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I have a lot of thoughts about this game. (SPOILERS AHEAD)

I understand that this is mostly a metaphor for toxic friend groups and relationships. There are other people in the comments who have explained it a LOT better than I could (Kirby's Explanation is a good source). And there are a LOT of stories where it doubles as horror but also as a commentary... But I think that attempt here, is what makes the game falls flat.

The build-up was AMAZING. Genuinely eerie and sets up this air of mystery that I LOVE !!! Seeing the slow change in June's friends, the mysterious encounters, it was all very exciting. The scene of everyone walking out to see gave me intense chills. I was so ready to see what everything would build up towards, and then - it built up towards nothing.

I've seen other people say the Rachel made this with an open-end on purpose, but imo, this is TOO open ended. It doesn't answer any of the questions it sets up. The only thing it answers is why people were eating metal; to assumedly sink in the water. That's it. 

You might be saying, "but it's a commentary! The ending makes perfect sense with what it represents". And that's true! It completes the commentary side of the narrative, but not the actual STORY. It made me feel like everything the GAME's in-universe narrative set up didn't matter at the end. Which really sucks, because I was super invested in the mystery and the characters. 

This isn't to say I hate the game! I think it's great, but because it's so good, it makes me sad that the ending falls so flat (for me). It would be super cool to see this expanded on in the future.

Is there a way to look back at the CGs?

lol, then don't play. It looks like our MC is going to be at least a tween or young teenager considering the source material of Neverland. It'd be strange to have a young person be able to get with a gruff, 30+ y/o man.

!! For those trying to update without the launcher !!

I just deleted my original game and then re-downloaded the game. It kept my record and everything. Just go to your Library and re-download, you don't have to buy it again. The top file should say it's from only a few days ago, so that's the one you need to download. I did the exe. 

I love these series of games so much!! I'm so invested in your characters and their adventures. So excited for the next game <33

This seems like a really great game, but unfortuantely it's almost unplayable.. I barely got through day one. I have to mash the button many times before the option to interact with something will actually come up, and you have to be very finnecky about what tile the character is on or else it just won't work. This makes it almost impossible to play without getting all of the guests to leave early. Additionally, when I got to the Day 2 equip screen, no matter what button I pressed, I couldn't get the game to progress. 

I doubt that, at least on some level, since from the webcam, footage, we can see Orion was a real person at some point. The discheveled state of the room + the flies indicate there is probably Orian's deceased body laying around there somewhere.. I assume that after basically uploading his consciousness into the game, his real body was left to rot. Wether the person we talked to though was the /real/ Orion.. Who knows. (; 

This was incredible! I loved investigating the old computer. The story is really sad, but I loved it. I'm still curious about Orion though.. (SPOILERS!!) Judging from the webcam footage we saw, and the fact that Orion could type on the Otherworld chat the same alonegurl15 did, that means he did the ritual and he was still in the game right? Then how could he talk to us, but alonegurl15 couldn't talk to lawson or anyone else?? why did she act like she was alone if he was there? Very creepy to think about. I'd love to see another installation of this concept or world!! <33

This was really really well done!! It had great mood and immersion, and I legitimately felt sick when the "classmates" started being, well to avoid spoilers, weird. As someone else said, it felt like I was living a chatroom creepypasta! Will definitely be looking out for whatever else you guys make!!!

This is brilliant!!! I can't wait to see more from this game, and from you devs! 

This was great!! I made sure to get all the endings. The changes in art style kept throwing me off a bit, but it wasn't a big deal. I loved Damme's voice acting!! The story could be a BIT hard to follow sometimes, but I overall enjoyed it. I'm so so impressed that you made this in a month!! Can't wait to see more from you! <3

Here's some actual critique: This could be really well done, if there was more directions. I was there for a while wandering the entire map because I didn't have any hint of what I was supposed to do once I woke up for the first time. Secondly, you can kind of tell there was some sort of story you wanted to tell..? But you didn't really get much of it other than "cult". Just a bunch of random, creepy encounters, which sort of bugged out sometimes. Otherwise it's a great first game :D

OH MY GOD, I LOVED THIS!! I absolutely fell in love with our adorable little mint!! The mother-son relationship (even with the gross stuff) is so cute!

I hated that. I really hated that ToT (as in I was scared shitless lmao). At the end tunnel sequence I started crying!! You really know how to make a scary game, well done!

Personally, I didn't really like it? The description made it seem like there was a story, but there wasn't by the time the monster is introduced. Would've liked to know what granny and gramps were doing and what the monster has to do with them lol. Also, the RUN scenes were a little too sudden and intense for me personally, with the loud music and shaking camera. Excited to see what you do next though.

I can only really get the ending where Psyche doesn't get to be with Eros/Or accepted and is alone... if I try to do something else, It ramps up the loneliness WAY too fast and then I have to spend a bunch of crunch time to ease the loneliness, and building up curiosity is very hard. Even on the third playthrough, when skipping thru all the dialouge, it feels hopeless to get a good ending.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS!! I am in love with your character!! Please, do more things with him, my heart can't take it T^T <333