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J’aime beaucoup cette idée du flash back initial, c’est une bonne idée!

PS: j’ai remarqué un S manquant à « les mains tremblantes » si je me rappelle bien

Avec plaisir, merci beaucoup à toi ! Ca fait du bien à créer et très plaisir de voir qu'ils sont appréciés !

Thank you again for playing it and enjoying it :)

UwU it's so great that you can relate with these! Oftentimes, I start with an idea (textmode art here) and I try to write different texts until one matches :3 It's fun! (and frustrating at times when you don't find a good idea while everything else is ready!)

Awww, so cool! That was my purpose, I'm super happy it was soothing!

thank you for enjoying this little one! ☺️

Thank you very much for playing it! 😊

That's an interesting reddit , thank you! A kinder version of the internet is very needed in my opinion, and sharing what we like and what is positive too. It's quite interesting that you relate to the placeholder message which is indeed the most open to imagination.

Thanks for sharing your feedback!

Hihi no worries! Yeah, it's already pushing bipsi pretty far actually :)

Hihi, thanks! Yeah I find it amazing how a simple gradient can change perception. Crazy isn't it? 

The music style of these games is often similar, that's right.

Thanks for enjoying it! I think it's my fav too!

Thank you for playing it! Relaxing for a minute or two is exactly the purpose of my games, I'm glad you liked it!

Thank you very much! I usually compose once the text is done and try to find if  both work well together 😅

Hello! Thank you very much for your feedback, it's always a pleasure to discuss topics that I like!

Discovering great artists and sharing them is one of my joy, so I'm super happy that you liked Lenka and Michael's art.

Seeing you enjoy my music really makes me feel that games are a great way to share it. I occasionally publish short albums online but I like it even more when the music serves a story and mood. Also thanks for trying to make something out of the dots!! :) 

The styles I was after for these letters drawing  are typewriters drawing and calligrams. You're right about ASCII art, sometimes subgenred as PETSCII for C64 characters for instance (which also include basic geometric shapes). Generally speaking, the "correct" term is textmode art. Great artists for these are Polyducks or MrMo who work with geometric-like characters.

 If you'd like to see me exploring this style, I suggest you'd check out my games Nature, Vignette of the ocean and No wizard where I worked with extra constraints.

No matter the choice, as a visual artist, I purposely select such crude representations to suggest rather than show, and let the player's imagination work. That's why graphics are particular in all my text-based games.

Thanks again!

Thank you so much!! I've completed yesterday an extended version with more places to explore and I'm excited to see if players would enjoy a longer stroll in the greenhouse (I  had suggestions for this). Once the extra art and longer music are completed, I will keep you  posted (should you want to try it)

Thank you so much! Haunting is a great compliment, I'm super happy that you felt this way!

Awww thank you very much! My goal is to bring happiness, I'm happy that it worked for you!

Awww thank you very much! I think it's very important to bring some happiness to the world, at least that's my goal. And similarly to take good care of oneself! So I find it great if you write to yourself as well!  When typing text for the game, I recalled this project  I came across 10 years ago (that is written in my description): Mysterious Letters by Lenka Clayton and Michael Crowe. I had great pleasure reading their letters and their tone clearly inspired me (I didn't copy them though! ;)). They are mostly funny and unexpected. If you like this style, I suggest you give an eye to their amazing work, it deserves it and hopefully will bring you a smile! :) Some works of Miranda July also have this feeling.

Maybe (shameless promotion here), you might enjoy playing my other games A cozy space capsule  and A changing greenhouse for a cozy vibe (and maybe they won't be your cup of tea at all :) !)

Thank you very much!! I try to bring happiness to the player and I'm very happy that you felt that! :)

Thank you very much! I am working on a extended version of the game with more content, I will keep you posted 😊

Oooh that's quite appreciated, thank you!

Thank you, I'm happy that you liked the touch of silliness, thanks for telling me!

Thank you very much! I'd really like to extend this game with more options.

The integration of "flashbacks/memories" is something I might reconsider though. They are supposed to trigger the reader's imagination but also introduce nostalgia, and I'm unsure about it. The most important for me is to convey this cozy feeling so I'm happy that you felt it!

Thank you for playing it and taking time to write your feedback, it's very interesting to get others' opinion. The touch of silliness definitively introduces an second tone, which I hope helps being too focus on our own feelings and gives something lighter. As you said, it's very player-dependent, and probably can also change over time :)

I might extend the game in the near future but for the time being, it's constrained to 500 words as expected in the game jam.

I like simple stories like that, and nice ending too!

Very cute little game, I enjoyed the atmosphere of it! The music fits very well too!
Oh I just noticed you've credited my hack, that's a funny coincidence! ;)
I've just posted my submission if you're interested too, this time with Twine and a custom style.

Awww this is too cute!!

Thank you! I love game jams, it's easy to complete something simple and enjoy the outcome!

Thank you! I like to improvise music when I need to relax and clear my mind, maybe that's what you're perceiving!

Haha, that was fun!

Thank you very much! I really wanted to convey this situation in a positive way! 

thank you!

Very polished game!

Thank you!!

Thank for enjoying it and trying all stories! :)

Thank you! 😊

Thank you!

Interesting parallel with life. I'd say knowing your destination upfront is important if you want to complete something, no matter what. Works great to reach goals! 

Not much for a whole life path though, as you can't control much of it 😄 

Oh sorry I misread your question 😊 I didn't have much time so I think maybe 4 hours? It's difficult to say. I wrote some starting ideas, but as English isn't my native language, I let chatgpt translate and expand on some content I didn't have the right words for. The way it writes isn't super interesting but it was fun to play with it  as a raw material. I'd say it writes not super interesting ideas with great wording 😁 It's a little bit difficult to explain but do you get the idea?

Also writing the text is one thing but designing the story structure is super important, so I used a graph for it.

I often do narrative games and it helps to know your endings earlier so that you can fill the steps to reach them.

Thank you for trying it and giving you feedback, that was interesting!