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This was incredible! I loved the poems somehow never quite touching, the longing conveyed through shape and form as well as in text.

I really liked the atmosphere of the game, and actually felt that it worked really well being so abstract, rather than bogged down in world-building details. Focusing on the sensation of things, rather than why the narrator is here in the first place heightened the spooky factor in my opinion. Interesting interpretation of the songs too! 

That exact story was a big inspiration for this game! 😄 I gave it a little shoutout in the playlist/credits area as well. It's so good, I've read it multiple times since it was first published!

really enjoyed every aspect of this, and the dialogue was so fun & snappy! 

Super glad I persevered with refreshing the online mac system and got this to work! I loved the in-depth world you've created & the graphics really complimented the vibes. I was a bit surprised when it ended so abruptly but am very much looking forward to trying the full game in the future & maybe getting to stare at the sun ?! 

I was saving this to play as a treat after rating nearly all the games because I had such high hopes & I was not disappointed at all!!! Loved the interweaving stories, the character voices, the innovative way of mixing the different stories... I can't imagine how much work must have gone into this but the premise & the execution is incredible! 

It was fun trying to figure out all the endings to this one! I liked the zany tone and approach :)

I thought that this was really poignant and made great use of the song. 

Super interesting concept, I hadn't heard of the holographic universe theory before and I enjoyed the atmosphere you created very much! 

Intriguing concept & setting, and I loved the use of imagery to complement the game. 

I thought the way you used the song was very apt & the game had a nice poetic beat to it! 

Thank you for playing & for your thoughtful comments! 

thanks for your kind words & for spotting the typo! 

Hey! Thank you very much for your kind words & I'm glad you enjoyed the story :) 

Believe it or not, this was actually supposed to be a Twine-in-Decker game vs. a faux Decker aesthetic in Twine... but I was running short on time and the learning curve on using Twine in Decker was too steep :( maybe next time, as I love the hypercard look! 

Interactivity is a fair point and also another thing that suffered due to time constraints - thank you for the notes and I will keep it in mind, as that's definitely one of my weaker points! 

I'm not usually a big parser player so I really, really appreciated the button-style approach! This was an enjoyable experience, I thought the atmosphere and mystery were both great. 

Beautiful writing and great sense of style throughout. The concept was intriguing & I thought the piece's strength was the texture of the world you created. 

absolutely gorgeous. loved the journey, the act of creation, of slowly moving through this strange yet half-familiar world. 

Loved the discordant theme of the music and how it tied in with the narrator's desperation. Very intriguing! 

A delightful romance & intriguing concept! 

really fun to play & such playful take on the songs! 

vibes: impeccable

concept: incredible

thank you for playing! <3 

thank you for playing! <3 

thank you!! <3 

So glad you enjoyed it!! Yes Twin & Painter were absolutely supposed to be read as queer <3 

thanks for playing!

thanks for playing!! :) 

thank you very much! <3 

Thank you!! I did focus on trying to make sure every iteration sounded like a legit poem so thanks for noticing! 

Terrifying!! As someone who had nightmares for years after watching I, Robot, this was so scary (in a good way!).

Love the playfulness of this! Had me wanting to learn more about the characters & their backstories while also kinda hoping that they all end up dating each other...

Wow, it was harder than I expected to get the four endings and I just wanted to take my shoes off the whole time 😫 really great way of maintaining the feeling of tension and chaos throughout!! 

thank you so much!! haha we probably got kicked from the court because we said something that the emperor didn't like or we flew a lil too close to the sun and the emperor thought we were trying to overthrow him <3 

This was short and sweet! Loved the brewing part and also "because you have an egg for a brain" which made me snort out loud.

Made it to Magician of the Silver Sky and I'm pretty proud of that, took me quite a few tries to figure this one out! Very entertaining game.

Love the aesthetics of this piece and the interior monologue - the one choice given is really great in making the player feel complicit in the MC's behaviour rather than just a passive observer.

Am hat. 

Enjoyed playing. 

(In all seriousness this was a really cool concept language-wise!) 

I wish I could read an entire fantasy novel in this vein, honestly. Incredible stuff & such luxuriant prose.

This was a deliciously gothic game and I loved how haunting your writing is! The opening image of the moon/eyelid was also an incredible first impression and set the tone for the whole game.