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Aww thank you!! Your comment means a lot to me <3

I'm planning to make a remastered version of this game in June this year with better writing and better image qualities:) And yes I have quite a few game ideas in mind that I hope to make in the near future!

Hi Kawaii Panda, you like it? :)

Thanks so much Ggggf! Your comment means a lot to me <3 <3

To be honest with you I struggled a lot during that one month jam on developing this game, there were so much I wish I could achieve, as soon as it was done, I knew I need to make a remastered version of it 😅 

Currently I have to work during daytime and in the spare time I’m doing an online course on music making. Around June I should be able to wrap up the course and personal life stuff, I’ll work on a remastered version of this game! There will be big expansions on the story, for example, in this game I felt apologetic to Brannan as he isn’t really the big bad guy, but due to the length of the story, he appeared to be the only villain against the protagonists. The graphic, UI and lots of other bits and pieces I really want to improve on. 

I have the ambitions to bring more stories in my head to life! But I want to take one step at a time, the remastered version of this game will be my main focus this year:) please look forward to it!

Awww you’re so sweet <3 <3 <3 thanks a mil for your support!! Yes please look forward to the remastered version of this game! 

Btw I’m hoping to see more game reviews on your YouTube channel, keep up the good work! I think your clear confident voice and the interactions between you two work really well there :) 

Thanks so much for the play/review of this visual novel! I had lots of fun and laugh while watching you two going through the story last evening XD 

My favourite part is the reactions, comments and critism you guys made there, I'm planning to do a remastered version of this little jam work this year (around June), so these feedbacks are exactly what I wanted! Especially when it's coming from someone who have experience in making visual novels <3 

(If you're interested in my responses to the critisms, here are my replies, otherwise feel free to ignore them!)

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It might be disappointing to admit but some of the flaws I was already aware during the one-month jam, they were unfortunately intentional choices due to my very limited capacities, as I only had max 3hr per day. To be honest at the end I wasn't happy with the overall quality of the game, I didn't believe it could really reach to that many people. It's absolutely delightful to hear any feedback:')

My no.1 priority was to deliver this visual novel in time, so I implemented some "smart" hacks to speed things up, one seemed work really well (eg. painting over copyright free photos for background arts), the others appeartly were epic failures (eg. using side-characters rather than full body ones, telling over showing, all these things that didn't require me to spend too much time).

I really appreciate one thing you pointed out as the "format" of visual novel writings -- I have read several visual novels but couldn't believe this never occurred to me as something important to apply to my work. Definitely will keep it in mind!

Romance wise I'm 100% with your opinion. There is a sterotype in otome games that needs the female protagonist to be somewhat bland and inactive, it's easier for some readers to self-insert themselves in the game. Again this sterotype was working for me during the jam for the sake of time-saving. But personally I prefer the female protagonist with personalities as I usually don't self-insert. That's another item on my TODO list for the remastered version:) 

Thank you!! <3 <3 <3 

Same to you my dear player, I hope you also have fun to enjoy many games in your free time this year!

Yeah that's a very fair point! Again I really appreciate all the detailed feedbacks!!! <3

Usually a story consists of 3 elements:

• Characters
• Plots
• World building

As you pointed out in this and the first posts, in this story I didn't do enough writing on the world building, it's only natural that it failed to help the readers explore the world and ensure we're on the same page:) That will be one of my goals in the remastered game to fix this issue in addition to clear some loose ends in the plots! 

I might have some free time around June this year to start working on it:) Currently I'm studying a music composing course in the spare time, the course will finish around April. 

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Since you mentioned it, if you are curious -- the fairytale is more or less a sugarcoated version of the real history of that kingdom. You might notice that the endings of Miss Witch in the past are very different:

• In the fairytale: Miss Witch married Prince Aidan and they lived happily ever after.
• In Brannan's memory: Miss Witch was burned on the stake, he didn't mention what happened to Prince Aidan but he never liked him. 

