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Thank you so much Sutch! It's such a joy to get comments like this! I am happy to report you'll get at least 2 more games this year in the series - maybe 3 🥹

Thank you so much for playing! I appreciate all the comments I recieve ✨

Thank you so much for the lovely feedback and playing the game!

I wanted to punch the King in the mouth as I was writing him, being mean to Sean, Morrigan and Robert is just unacceptable. 😂

The voice actors did such an incredible job too. Ryan playing Sean AND The King And Robert is just so mind blowing to me. 🙇 Also Lauren peppered Morrigan with plenty of sass, they're incredible too 🫶

Sean, Morrigan and Robert are such a lovely found family. 🥹

Thanks again. 

Waaa thank you so much. I feel like 'do you like sweets' probably feels way less intense when played second 😂 

Absolutely giving credit for Manni who was a fantastic VA adding all the spoopy vibes. 

I also loved how sensible your playthrough was too, I've seen so many people want to open the box - if I were in the situation, I'd have done the same as you and yeeted myself out of there! 

Thanks again for bringing a smile to my day 🥹

Thank you ever so much for your playthrough! I really enjoyed watching your reaction! You're destined to be a good pupil for Cru-chan, you picked the right answer first! Thank you so much for checking it out 🙇

🥹🥹🥹 Thank you so much Cryptid, I always love your playthroughs. You noticed Sean's flowers in the kitchen! that made me so happy as no one else had spotted the colours yet. I wanted them to really stand out, because it's a fantasy period piece, it was challenging to incorporate words and symbols of asexuality, the flowers felt like a fitting way to do so. 

I'm so happy you enjoyed all the characters too! Well aside from Tier, as hateful and bitter as he is, you can see his paranoia and fear of things he doesn't understand, and I think this story really sets the scene for how irrationally driven he is in 'looking like a wilful King' rather than actually listening to his people. 

All the Folklore stories are going to link together in the future, and I'm really looking forward to that moment. That little box is causing so much intrigue 🎁

Thanks once again - it's so lovely to read your comments and watch your playthroughs 

Thank you so much 🙇 I hope you enjoy your time with the Crooked Man (Cru-chan to his friends). And there's a big game with him and the creature coming out next year 👀 

Thanks again! 

Thank you so much for playing! I really enjoyed watching your playthrough! (He's such a sussy guy...that creature man, isn't he?) 

I'm a solo dev so I was really happy to hear you liked the writing and arting... The Voice actors are absolutely amazing, massive kudos to them.

:) If you want to find out how the Crooked Man became your mentor...well ;) here's the tea! https://seraten04.itch.io/do-you-like-sweets
The Crooked Man, The Creature and your journey as his apprentice is going to carry on with more games coming out this year! :D

Thanks again :)

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Thank you so much for the kind words and the playthough, I can't wait to watch it back 🥹

Manni blew it out of the park with his voice acting ✨

The pair will get a full length game all about them in the future - with Jack and Jill featuring! 🙊

Thanks so much once again. I really appreciate it 🫶

Hi Mari, 

Thank you so much for playing 'Inside the box' and leaving a comment, I really appreciate it. ❤️

It was a fantastic game! I loved the CGs at the end of the routes too! They were gorgeous ❤️

Can't wait to play more games that you make and see what comes next 🥹

Thank you so much for playing Berin, I really appreciate it! I've followed your Twitch and I'll definitely check out that stream (although I'm going to play some of the Nanoreno entries too (Aftertaste looked really good so I'm excited to play it!), so I'll try not to spoil myself aside from my own entry). 

I hope the prequel is enjoyable - it was my first solo entry of 1000 words, so I think it's a good start but I'm learning as I go :). Crooked's big game is coming in the next year or so, I'm really excited to share that story with people.

Thank you again for taking the time to leave a comment :)

Thank you so much for your comment Chatter - I'm so glad you enjoyed the experience and I really appreciate all of the feedback :)

I was opening so many cans of worms and I was like 'NO STOP, STOP IT YOU'RE OPENING TOO MANY' and then I eventually realised that because I was learning lots of new things, I wanted to focus on making it a smallish but rich experience. I'm so glad that came through visually. The voice acting is absolutely superb, I'm so lucky and honoured that the VAs put so much into it.

I don't think we'll be away from that Crooked fella for too long...after all, his familiars can only do so much on their own ;)

Thanks again for playing.

:D yes indeed...and it's also a prologue for a future installment :)

Hi Hanako - thank you for your review. I have read it and I'll need to investigate the issue with the 2k res, thank you for bringing it to my attention and the fonts, I'll try to find out what is happening there. 

