ahh thank you for playing!! ^__^ (i'm going to fix the playtime in the page LMAO)
and the ghost is nonbinary!! :))
ahh i'm like that when i think of character expressions too LMAOOO it's so time consuming... i usually try to write the expressions i want as i write the script and later i put everything in a list and draw... though sometimes i end up with too many expressions and i have to discard some (since one can be used to express the same feeling as another etc...) it's really hard to draw without a context T__T
this was really nice to read!!
okay i HAD to comment here because i absolutely adored this game. i put my favorite quotes in the rating/collection sections but honestly the whole writing of the game made me smile all thoughout. i couldn't stop laughing and smiling and giggling. it was so good!!!
i loved this game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it was so fun meeting egen and his companions and discovering about their cultures and biological traits and AUGUGHGGHGHGHGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! seeing these aspects being explored (even if briefly) made the story so much more tasty to me! the word game, the picnic scene, the tablet/plankton and the whole way egen acts/sees things based on his homeland culture really made his character feel much more alive!!
everything was so well made too!! the art is adorable, the sound effects add so much to the mood -- and the humour and the gui is so cute!!!!!!!!
this has everything i ever wanted to find in a alien love story. it was funny, sweet, interesting and it really carved its way into my heart. i really appreciated the fact that it features a platonic ending too!! (the first one i got!!! i was so happy because it felt just as meaningful as the other ones!! *happily cries in aromantic*)
i'll cherish this game forever!! it's officially one of my favorite sci-fi stories!! <3 thank you so much for making it!! take care!!
aahh this comment was very reassuring to read, to be honest... sometimes it feels like i'm alone in my thoughts and that everyone else can grow from things but me. it's nice to know i'm not the only one that feels this way!!
and yeah, i agree. the journey of self-discovering is long and hard to navigate but it's really rewarding as you persist. it's like they say, "you miss all the shots you don't throw", or something.
heheheh thank you........ i really loved writing it.........
yeah, i get it. existencialism always felt dumb to me because it never really made sense to me to give life a meaning. like, sure we can do something with our lives, but it doesn't have a meaning in itself. it's just a life, you know? nothing is ever set on stone. and people would get soooooo worried about the purpose of it. or whine that life didn't make sense. or get angry and edgy because life didn't make sense so they could just kill everyone or something dumb like that. i guess in the end i just had to put existencialism in my own words (after a long time reflecting on it and why it sounded so stupid to me). idk. thats just how it is to me.
i'm genuinely flattered reading that :'') thank you very much for commenting! see you!
so true...
yeah... it's really about that. the whole cyclical movement of the human soul. some days hopeful, some days hopeless, always going back and forward. sometimes you wonder if you're your true self in your bad days or in the good ones. the process of picking up the "boulder" never changes in itself. our only choice is to pick it up or let it fall. again and again. again and again. the only thing that can change is how we see it, i guess.
thanks for playing and for the comment! it was nice seeing your thoughts, as always.
holy shit holy. this was great!!
i got here because i was interested in the art with a limited palette but the story was very good too! trying all the different endings was really cool (and the way things changed in each of them was really interesting)
i love maisie...... i hope she gets away from that house soon, too.
usually the orpheus and eurydice story doesn't make me cry but putting eurydice as a CAT was low............... this made me cry my eyes out ngl.........
i have two cats and thinking one day they'll be gone really saddens me. i hope it takes a good long while.
also the art and the music were really good too (I LOVED THE LITTLE BELL SOUNDS) and i love how sometimes MC takes steps back and questions if the cat really wants to go back with them. like damn. i wanted to cry the whole game ahhhhh TT_TT this was so good... it's now in my favorites collection...
yeah i definitely agree!! as someone who's used to spend time with elders (and my mom being an elder too) it's kinda boring to see them always being represented as. a thing. rather than a human being. and of course my innate need to know how every single person on this planet works and why they think and act the way they do just had to drive me to make a game where i explore the elderly!!!!!!!!!! so demonized and misunderstood most of the time (even if fairly...)
it was really important to me to show them spending time TOGETHER - since most of times elders are either tied to someone younger or their family. i feel like that connection is often too strong and takes away their individuality. so showing a bunch of old people as a group of their own was a very thought out decision.
ahhh i'm glad you liked the colors/music! i feared they would be too "young" or "otome" considering the characters but i'm happy they work well!!
one thing that i often realized when interacting with older people is that many of them hold many regrets and "habits" and views they inherited from their earlier life and communities they've been in. it's a thing that everyone can deduce but people often forget about it. most of these communities are long gone by now and the only memory of it is those people.
some of susan struggles, for example, were based on my mother's, which were based on her own life experiences, communities and points of view. it's kinda insane how some of those stuck susan in her bad marriage situation... it's an intricate system that is hard to cut yourself off, especially considering how long you have been stuck in it. you get so used to the pain that you don't consider it pain anymore. i love how susan is an authentic character like that tbh...
I COOKED WITH THAT NARRATIVE CHOICE NGL......... sometimes you KNOW what you want to say but you just can't bring your self to. it's just too hard (speaking from experience...) and i wanted to bring that up too. and honestly, the first choices were already a bit hard, too.
eunice is just too nice (heheh), she wouldn't have it any other way. a girl for the people... AND I ALSO LOVE HOW SUSAN ASKS EVERYONE FOR ADVICE...... IT WAS SO CUTE TO SEE THEIR LITTLE GROUP BEING SO SUPPORTIVE TO EACH OTHER UAUUUGHG
yeah...... i think that from all of the cast, sidney is the most similar (emotionally) to susan. they match in a beautiful and melancholic way that is very nice. they share a lot and they find comfort in that, and even if they like each other romantically, they are satisfied with that, at the time of the ending -- which is also something i heard from elders lol. "[when you are old,] you marry for the company, rather than anything else"
bernadette is crazy, i love her (i wish i had a punk grandma too.....). even if she's a menace to society, her "rebelious" attitude doesn't grow into irresponsibility. i really like that. "freedom" doesn't excuse you being an asshole to others, imo,,,
(SO TRUE.......... i love how it goes full cycle.......... life is so weird........)
you know me, i can't write romance without making it a great friendship story. in the end everything is platonical, i fooled everyone, and all is well. i love writing.......
i hate bad endings, but i had to put this one because it is very meaningful. you can have all the support you want, but in the end, it's up to you to break from toxic cycles you're in. accepting things "as they are" makes any advice you listen useless -- and that stubborness to keep in hurtful situations is also a thing that i've seen a lot of old people in. it's heartbreaking honestly.
and it's kinda nice to see things growing a little better after so much despair.... little by little.....
LMAOOOOOOOOOO I'M HAPPY we need more non-hot old people...... please just make normal elders for us to befriend..........
thanks for the comment!!