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That's so great to hear :D I hope you end up loving this one too ^-^

I tried my best to make most of the tracks gel well with the stuff from vol 01, but there are a couple in there that really stick out like sore thumbs xD Mainly looking at The Walking Weird and Haunted Hijinks >.> haha.

That's cos those two are old drafts I had on my PC that I just finished off for the jam, whereas most of the other tracks were created brand new for the jam :3

Haunted Hijinks was actually one I made for a Spooktober 2024 team, but in the end, they didn't want the full track, so I made them a shortened version. I kept looking at the full version sitting on my PC, and just figured I may as well release it with this pack because it's a shame for it not to be used for anything. So that's why that one sounds so different from the others, haha.

With any luck, this jam will run again next year, and I will be able to make a vol 03 <3

I don't know if you will have seen this already or not, but with any luck, one of the suggestions in this post here will help:
https://melancholy-marionette.itch.io/darling-duality-winter-wish/devlog/227880/... :3

It's a guide I made that basically contains a whole bunch of suggestions & information from Mac users, haha.

Cos I don't own a Mac myself, and I don't know anyone who does >.< So when I export for Mac in Unity, I kinda just have to hope that things work, as I have no way to test them :( 

From what I've heard, the easiest way to get itch games to work on Mac in general is to download and play then through the itch.io launcher :3

Apparently, issues with stuff not opening are often caused by Mac security not liking unsigned indie projects >.< haha.

Thanks for your interest in the demo ^-^

Super glad that you love the game ^-^ but it sucks that the art is invisible for you T_T

Honestly, I give up with computers, haha. I just don't know how the heck to make sure things work well on all devices when some devices seem to have such random issues with things, haha.

Like, I don't even know where to begin in finding out and fixing why the sprites would be absent >.< Cos they showed up when I tested it on my PC, and on the family potato laptop, and I've seen other people play it with no issues, heck, a few people have even managed to play it on mobile using an emulator, so what in the world causes the sprites to disappear on your device?!?! It makes no seeeeense >.< Computers are weird T_T T_T T_T

There is a way to find out, kind of... I'd basically have to send you a separate developer version of the game that should create a log showing any errors, then you'd have to send me the log, and I'd have to send it to someone who knows more about coding than I do xD Because there is only like a 1% of me being able to understand the error log, haha.

I don't know about you, but I don't have the time or energy available to even do that :(

Total side ramble incoming, but this is one of the reasons I'm considering making all of my games into interactive videos instead! Because with a video, at least everyone would see the same thing x3 There's no chance of random bugs occurring on different devices (or at least, I hope not!), haha. And it would still be possible to implement choices :3 

Anyways, I will shut up and just say thank you so much for taking the time to check out this lil game! :D

That’s so awesome that you stopped by to check out this one as well ^-^ Happy you had fun with it also!!

I’m not sure if the artist posted socials or not, cos when I use sprites that I’ve bought rather than working with artists on jams, they tend to be from Japanese sites where I can’t read all of the details x3

Okay, so they listed X on the page I bought the sprite from, but it doesn’t look like they’re very active on there: https://x.com/000Mi_kei

This is the purchase page if you’re interested in seeing how the sprite looked originally :3 (cos I edited the colours as I do with most assets that I use just to make em a lil more unique x3 I don’t like using stuff as stock in case other people use the same thing, haha). https://mikei.booth.pm/items/4661779

I’ve purchased other sprites from the artist as well, just never had an opportunity to use em in anything yet :3

<3 <3 <3 So glad you felt that way about this one :3 

The biggest thing I wanted to achieve with this was to create a nice calming, but haunting, immersive atmosphere, and I was sooo convinced it wouldn’t be possible with such a short game, haha. Didn't stop me from trying, though x3

Even more epic if you managed to feel relaxed on a lunch break :D Mission accomplished, hehe.

Thanks so much for checking this one out too ^-^

xD There is much in the way of confusion, haha. 

