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A really cool project with many neat little ideas, with the crossbow with infinite ammos or the well of wishing. The controls are a bit clunky with a controller. I wanted to play with a keyboard and mouse for the better camera panning, but the game doesn't allow for rebinding inputs so I stuck with a gamepad.

I really like the vibe of the game, it reminds me a lot fo the old traditional 2D roguelikes. I would say the sprint consumes too much stamina, to the point of kinda ruining the pacing when you just want to explore and go from point A to B. But apart from that, it's a solid demo. I would live to see it fully completed.

Hi, not a participant of the jam but I really like this game so far. Hopefully you guys will continue developing it, or at least another similar game. I love point n' clicks and I hope to see more of them.

I'm stuck after powering down the generator from 87% to 0%. There's a monster outside that kills me no matter what I do. I have no idea what to do. Any help?

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A very cute game. The artstyle took some time to grow on me. It must have been the characters' proportions, but I wasn't a fan initially, even if I'm glad to see a more unique artstyle when most VNs nowadays look like carbon copies of each other.

My only complaint is that the romance takes quite a while to really kick off. It's obvious from the start that the main characters have the hots for each other, but the beginning of the story kind of drags on. There's a strange choice of sound effects during dialogue, that sometimes emphasizes the wrong sentences, like that wierd hit sound when characters talk from time to time. There's also a very brief gameplay sequence thrown in there, where the game tries to be an RPG-like turn-based combat system, but in my opinion, it's very unecessary and pretty worthless. I think the dev should rather remove it and focus exclusively on the romance in a traditional VN format.

But once you get to the sequence in the tavern, it's really good until the very end. I really like Mouton and Ours, and the theme the story conveys through them, like "You only make bad decisions in life once you stop endorsing them", and "don't dwell on the past, be happy with what you have and what you experienced in life". From that point on, the romance between Ajestremia and the MC becomes pretty sweet, and you can really feel the passion between these two characters. It's short-lived, and would have benefitted from a longer duration to flesh things out even more, but it's credible and it works. And the sex scene is really well-drawn, managing to be both cute and alluring at the same time.

Give it a shot, people. It's short, but it's good.

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Un jeu très mignon. Il m'a fallu un moment pour me faire au style graphique, je pense que c'était dû aux proportions des personnages. Je le trouve pas mauvais, bien au contraire, je suis content de voir un style plus unique dans un domaine où tous les jeux adultes sont des exactes copies sans saveur les uns des autres.

Le seul vrai problème que j'ai trouvé au jeu, c'est que la romance met un peu de temps à se lancer. On comprend dès le départ que les deux protagonistes se plaisent l'un et l'autre,  mais le début de l'histoire traîne un peu, avec des répliques redondantes et un choix étrange d'effes sonores qui accentuent les mauvaises répliques, comme ce buit bizarre que quelqu'un qui se fait taper dessus. Rien de dérangeant, juste un peu étrange.

Il y a aussi une implémentation basique d'un système de combat en tour par tour, mais personnellement, je trouve qu'il n'apporte rien à l'histoire. L'enlever et partir sur un roman visuel plus traditionnel permettrait de se focaliser pleinement sur la romance sans distractions qui pourraient nuire à l'expérience globale.

Mais une fois que l'histoire atteint le passage de la taverne, elle devient vraiment bonne. J'aime bien Mouton et Ours, et le message qui est transmis à travers eux, du genre "Les seules mauvaises décisions de ta vie sont celles que tu n'assumes pas", ou "ne sois pas fixé sur le passé, sois content de ce que tu as et ce que la vie t'a appris". Et c'est après ce passage que la romance devient vraiment bonne, où on sent vraiment la passion entre les deux protagonistes. Ca reste assez bref, et a aurait mérité un peu plus de temps pour travailler un peu plus leur relation, mais c'est crédible et ça fonctionne. Et la scène adult est vraiment bien dessinée, elle est colorée et mignonne tout en restant excitante à regarder.

Moi, je suis convaincu par ce premier chapitre, un peu court mais solide, à voir comment les suivants se porteront.

Just finished the game yesterday, I was quite pleased to see it was a completed game for once. I find the pixel art style pretty well done for the very few illustrations in the game. I think you could have spared some time to make simple sprites to help us visualize how th enemies look, but that's a minor gripe.

It was a fun experience, and it was nice to actually have some real RPG and combat elements in it instead of just a few choices in an otherwise kinetic text game. I was afraid the story would quickly branch out and become overly complex for its sake, but it's actually a fairly straighforward and self-contained story that's easy to follow.

I appreciate the fact that you unlock the sex scenes on winning the fights, unlike all those Japanese games where you have to lose and waste your time doing the fight again, which always was mind-boggling and unfun to me. Some scene are pretty tame in my eyes, but most of them are kinda hot, I liked them a lot.

I hope to see more games from you, as this one shows a lot of promise.