Wonderful and deeply moving. One of the game's quiet ironies is how AAA titles (including Videoverse's game-within-a-game, Feudal Fantasy) aim for over-the-top epic drama, with state-of-the-art-at-the-time effects......while a low-tech story of ordinary people's lives, told with skill and sensitivity, can produce a more profound and lasting feeling in the audience.
I've seen some critics say that certain story elements betray a 20/20-hindsight view of the early 2000s (or maybe a 2023-hindsight view lol ^_^; ), with regard to some topics around inclusion. They're not wrong, but for my part I was happy to suspend disbelief in that dimension.
Bravo, Kinmoku, and thank you--not only for the fantastic dialogue, pixel art, and soundtrack, but also for the empathy, the vulnerability, the sense of human connection and interdependence that permeates the Videoverse.
Hey, we met at Digital Dragons! I was mesmerized by the game and I also took some copies of the merch for my friends. I finally played throughout the whole thing and I must say it was an experience. Thank you for that! <3
Sweet and lovely, I have enjoyed this game a lot :)
The game's retro-gaming theme induces that longing for the old simpler, carefree times, and then the story tells so much about many core aspects of good online community building. Additionally I feel that choosing an “average” young person’s perspective (rather than directly a minority’s one) should work nicely for those players who did not yet spend a lot of time to consider diversity of the people they meet online and possible personal responsibility of each community member for its well-being… If anything, I want to see the game as having a positive, hopeful message that tells us to work on creating new better spaces and care for the ones we have now, rather than just a cry of longing for the ones in the past. (-;
just finish off of steam and my god it was truly a experience like many said i would love a sequel hahaha but thank you for this game with all the emotion that it made me go trough <3
we need a sequel WE NEED A FUCKING SEQUEL! Bought this game on steam, and it's 10/10 for me.
PLEASE, consider making a sequel. I wanna see more of this game's universe. The story already made by this one game could be LEGENDARY if it's continued.
Hey, I bought the game on steam. Sadly, the self voicing feature doesn't get along with this game well. I was only able to start the game and get past the narration, and then I couldn't use keyboard at all to continue. i'm a blind person and I would appreciate a better self voicing support, because I love the concept of videoverse. Is it possible to improve accessibility? If not then sadly I'll need to return it since I won't be able to play it anyway. Regards.
Hey, thanks for your message and letting me know. I'm really sorry to hear it's unplayable for you. These two issues are mostly problems with the engine and the interface of the game (there have been several struggles trying to get it working to this point). As I'm a solo dev, getting this fully working will take several months so, for now, please issue a refund. I will also remove self-voicing from the description so no-one else is disappointed. Accessibility is something that means a lot to me, so please look out in future for a potential fix as I'd like very much for you to be able to play the game.
I'm really glad you are even considering accessibility, because not many people do, and I really appreciate it. Also I fully understand that as a solo dev it is harder to make sure everything is working well. Sadly the only thing I can do is offer to be a voluntary playtester once you decide to make self voicing work better. Just curious, are you going to port it to ren-py 8 one day? Again thanks for consideration.
Thank you, I will keep you in mind. Hopefully I'll be porting it to Ren'Py 8 after I've had time to fully test it, though that'll likely be in the new year.
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Just finished this game, such an amazing game haven't played a game that just took my heart in some time. Thank you for this wonderful experience.
Wonderful and deeply moving. One of the game's quiet ironies is how AAA titles (including Videoverse's game-within-a-game, Feudal Fantasy) aim for over-the-top epic drama, with state-of-the-art-at-the-time effects......while a low-tech story of ordinary people's lives, told with skill and sensitivity, can produce a more profound and lasting feeling in the audience.
I've seen some critics say that certain story elements betray a 20/20-hindsight view of the early 2000s (or maybe a 2023-hindsight view lol ^_^; ), with regard to some topics around inclusion. They're not wrong, but for my part I was happy to suspend disbelief in that dimension.
Bravo, Kinmoku, and thank you--not only for the fantastic dialogue, pixel art, and soundtrack, but also for the empathy, the vulnerability, the sense of human connection and interdependence that permeates the Videoverse.
I'm not crying, YOU'RE CRYING!!! I all seriousness though - absolutely incredible game!!!
Haha, thank you! :D
Looks awesome !
Hey, we met at Digital Dragons! I was mesmerized by the game and I also took some copies of the merch for my friends. I finally played throughout the whole thing and I must say it was an experience. Thank you for that! <3
Hey! Thanks so much for stopping by and checking it out! I'm glad you enjoyed it :D
Sweet and lovely, I have enjoyed this game a lot :)
The game's retro-gaming theme induces that longing for the old simpler, carefree times, and then the story tells so much about many core aspects of good online community building. Additionally I feel that choosing an “average” young person’s perspective (rather than directly a minority’s one) should work nicely for those players who did not yet spend a lot of time to consider diversity of the people they meet online and possible personal responsibility of each community member for its well-being… If anything, I want to see the game as having a positive, hopeful message that tells us to work on creating new better spaces and care for the ones we have now, rather than just a cry of longing for the ones in the past. (-;
Absolutely! :) Thanks for the lovely comment!
Thank you so much for this game!
I hope everyone involved knows they created something truly unique and touching.
just finish off of steam and my god it was truly a experience like many said i would love a sequel hahaha but thank you for this game with all the emotion that it made me go trough <3
Thank you so much for checking it out and leaving a comment! :)
i wish videoverse was a real thing
Same.
This game is awesome! I write a blog about indie games and would love to interview you!
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fantastic
we need a sequel
WE NEED A FUCKING SEQUEL!
Bought this game on steam, and it's 10/10 for me.
PLEASE, consider making a sequel. I wanna see more of this game's universe. The story already made by this one game could be LEGENDARY if it's continued.
HAMFPHTER DAEINC!!1! :O
Hey, I bought the game on steam. Sadly, the self voicing feature doesn't get along with this game well. I was only able to start the game and get past the narration, and then I couldn't use keyboard at all to continue. i'm a blind person and I would appreciate a better self voicing support, because I love the concept of videoverse. Is it possible to improve accessibility? If not then sadly I'll need to return it since I won't be able to play it anyway. Regards.
Hey, thanks for your message and letting me know. I'm really sorry to hear it's unplayable for you. These two issues are mostly problems with the engine and the interface of the game (there have been several struggles trying to get it working to this point). As I'm a solo dev, getting this fully working will take several months so, for now, please issue a refund. I will also remove self-voicing from the description so no-one else is disappointed. Accessibility is something that means a lot to me, so please look out in future for a potential fix as I'd like very much for you to be able to play the game.
I'm really glad you are even considering accessibility, because not many people do, and I really appreciate it. Also I fully understand that as a solo dev it is harder to make sure everything is working well. Sadly the only thing I can do is offer to be a voluntary playtester once you decide to make self voicing work better. Just curious, are you going to port it to ren-py 8 one day? Again thanks for consideration.
Thank you, I will keep you in mind. Hopefully I'll be porting it to Ren'Py 8 after I've had time to fully test it, though that'll likely be in the new year.
OK, I'm not gonna ask for a refund then, since you have bigger plans for it.
I still would because I can't make any promises...and if I deliver, then you can re-buy! :)
omg I loved that game so much! Thank you! At the ending I had some tears im my eyes... <3
Thank you for playing :)
Can't wait for the sequel to this!