Glad you had fun with it, and particularly that ending ^-^ I always hope that anyone who takes the time to play this lil game will manage to reach that ending, cos it helps to explain a lot xD But especially explains some of the cheesy dialogue!! X3 

My brain kinda explodes any time someone says they actually liked my rambles in the extra content x3 Especially since whenever I talk, I’m like hyper-aware of how monotone my voice sounds, haha. It’s fun to try to explain the thoughts and stuff behind it all, though, so I’m glad you found it interesting :D

Thank YOU for checking it out <3

<3 Thanks so much for playing ^-^

So glad you love the voice acting, cos this project wouldn't be what it is without the awesome talent of the voice actors to really give it some oomph :D

PS. I don't know which version you played, but both VAs from this project are also a main character in this other project of mine if you happen to want to hear more of their awesome voice acting ^-^

https://melancholy-marionette.itch.io/tunnel-vision

They both play Rhime, so it's a case of choosing masc or fem again, like in The Hostage, haha.

So glad to hear that you had fun with it ^-^ Thanks so much for taking the time to check it out <3

Yeeeeah, yandere shenanigans are fun, hehe. The reason I started making games was pretty much so I could just write a bunch of random yandere stuff :P Almost everything I've made features a yandere of some description, and if not that, at least some sorta dark romance x3

I remember way back when I first discovered visual novels were a thing, there weren't THAT many English-language ones around (yeah, I'm old now T_T haha), and even fewer that featured yandere characters.

So I kinda ran out of yandere games at one point in life xD That was even after playing all the Japanese releases I could manage to get translations for! 

Nowadays, though, there has been an absolute explosion of English-language VNs, and also an explosion of yandere content!! Now there's so much of it around, I can't even keep up xD

Thanks again for playing :3

Oh, boy, it makes me wanna cry to think it was so long ago that I released the demo T_T haha.

Like, way back then, it felt like I would be able to finish the game in maybe 2-3 years if I managed to get enough funding, now it feels like it’s gonna take a heck of a lot longer >.<

It’s honestly hard to even accept I was capable of working the way I did back then, cos I’ve lost soooo much of my functioning these past few years :( That version of me feels like it’s so far away now. 

Definitely need to make sure not to release demos in the future unless the full version of a project is like 90% complete, so as to avoid such a gigantic amount of time passing between demo and full release >.< Cos the same thing has happened with Lovestarved now as well T_T 

Released the demo at a time of peak functioning, assuming I can easily finish the rest of the game in the next year or so, burnout, massive loss of functioning = major delays in development >.< haha. It’s so frustrating :( 

At least with Lovestarved, it’s fully-written + all of the cast besides Erys finished recording 100% of their lines x3 So it’s mainly just a case of getting it coded + having all the art complete.

Just wanna say that I really appreciate the kind words you’ve left here anyhow :3 It means a heck of a lot <3

Hey hey!! Sorry it’s taken me so long to respond, as per usual, I am not functioning fantastically atm, haha >.< But also, I was away on a walking/nature break this past week or so with my pops.

So glad you had fun with the demo ^-^ And it truly is a miracle if you didn’t encounter a bug while you played, cos there are probably some in there x3 Seems impossible to ever squash every single bug cos there’s just too much variation in people’s PCs and stuff T_T haha,

Yeeeeah, I have been on the burnout train too many times, aheh >.< And only just learned late last year that I have ADHD as well as autism, which helps explain why I’m overwhelmed by everything pretty much all of the time x3

My last burnout lasted almost an entire year, and I don’t think I’ve actually managed to recover to my pre-burnout level of functioning even though I’m not in burnout anymore :( I don’t know if I ever will tbh, cos I’ve learned that every time you burnout, the threshold for the next burnout is lowered, and you always lose some level of functioning forever >.<

So yeah, avoiding future burnouts has now become a much bigger priority than it was in the past x3 I’m kinda terrified of ending up in a place where I just can’t create anything ever again.

