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this is beautiful

I am so overjoyed to hear you all having such a wonderful and brain-stimulating time with it ^^

ehehehe you and your friends are so cute about this, if you ever write anything do link it pls!!

thank you thank you thank you thank you so much for your words <3<3<3<3

WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN YOU DID A BOOK CLUB THING ABOUT IT
THIS IS INSANE

I LOVE YOU DFJHGBJDFG

(hilarious how the one token non-trans lesbian didn't resonate as much with it dfhjgjfd)

I read both of your comments and they're so lovely. I am so glad that One and Anhedonia felt so real to you, and feel fucking honored to get to be part of "those games". those visceral secret morsels of inspirations us freaks all have <3

I agree that some more CGs would've been nice for some scenes, but that's also just part of development limitations sadly. Also ty for the other feedback! going back to fix typos isn't really part of my working schedule rn but it's always good to know uwu

making me look up what the fuck an oeuvre is <3<3<3 (also holy shit wow what a compliment >.< I am honored to be an inspirational influence!!)

thank you for your thoughts hehe, I'm glad you enjoyed the post :3

AAAAAAAAAAAAA YOU'RE SO AWESOME!!!!!

I am glad I could make you enjoy guro, nauseate you (/pos) and warm your heart. Your words mean a lot to me, as does the fact THAT YOUR PFP IS ANHEDONIA FUCKING WHAT ≡[。。]≡

The worldbuilding is largely contained to this one visual novel! It technically shares some canonical ties with When The Sea Received The Sky but those are never stated anywhere and don't actually matter lmao- So atm there's no more info than beyond the stuff in She Was Swallowed By The Sun :3

<3

this shit is DRIPPING with style

love it

!! Obvious spoiler warning for anyone reading this uwu !!

ooooo this was really good! I got it recommended from somewhere and during the first half or 2/3rds of playing I was really skeptical. Mia's obsession, the isekai / time travel moment, and the relevance of the 16th century at the beginning were all so clearly telegraphed that you had me curious where it would go.

Seeing how many issues Mia has was really fun, her meltdown in the museum was a joy to witness. And the loom scene was so sweet uu

The last two scenes really made this into its own thing. The corpse progression was so out of nowhere both in mood and graphic detail, that it really took me by surprise and landed really hard. Then I thought "ok this was a really good twist, please end now.".. and THEN you throw a second punch with the cosmic side of sibyl and their relationship and entire story grows so much more deeper and complex and it felt so fucking good.

amazing

this was fantastic. the unsatisfaction of working in the gamedev machine resulting from the aspiring creative -> Fuck I Need A Job pipeline hit like a truck and was so accurate.

The final line made me choke on my tears holy shit.

It's uncanny how many of these thoughts have run through my head over the years verbatim. And still do from time to time. Thanks for writing this

I'm not sure if the ending is super satisfying, but I guess that's just as appropriate

resonant <3

This was really cool! These gay fucking idiots are absolutely adorable!!

Many of these dialogues and anxieties felt so real and appropriate for them being teens navigating these topics in the ways and circumstances that they do. The visuals were nice too, cute artwork and a fairly unique UI (I looove the psychedelic frame jdhfgjdfg)

(shame for the audio bug tho, I only saw the fix after finishing it. Maybe you could add it to the download instructions on itch? At any rate they didn't deter me tho hehe) But yes this was super cute and lovely!!

Good job :3333

this was so cute!!! loved all the representation in this hehe

lovely

This is such a good perspective on abuse and bad behavior hell yea

This was really fucking good

Others have already pointed out how well the increasing difficulty matches the narrative, and the overall structure is just so real. It reminded me of many anxiety-inducing moments I had over the years, on both sides of this conversation.

I think my only two criticism are that sometimes the orange / pink / red were difficult to tell apart when moving quickly, and that the censoring wasn't really necessary?