I'm sorry that you didn't really enjoy the ending of the story, I've learnt some lessons from that and probably should have been a little clearer that this is acting as a prologue to an upcoming title, but I realise I didn't really make much comment to that, and it was also a semi-sequel to 'do you like sweets' - I'll take that onboard for the future.

Thanks again for playing and for your feedback :)

Hi Bread! Thank you so much for playing! I'm glad you enjoyed the game ❤️

We'll find out more about the creature in some games I have coming up, but a little clue I can leave here ✨

Thank you so much for the playthrough and kind words. 🥹 I can't wait to watch it 👀✨

I have good news about Cru-chan and his familiars, you'll be learning a whole lot about them as they will get their own title... 'the man who isn't there' - which will serve to really join up some of the things we've learnt in the different parts of the series so far. Also the apprentice will be going on a little journey of there own and... I suspect they and John will meet again one day. 

The Voice acting was absolutely superb - I'll be sure to pass it along to them 🙇

Thank you again for your support in the series and I can't wait to share more of the story in the future with everyone. 

I'm so sorry, this is totally on me not explaining it well in the game guide. To get the trapped ending I have updated the game guide 🙇 apologies again. 

Thanks for such amazing feedback 🫶 I definitely need to send out for proof reading next time - because of the short timescales I think I could have done a little more QA on it - memo for next time. 

Also, the good news (?) Cru-chan is getting a big old game, this effectively serves as a prologue for that title (announcement on that coming sooonnn) 

The apprentice is also going to feature in adventures and will their paths cross again? 👀👀👀 Never say never 🥹🥹🥹

Any review and feedback is appreciated, never apologise 🙇

Thanks again ✨

I'm so sorry, this is totally on me not explaining it well in the game guide. To get the trapped ending I have updated the game guide 🙇 apologies again.

Thank you so much for checking out the game, I really appreciate it ✨

Thank you for playing ✨

I enjoyed all the endings (but was a sucker for 'a fresh start'

Thank you so much Meeka! I'm glad you enjoyed it and I can't wait to watch your playthrough as always 🫶

The voice acting is so superb. Credit to Manni, he did a stunning job. 

The creature will be delighted that you stayed for so long. Both he and Crooked will be back in more games, so I hope they're enjoyable as well 🙏

Thanks again 

Hi! Thanks for your comment. I've never done an android release, so I'll take a look into it, if it's possible, I'll try. 

Thank you so much for the comment. I really appreciate it 🫶

Congrats on getting all the endings also. Thank you for playing once again 🙇

Waaaa thank you so much 🫶 I'm so glad you like it. I appreciate your kind words 🙇🙇🙇🙇

I hope the sequel fulfils your expectations!

1000 word grumpy wizard simulator (is he a wizard? Who knows?...) 

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Hello, thank you for your message and apologies for the delay. This game was made in Tyranobuilder.

Ohhhh this is so exciting. Can't wait to play 👀

Not related by blood, but a found family (though Crooked would never say he's a parent!) they're a dysfunctional collective who have all probably eaten too many of the same confectionery goods 😂

Thank you so much for the comment! I really appreciate it! He's a mystery wrapped in an enigma, but I'm sure he'll charm his patrons one way or another. 🫶

Hello, thanks for your feedback. Unfortunately, we used an engine called Tyranobuilder and whilst I can understand the appeal for first time game devs (as we were when we made the game) - it doesn't have a good level of support in the EN version of the product and it was hard to get help. This is another motivation for us to move to Renpy for our future development. We really do appreciate your comment and hope we can provide all players with more accessible games in the future. 

Hello thank you for taking the time to comment. We created a Royal Duality audio drama due to the game engine that Royal Duality game not being accessible. We have learnt lessons from this, and moving forward all of our games will use an engine that allows for keyboard only access and screen-reader compatability. We are sorry that Royal Duality the visual novel is not accessible, but it's sequel is being developed in a more inclusive engine.

Thank youuuuu 🙇

Thank you so much! I'm really glad you enjoyed it. I'm really glad it gave you some ideas 👀 looking forward to seeing more of your project.

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@Croxovergoddess provided a superb base I could not resist 

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Thank you so very much for the lovely comment, I really appreciate all the details you noticed too! The good news is, he will be in a series of games and will be joined by some more fun characters. 

As for what he saw in the character...he's a strange chap, who knows what's going through his head. 😂

Thank you again for your playthrough.

Thank you so much Len! I really appreciate the kind words, it was my first solo project so I was a little nervous about it! I'm looking forward to sharing more of his story with people soon. Thanks again for your kind words.