Massively appreciate your understanding :3 And while I also appreciate that you can relate to that sorta struggle, it also sucks, because I wish nobody had to experience that sorta thing!!

I still don’t think I’ve entirely accepted that I need to take better care of myself + slow down more, haha. Cos it already feels like I’m too slow >.< But I do understand how important it is to take things at whatever pace is manageable :3

I think I just spent waaaay too much of my life trying to measure up to others, and it’s a hard habit to break :( I’m trying, though! And definitely managing to let some of the guilt go, finally x3

I will shut up anyhow x3 And just say thank you so much again for playing + for all your kind words of support <3 It really means a lot ^-^

Well, damn, that sucks T_T 

I will never cease to be amazed at the randomness of that sorta thing, cos I do a crazy amount of tests on both my own PC + the family potato laptop before I release anything, but it seems like no matter how much testing you do, stuff will always find a way to bug out for somebody's device, haha >.<

Just wish there was a way to stop it from happening! Cos it's frustrating to know that it works fine for most people, but randomly plays up for a few :( 

And there's basically no hope of ever figuring out how to fix stuff like that, cos I'd need error reports from people's individual computers to even begin to investigate the cause T_T

Still, thanks again for checking out the game!

Yeah, there are a handful of choices in there :3 Not loads, since it's a microgame made for O2A2 jam, but I made a walkthrough/endings guide if that's any help :D

https://melancholy-marionette.itch.io/the-hostage/devlog/567737/walkthrough-guide

[Slight Spoiler Below]

If you didn't encounter a single choice, though, it sounds like maybe you didn’t make it past the first fake title screen... if so, you wouldn't be the only one >.< Some players have not realised it's fake, and so force closed the game thinking it was over before attempting to click any of the UI.

You have to click certain parts of the UI to proceed to the next segment of the game :3

I could be wrong cos it's been quite some time since I made this, but as far as I can remember, there are no choices in the first segment.

There is also the possibility that it bugged out somehow, because games can be silly like that x3 haha.

Anyways, hopefully the guide I linked is of some help ^-^

Thanks so much for checking out the lil game! <3

Edit:

Also, the Director's Cut version contains 1 more ending than the jam version!

The jam version is mainly there for posterity. While the Director's Cut is the version I intend for anyone to download :3

<3 ^-^

<3 Thanks so much for checking it out and taking the time to link your video :3

And sorry about it hitting close to home >.< It sucks so much that there are so many people out there suffering who have no help or support :( 

If I had the power, I wish I could just give a great big hug to every single person out there contemplating suicide and stay with them until they feel like they can face the world again.

And like, even if you can get diagnosed, doesn't mean there is any kinda help afterwards, which is what happened in my case, haha. Got the diagnosis, then just kicked back out into the world x3

It's literally only this year that I finally found some support that works :3 A group called NDSA, run by autistic people, for autistic people!

Thanks to their help, I feel like I could manage to write Snowe as a more supportive character if I were to make this game now, but it's too late x3

Anyways, I just hope that whatever has happened in life for you, that you're in a better place now, and that you will have a happier future ^-^

If you're celebrating Christmas, I hope you have a peaceful one, and even if not, I just hope that you have a positive end to the year with things going on that make you smile :3

Thanks again for playing!

Hey hey! Unfortunately, there still isn’t much to see here x3

I’m gonna go ahead and reply to you on Discord cos I feel like that will be easier than saying what I was gonna say here :3

I’m chuffed to hear you had fun with it, especially with it just being a demo right now ^-^

Sadly, development is currently on hold while I try to finish a different project of mine that’s much closer to completion than this one is. But I haven’t made much progress on anything this year, as I kinda got stuck in autistic burnout for most of the year, which prevented me from doing much of anything :( 

I will finish this eventually, though, as I never like to give up on things that I’ve started. I’m very stubborn like that, haha.

