits) and we post quarterly devlogs so you can keep up with our progress. Thanks and have a great day!

There're only two endings: normal and happy ending. Fluff and crack are the game's mood/theme overall. 😁

This is my favorite game of yours, Pri! I love Parker's personality and design so much! (that voice too!) I love how polished and high-quality this is. My only issue would be the glossary (like there are too many words that I need to read their definition first before I understand what they mean -- I'm a bit impatient about that, but I understand that it's for world-building purposes. It's just me having to speed run every game I could play due to lack of time and busyness lol) Anyway... I SO SO LOVE THIS.  Like.. I'm inspired! I'm hooked! Your writing's improving as I've played your previous games too.  I'm going to keep tabs on this one. Super awesome work! ^^

Thank you for playing! 😊

Glad youre charmed by the MC! Thank you for playing! 😊

I love this game. The graphics are superb, the plot is simple yet has sweet and cute moments. The picking of cards is so cool too. Thank you for making this game!

Thank you for playing! I'm glad it made you think of gamedev on a deeper level! ^^ Commercial, meaning the full game will be a paid version!

Hehe thank you for playing! ❤️

OMG. This is my personal favorite so far from the submissions. GREAT WORK!!! 👏👏👏 I got Atlas (Soul #3333). He's a cutie! I'm going to try romancing the other routes but this is so great already. I actually got a bit emotional while playing it. Thank you for this game! 🫡

Hi. Yes, but you can't turn it off in this demo yet. You can volume down the voices tho (but it will include all of the voices) 🙂

Hi. No, it's a straight girl MC.

Hehe thank you for playing! 

Omygawd... The title really lives up to its name... Reminds me of DDLC but this is more infuriating lol. I was wearing headphones the first time I played it (with 8% volume for my PC and 100% default music volume for the game). Yet, my ears still weren't safe from the impending doom of the sound effect🥹. Loved the concept, the crashes, the missing petal errors, the glitching of choices... until she typed soooo slow (damn you, Violet!)🥹 It doesn't even have a skip function sdsjfdsgjskfjs.  Overall, this is a creative take on breaking the 4th wall concept for the worst VN game jam. Just be prepared to bring a looot of patience.

Thank you for making this. Honestly, I'm recently feeling this way too, vulnerable through my writing (I experienced writer's block due to this in the first place because I didn't want to appear vulnerable), overthinking if someone would like my work and all... It's such a timely game for my situation so I really relate to it. This game motivates me to continue writing. Sorry to say but this is not the worst vn ever lololol Also, I love the different art you used. I think that's the funniest part (the art). Even involving Ryan Gosling made me crack laughing lol . Overall, I love this game!! Especially when I'm also making a game about making a game ._. hahaha  Mark Brown, thank you for the wisdom. Also love the meta in here. 

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I'm glad you enjoyed it! Good luck with your project too! Thank you for the support 😊

thank you for playing! 😍😍😍

Sorry to hear it became too realistic and too coincidental for you 😂 still, I'm glad you had fun playing it. ♥️

Tysm for the kind words! I'm glad the sense of humor is to your liking ♥️

Hehe. Thanks for playing! 😊

Hehe glad you enjoyed it 🫶 thanks for playing!

Thank you for not giving up on the game, Miss Xero! I started playing the full game but haven't finished yet. Really missed Thane so much. <3 <3 <3 Please take good rest! You deserved it!

I was falling in love with Edmund due to his character design but only to be cut short by the twist (dammit!) Short story with an open ending. And you've done all of this in 5 hours? Amazing! Love this kind of story <3 Good job!

Late. But hard-coding the mc_name worked for me.

