Hey there! What's up? ^^ Name's Ava, nice to meet you \o/

I don't even now where to start, hum... XD Okay, I was like, looking for some news about a Mother like, fangame, at first. But then, I have watched the Mother Direct, and LifeLike was in there... And, oh my gosh I felt in love with it XDD!

Then I looked at the trailers/videos you've made on YouTube, I wanted to play your game so much that I looked about it on Steam. But we cannot buy it there x3 Still add it to my wishlist! BUT, I saw that we can still buy it and help you at the same time. And here I am, on Itch.io. For the first time in my life XD (You're, with LifeLike, Officially the reason of why I created an account here haha XD!)

Just... Thank you. Thank you so much to bring this piece of art to life (he he, *wink wink* sorry I had to make this one...) Thank you for making me laugh (the toilet XD), unconfortable, curious and excited at the same time! Thank you for letting us discover Leo, their neighborhood and their adventure, and I CAN'T (Yes I can, take your time, don't over push yourself ^^) wait for the Track 2! I'm so excited! 

I do my best to talk about LifeLike and share it to my friends! \o/

Only played 3 hours at this moment, and still discovering new things/events/messages at each run, You put so much love and details in this, it's amazing! o/

I don't know if it may help? Or if we are allowed to bring you some feedbacks about our experience. And if we can, where can I put it? ^^

Thanks for everything! I'm only one person, but I support you, and I "be-leaf" in you! Take care, Mantis! Have a nice day (or night)!!

P.S.: Okay, I wanted to put it somewhere x) I'm (a baguette) french, english is not my mother tongue, so I apologize for my lacks of grammar/vocabulary. I sadly don't have a lot of opportunity to write it xD But I do understand english almost perfectly! 

Thank you so much for your kind words Ava! It's an honor to be the reason you created an itch account--I appreciate your support here and the wishlist on Steam! (It's coming with track 2! Getting a game there is much more complicated than itch)

I love hearing where folks find LIFELIKE, and I'm especially happy to hear that it stood out to you in the MOTHER direct :) MOTHER is an important series to me. I enjoy keeping the spirit of it in my development, so I am very happy to hear that you are finding all of the detail I added to the game! There is quite a bit hidden in what has already been released... enough to unravel some of the story, if you use a microscope.

You say that you are just one person leaving a message, but I am also one person running most of this game! I At the time of writing this, the sole artist and engineer (thankfully, I have a wonderful editor and composers to help while I'm developing). Messages like these make making games worth it. My goal is to make a meaningful game, and hearing from even one person that what they played meant something to them means that I'm reaching a goal I've worked towards for years. Thank you <3 

(And lastly, feedback is very important to me! Learning how players feel helps me decide what to improve in future tracks, and has already guided some much-needed combat quality of life updates in track 2. You are welcome to share your feedback in a reply to this thread, or email me at mantis@mntsstudio.com)

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Mantis