But yes, overall a wonderful experience. (And from a tech standpoint I'm really curious what your level editor looks like)

just played through the 3 main colors and now this

holy fuck this is disgusting

my spine is so tense

i hated this

your writing is so fucking good

fucking awesome

loved the adoration and violence and pure mutual destruction <3

this is so lovely and cute! miku my beloved :3

I read in another comment that you were unsure if the signaling was usable and I have to concur that it's super sleek and elegant. I loved the simplicity of this game so much

great job uwu

wonderful

circular and death and cum and all of the thoughts

lovely shots, faggots 4evr <3

this was really fucking good

the vibes of the story were impeccable

I love the general air of body horror + horniness

and the clicking was really satisfying :3

this is fucking awesome

beautiful vibes

so bizarre, so fucked

i love my certificate

im sure ill use it for things and stuff and not die of a brain hemorrage

This was so perfect. This could almost literally be cut out from my life / inner world. All the doubts and spirals and random escalating offshoot thoughts. The love. The inevitable "oh it's fine". The further-inevitable absence of true rest.

If you know how to write this, you probably are very in tune with kink (and RACK specifically) and I appreciate this work so much.

it deeply touches me to read you shedding tears over this one. thank you for the wonderful comment!

cute bits of writing! I liked the worldbuilding

fuck I know what you mean. Every single fucking day I see more of our siblings lose hope and their lives.

Every fascist must die.

to end on a positive note, you know how it is with change: the best time to start was yesterday, the second best time is now- Thank you for commenting, and thank you for still being around too <3

that's really sweet to hear, thank you for commenting <3

FUCK YES THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

The level of complexity and horribleness being reflected in your words means so much to me. Making the vn just feel visceral and hateful was such an aim and I'm really glad it hit the mark for you :3 I don't have much to add here tbh, it simply feels very cozy to have you think about the characters in exactly the ways in which I envisioned them hehe

I'm also really glad you like the art! It was so fun to draw these girls in all the situations

To address your nitpick: Agreed lmao- Like, Anna exists more in the lore (there's a surprising amount of unwritten story for this game this time around) and I didn't put as much time into tightening the story in that regard. I could totally see how I might've cut her entirely even? Thank you for bringing it up lol

But anyways. Yes. Thank you so much!! yippiiieee aaaaaa <3<3<3<3

This was lovely!! Amazing!! Throughly enjoyed every second of thiiiissssss <3

So,, onto the actual thoughts

I was really impressed by the amount of custom shenanigans in this. It's obviously still a renpy game but you truly mangled that engine into your own vision. The clickable desktop icons, the chat log, emotes, and general ui/ux feels were unique, and fit the game well.

The general visual style was also lovely. Your art is adorable, and from a production standpoint you're also really efficient with the limited scope and assets to still make this feel fleshed out!

Lastly, your writing. HOLY SHIT dfhgjdfghb I love nova to bits- her teasing and general attitude are so fun and hit all the buttons for me. I was so sad when the demo ended because I want more of this!! so I'm really looking forward to future updates. The games you play with Nova felt unique and meaningful in their variations too, which helped Extort My Heart feel like it's a pliable and squishy thing that actually responds to your input (next to name and pronoun selections). (Like, there's many "choices matter" vns where you still very obviously see the pearlstringing. That didn't happen here!)

A small criticism I have is that the actual extortion never felt that... present?  We get more days with Nova, but the actual forking over of money is never really given presence. Which makes this feel much more lighthearted (maybe intentional, maybe not?)

Overall, thank you for making this :3 Would get extorted by a goth girl that's mean to me again 10/10

Yes, that's one of the endings! Some routes are really long, some are really short- depending on your choices :3

Hi Pheonix! Thank you so much for your comment. The pedigree of "vn with so much aura it gets several paragraphs on vibes alone" is one I am honored to receive from you hehe

As for my other games, When The Sea Received The Sky shares many themes with this one, but is way tamer in presentation and doesn't include blood or gore outside of a bit of text. So I'd probably recommend you that one the most? But please feel free to look around nya, there's many quirky things on my profile hdfbghjdf

based

Very cute!

Thank you for commenting <3 it's cool hearing your thoughts as you're such a talented writer yourself :3

yes yes absolutely no pressure

tho I would be delighted to read something you made hehe :3

What the fucking hell. That is insane and delightful and I am so so sooooo glad and happy to hear the game could resonate with your and your girlfriend so much

(≧∀≦)ゞI feel indescribably honored that my visual novel could be such a personal and resonant journey for you. if I could give you a hug I would

WAIT I JUST SAW YOUR PFP IS NOW A SCREENSHOT OF ONE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

This is awesome, thank you so much for your comment <3

ty for playing and writing your comment <3<3<3<3