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On the off-chance that you're making a list, I can be a pretty meticulous tester and I'm definitely a meticulous explorer of your games, at least all of the ones I've played so far. I can't tell you how many times I reset my skill points in this one. Gosh.

Honestly the whole "after the game is over" plotline reminded me of VCD in a good way. Seeing what the "hero(es)" had done before you got there was interesting, and seeing the implication of game design is really fun because of the way it gets you thinking and imagining what the game before you was like.

Yeah, it seems to work now, though I approached it delicately like I do with any bug, haha. Didn't trigger the flags until I was ready to do both, etc.

While we're reporting bugs, specifically the lizard response to Teli complimenting your snout, it has no icon and is titled "lizard;Harper"

I understand a lot of the character art was placeholder sketch, but I honestly like the vibe of Harper in particular being sketchy? Like she's there but not very solid, a force that's indistinct because of... well, you know why.

Pirate queen doesn't seem to notice whether or not I'm disguised after the first dialogue. I don't know if she's giving me different dialogue because she thinks I am disguised or because she thinks I'm not.

Also Reality Lowdown seems to not be getting counted? Either that or the other thing isn't.

Thank you for the behind-the-scenes insight! I'm glad that I was perceptive enough to pick up on some of that. Since I posted this I have very much become a good drone and can't get enough of Utilikin content. I've introduced quite a few of my friends to the series and their drones. Being a good drone also had an interesting impact on my life, but the details of that are a little too personal to share in a public comment. All in all, I'm immensely thankful for the world and mindspace you've shared in your games! I eagerly await the release of the next, and meeting Regular Horse and the lads, among others. 🧡

I've probably played this game, in parts or in whole, over fifteen times. I love it! One oddity I've noticed: If you have the context buttons up, you can't click on any other interactables at all. You must first click a non-interactive area to make the context buttons go away before you can interact with a new interactable.

The following critique is just my autistic brain digesting every tiny scrap and crumb that it can hoover up, so please don't take any of it negatively!

My greatest regret in life is that I cannot snuggle the [science twink] but I GUESS that becoming the [science twink] is a decent consolation prize.

It feels like the IRL "path" is the most canon, since it has more writing supporting the plot and because the Adjutant scene, to me, feels the most reasonable with that path. I wonder how true that is? After all, the SKY clan drone path doesn't really have you even talk to them.

Though the "spend your night" scenes (I picked Émile but not Aubrey, so if that is actually different, I apologize. Probably the only variation I haven't yet seen!) all do a good job of touching on the major themes; housing unusual people (and a small callback to Reset Day!), the space program subplot, being a [good drone]. Again, it seems like the "IRL path" with Dr. Xlookup (not forgiving you for not letting me KISS them!!) is still the ' 'most canon' ' since it has the most logical impact on plot.

I do like the way that all of the different drone choices influence the last scene(s). Like the specific differences, not just that there are differences, haha.

I dunno how to wrap this up. But I really like the IRL branch of the utilikin. I hope that I make a good [science twink].

Edit: I wasn't into drone content, despite having seen a lot. Now that you've fixed that, I'm blaming you for that too. 😈