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What a good game! I have yet to finish it (I have issues with heart pain that require me to pace myself in more emotional titles) but I've gotten pretty far in and wow, it's amazing! The minigames are well thought-out and fun, the story is engaging and has so many twists and turns, the characters are all believably written and engaging, and the art is simply stunning! The last part might actually be my favorite aspect of the game-- everything is gorgeous and the CGs are so, so stunning.

This game has been on my backlog for some time and I'm glad I've finally taken the time to play it! Thank you for making this 💖

Thank you!! ❤ 

Thank you so much!!! 💖 I really appreciate your kind words and hope the final version lives up to your expectations! And yes, the choices you make impact the ending and ending variations, along with miscellaneous dialog 😁

A great game! The story was touching, the writing was poetic, and the art really helped sell all of it. Thank you for making this!

A very fun game! I love how the choices are set up-- I haven't seen that in a game before, and I think it pretty innovative! The music is great, the visuals are beautiful and eerie, and I love the UI. Thank you for telling me to check it out!

A very fun and cute game! The character designs are great and I adore Edgar.

Very cute! Loved the atmosphere and the character designs. The writing also got a laugh or two out of me. I was going to name the character 'Spooky Meow Meow' after the CG, but it was too long, so I resorted to 'Spooky Meow'. Overall a very adorable and charming game, I very much enjoyed the time I had with it.

And yes, I did indeed get the 'meow at the cat' CG 😌

A very cute game, I love these adorkable dorks. I love the kind of 'stamina' system and how you have to measure each of Genzou's responses. The art and UI are uber gorgeous, the writing touching and sincere, and I very much enjoyed this experience.

Thank you so much! I'm really glad you enjoyed it so much 💖 and that it hit all the notes I intended.

Thank you so much for checking it out! I haven't made it very far into the video yet, but it's really cool seeing someone else playing the game. I'm glad you enjoyed it 😁

Aw thank you!!! Glad you enjoyed it 💖 there's more to come out of this story and characters so there's that to look forward to :) thank you for leaving such a nice message!

Super cute, love the sheer personality coming through the screen, a short and sweet experience 😄 loved the amount of variation in the art too.

Thank you 💙 I'm glad you enjoyed it!

I forgot to rate this before, but I really love this game! The dialogue is witty, what we do get of the characters and their relationships with each other feel fleshed-out-- it's a good time! Love the art, and the little details like the cat frowning when Yarrow is upset. This being a jam project makes the game even more impressive. Thanks to the dev, and everyone else who contributed to the game, for sharing this with us!

I love the sense of humor in this game, the neutral options being my favorite for consisting of basically 'this exists and It's Fine', and the review sections aren't like anything I've seen in a VN before. Great fun and it deserves more recognition!

The game is just as lovely as I anticipated! The illustrations are all so lively, and the amount of poses Iggy has in his room is honestly astounding. It's super impressive how much you've been able to get done for this game and I've loved seeing the updates posted for it. Each of the characters shine brightly of personality and charm-- it's akin to venturing into the light fixtures section of a hardware store.

(Unrelated to my main thoughts on the game though, I love the vernacular used, I haven't seen some of the vocabulary exercised here in quite a while haha.)

Very exciting as always and I'm glad this project has been helping reignite some of that creative spark! Also relatable, I've been working on my main project for... three-ish years now (oh gosh the time) and after doing the same thing for so long,  I can attest that stepping away to do something else/taking a break from the project definitely helps. Best of luck Carrot and I'm sure the game will be great! 

(Also with each new preview I'm just amazed, the game looks very cute and fun)

After being told this game would be up my alley I decided to check it out first thing and wow, this game delivers! It combines some of my favorite aspects I've seen across VNs into one lovely package. I love the type of fragmented storytelling where you can choose what to look into first and it does a great job of dividing the game's content.

The multimedia aspect is great, and everything inside the game is so vivid, in no small part due to that. I am a massive fan of science fiction and this story weaves the futuristic elements of it in with a painfully human story.

The art is FANTASTIC and hits all the beats it needs to-- and the animations give it that extra oomph. And while small, I do love how the desk space changes as the days go on. Really makes the space feel tangible and lived-in.

The voice acting comes in at all the right moments and the performances are stellar. Every emotional beat they hit feels perfect to the scene.

And I can't think of a single line here that doesn't contribute something to the story, characters, setting and/or atmosphere-- the writing is superb.

Music here hits all the right notes and while I'm not a music guy I can definitely appreciate it! They work great establishing the mood of the scene.

Thank you Mado for the recommendation, and thank you to everyone on the team for this game! You all did fantastic. I will definitely have to check out malViolence in the future :)

Aww thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it! And yesss, Mint is the fluffiest little guy 😌 thank you again for the kind words and for playing!

Awww thank you so much 💜 I'm glad you liked them all!!! It's my pleasure to be able to share this story with everyone 😌

AAAAAAAA Thank you so much Carrot!!! I'm so glad you enjoyed it this much ;v; I really gave it my all with this game and it means a lot that it came across. I'm so glad you liked all of them too-- I worry a lot about making sure people like each of the little guys.

And I am really glad the glitch moments worked the way I wanted to too-- I had a lot more planned, but I implemented them down to the deadline so when some of them just refused to work the way I wanted them to I had to toss 'em out.

And thank you especially about the end cutscene; I went through like??? seven different tracks??? before landing on the one I ultimately did. It required a lot of adjusting the timing of the scene and moving things around but it's the culmination of everything so I had to make sure it was tip-top. I originally had alternate endings planned after the cutscene depending on who you spent time with (or chose if you spent time with multiple) but just didn't have time nearing the end. There *is* a version of the main menu I drew up that has all the drawings after reaching an ending (Mint's ending represented by a doll, Akira's by a butterfly, Rei's by a written apology and Justice's by the bee's reflection in the TV) which is all that's really left of the original plans.

Anyways yeah!!! thank you so so much for your kind words ✨

Collapsing. Withering. Becoming nothingness. Et cetera et cetera. 

(As always, thank you Carrot and great job on the latest update 💜)

I'm not the host of the jam, but I'd say yeah, it's totally okay if you're a beginner :3 a game/story jam is a great opportunity to show off and develop your skills. What matters most is having fun ^v^/