Aww thank you so much Lavender for playing my game and making a youtube video! I'm so happy to hear you like Kael, he is a cute boy even I treasure him <3

(Brannan is also a very nice boy! I didn't manage to give Brannan some spotlights this time, someone has to be the villian... so sorry Brannan! That has to be your job this time! But I swear I'll do justice for you next time)

Also appreciate your comments on the music! I didn't expect that, these are copywrite free music I borrowed from other artists, I'm hoping to make my own music for this game this year (after finishing my music composition courses around April), I'll keep your comments in mind, hope I can craft music of similar vibes:))

I'm planning to work on a "remaster" version of this game (with better story-telling and graphics), and if time allows hope I can continue on more chapters. Please look forward to it! <3

Hey Narnia! I want to say thanks a million for writing down these feedbacks for this game, I'm absolutely hounoured to hear it! The passion behind these words thrilled me:)) 

You are not the only one who had provided similar constructive feedbacks, and as author I'm also fully aware that I had squeezed too many plots & foreshadowing in this short 12000 words story -- I had a much bigger story in mind AND too short time to write them down (I only had 10 days I could allocate to the story-writing during the 1 month game jam). 

Enough of the excuses:P I want you know that I'm grateful for whoever who spent time reading it and even more time writing down feedbacks! That includes you <3 While I appreciate sweet and generous comments, I also love to hear criticism as I have these concerns in mind as well, your feedbacks help me to validate that I'm not just imagining things.

On a seperate topic since you have mentioned it a bit...

I probably should write a post, life is messy and busy I'm still trying to figure out how much time I could spend on the game this year -- my next goal is not to work on the second/third chapter following this game, but to work on a "remaster" version of this game, aka chapter 1, that would involve:

-  rewriting the story for progressively revealing the plots (not like telling a story in a rush this time)

- working on new character art/background art/CGs (to be honest, this bothered me the most), and 

- composing my own music instead of using copywrite free musics. 

- better marketing!

Please look forward to it! 

Again, thanks so much for your feedbacks!! I'll keep them in mind for the next game development:)

oh no worries! I hope u can enjoy the game on your android phone:)

Thank you ursweettalks!! 

Have you heard about otome games as a game genre? They are usually games with anime art styles where you can date male (sometimes female) love interests:)

And I’m so happy to hear you like these characters! Due to time constraints of the game jam, I wasn’t able to develop the game to its full potential, but I’m planning to work on a remastered version of it in the future, that will also include giving more depth for Brannan <3 

Again thanks so much for your feedback!! 💕

aww thanks for your lovely comment Nahryla! <3 so glad to hear you enjoyed this little game!

Kael is lovely isn’t it? :)) He brought in so much joy when I wrote the story! And Brannan the handsome haha, yeah I admit he deserves more spotlight, one of my top priorities for the remastered version of this game is to write more about him! <3

And I do plan to expand the story into more episodes where we’ll dive deep into miss witch’s past and her true name (big plot here!).

Please look forward to the future development! 💕

WitchsCurse-1.0.1-android.apk is available now!

Oh sure! It’s easy for me to do an android build. It should be all good but I don’t have an android phone to double check it, let me know if there’s any issue occurred and I’ll do my best to address them:)

Thank you Mondlicht! <3

Your comment brightened my day! I’m happy to hear that you enjoyed the game;))

Thank you Mondlicht! Your comment made my day!

You definitely nailed the idea of the game🥰 yeah it’s kind like who you want to be, April or Miss Witch? Or like what you said there, “personal happiness” supported by Kael vs “greater goods” supported by Brannan. 

I wish I had the time to give these CGs better qualities but I’m so glad to hear your thoughts:) 

I hope you enjoy the game! 

If you have any feedback please don't hestitate to reach out to me either by leaving a comment here or if you are a bit shy, feel free to talk to me directly @lin_8948 on discord :)

Hello, everyone! I'm aware that some of you have already played this little game, and I want to say you have my heartfelt gratitude for that! <3

Thanks to @Sthelen and others we found a few typos in the game which might impact player experience, I made an updated version of the game (v1.0.1) for those who haven't played it yet:)

(btw I have checked the rules in the community, looks like uploading a new version is allowed during October as the judges have already downloaded all the builds)

Thank you friendlybard! So happy you enjoyed it! 

I will make a post about future plan in November:)

Aww thank you Techno! <3 

Yes there were so many regrets during the short one month development and so many things I wanted to tell my readers about April, Kael and others （>﹏<）

Please look forward to the future games of Witch's Curse!

Glad to know, thank u!

Thanks Sthelen! Also really appreciate all the feedbacks you gave on Reddit:)

aww thank u! Could I ask who’s your favourite character? I’m really curious :)

Hi Sam! Just checked your portfolio, they are amazing! 

woohoo! Keep up with the good work! 

I'm thinking exact the same, also because it's easy to export to html game