First of all, THIS IS AMAZING! You know when you eat something and it leaves an aftertaste? It's this! Anyway, ahem. As usual, great work with the graphics, music selection, writing... but the thing that stoked me the most here is the mood and the emotion depicted by the story and the writing. I ALMOST CRIED for Nelli's and Raku's background if it wasn't for the gore (which I'm very weak at -- hence I wasn't able to cry lol). The way how you shown careful writing with the dark themes, making the player feel as if they're in the characters' shoes... really shone through. I appreciate the whole explanation like "Oh, so thats why they took Computer Science" (was it the same course from the Karamu? pls correct me if I'm wrong; and how Raku likes games!) That "Oh, so that's why he said that she was gentle with spiders", and stuff like the origin of his yandere persona. IT'S SO AMAZING. He's the most lovable yandere ever. I love him so much. Thank you for making this! (btw I hate Raku's mother and Nelli's father... but I hate Raku's mother more becoz she hurt baby Raku the most 😭 -- I'll just imagine that she somehow gets what she deserves lol)

I've been laughing so hard *fart* 

This is so good! I love the concept, love the gameplay (those glitchy2 fart buttons are funny af and adds challenge w/c is a good addition!) , love the humor, the music really reminds me of Ace Attorney (its so funny when the music suddenly becomes attorney-ish; it's like the mood has suddenly become serious for this fart argument lol), the art is clean & consistent (I especially love the background image and this jock's character design), UI is simple and easy to read, and I love it! Only thing missing is the skip and save features but I don't mind replaying it all over esp. if it's something good like this! I'd like to see more games like this. Great job!!! To think that this was for the Global Game Jam, you did great! 👏👏👏 Thank you for making this!

Thank you! Glad you loved it! 😀

I love this game! Hopefully there are routes huhu. I love the 4th wall sense of humor. The part where Sol also revealed that he knows everything, especially when he can finally touch the MC's hand and not be separated by a screen made me cry. As a fangirl who loved different fictional characters, this hits differently! I really really want to play each of their routes if they exist.  *sighs* Oh well, adding Sol, Cherne and Velderald to my list of husbandos! Great game! Great art! Great humor! Thank you for your hard work!

This is so cute!!! What I like the most from this game is the writing. It's sooooo good. I got Harper but I like Lennox the best. Zorion is funny too and I'll probably play him first (aside from Lennox whom I think is a secret route. Ahem. Hot best friend with glasses ftw) The art is so cute and polished in my opinion. I like how the whole art direction meshes into a pink hue. The background images are well-picked, as well. Also loved that the whole story connects to books, a must-read for a book lover! The choices are decent, as well. Overall, it is wholesome and cute. I would play the full game because of the fluff. I was supposed to play this during Otome Jam season but just finally got the time to play it now. Great work! Looking forward to the full game ^^

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Hi. This is actually symbolism. Earthquake refers to breakdowns, snow melting into flood meant tears from being in a cold and lonely place. A still liquid adjusting to its mother frame, plus the ripples are metaphors of the consequences the protagonist had faced due to his/her decisions by fitting in the container you belong to (or making others dictate your life). The fine part was an error due to my proofreading tool auto-correcting it that I didn't notice (it's meant to be 'hot chocolate that's fine' - meaning instead of hot chocolate, the protagonist has wine lol thanks for pointing that out, will fix it in next update). Overall, they're emotions turned into a catastrophic scenario. A story about meltdowns (or a depressive episode, in short) turning into a heart-melting future through your choice of getting help from drowning. And yes, English is my second language. I attempt to make it into something like an oration type of writing but had very little time to make it better. Thank you for the feedback! I do expect it to be confusing for many. And I appreciate you commenting on your thoughts! Thank you for playing! 😁

Glad you liked it! Glad you also found the MC relatable 😊 Thank you for playing!

yes there is a number of times you need to hit it, we'll try to lessen down the count for the next update (Sept. 26th)

Understood. Then, we'll consider adding it here as well. Thank you very much for the input. 😊

Congrats on the huge leap Pri! I feel this SO much. As long as you have the chance to redesign the stock sprite, DO IT! It will help you in a number of ways including legalities,  possible expansion of the game and for yourself! Be damn free and don't limit your creativity! I'm so glad for you!!! 🥳. Thank you for this devlog! It's so inspiring.  ❤

We'll consider that as we study the pricing for itch. Thanks for the input! Good to know there are some who still wants to purchase from here. 😊

hi! Yes.  https://izumigamesdev.wordpress.com/2022/06/07/hertstrings-visual-novel-walkthro...

Raku's family??? Oooohhh 👀 Interesting! Wonder how the spider family would react to their relationship.

Thank youuu <3 (I believe you also commented before tysm!)

Haha, glad you loved it! Also, glad you liked Alex's voice hehe 💖