Thanks so much for checking it out + for your kind words :3

That’s so awesome to hear ^-^ I’m so glad that you had fun with it!! I also love to do that sorta thing when I encounter games that allow it, haha.

I can’t lie, I find a lot of fun in messing with expectations and just generally hiding little things here and there in my games x3

This one, I kinda wasn’t sure if it would work out due to the limitations of the jam, but it’s such a fun jam to take part in BECAUSE the limitations really force you to think outside the box, haha.

Thanks so much for taking the time to check it out and leave such a kind comment :3

Hey hey! So happy you had fun with it, and thanks for taking the time to comment too :3

Unfortunately, there won’t be updates any time soon for this particular project, as it’s currently on hold while I finish a different project of mine (this one here: https://melancholy-marionette.itch.io/lovestarved)

However, I haven’t managed to make much progress with any of my projects at all this year due to a number of personal problems hampering my progress >.< Namely, autistic burnout, which has taken nearly a year to recover from T_T

There will be updates eventually, though :3

There is a Discord server here, which you’re welcome to join: https://discord.com/invite/KQKc5wR689

But to be honest, I often find myself overwhelmed by Discord, so I don’t use it that much >.<

General updates are posted in the form of monthly(ish) newsletters over on Ko-Fi (they’re free to read) :3 https://ko-fi.com/melancholymarionette/posts

Thanks so much for your interest in the project ^-^

You’re awesome! :D 

And I’m not just saying that, haha. Thanks so much for taking the time to check out the game :3

Not gonna lie, I always get a tiny bit scared when I see on itch a notification for a comment, cos my brain is so pessimistic that it always prepares for it to be a troll, or just generally something negative, haha. So it’s always a pleasant surprise to click the button and read something nice ^-^

Glad to hear it :D To be fair, volume 02 is waaaay better than volume 01 anyways x3

Totally agree on the characters should’ve just kissed xD I remember getting that vibe from em when I first listened to the drama CD, haha.

Not gonna lie, I kinda love it when characters are so deep into their nemesis relationship that it could just as easily flip into enemies to lovers territory x3

It wouldn’t be the same without the awesome talent of the voice actors, so I’m glad you enjoyed their performances :3

I can only apologise that development for this is super slow, as it’s a side project, but also, had a lot of personal problems in recent years that have hampered progress across the board >.<

I don’t intend to abandon it or anything, though, so there will be more volumes eventually :3

Thanks so much for taking the time to check it out!!

That’s awesome to hear! Cheers for sharing such a cool video, and thanks so much for checking out the lil game in general :3

So glad that you had a good time with it ^-^ Thanks so much for checking it out!

I can only apologise for how insanely slow development is >.< Got a lot of personal problems hampering me, haha. So it’s currently on pause, but I will get there eventually :3

Hey! Thanks :3 And that’s awesome that you’re starting your own game dev journey :D 

For this project, I’ve used a mixture of asset packs (different artists for backgrounds and spites, etc.), but they’re almost all from Japanese artists!

If it’s the sprites that you’re looking for, I purchased them from DL Site many years ago, but I believe the artist who made the pack also has a store on BOOTH + their own site as well :3 I also changed the colours myself in GIMP because I don’t like to use them as stock sprites if I can help it.

This is it on DL Site: https://www.dlsite.com/home/work/=/product_id/RJ304450.html

And for backgrounds, I probably mixed a few different artists, but it is Minikle’s stuff that I use the most: https://www.dlsite.com/home/circle/profile/=/maker_id/RG08888.html

Just be a lil bit careful when browsing DL Site, cos there is a LOT of hentai porn stuff on there xD I don’t wanna be responsible for you seeing anything you don’t wanna see, haha. I think they have separated the site now so that there is an option to hide or display adult content, but yeah, just thought I'd better warn you about that x3

There are a lot of VN dev assets on DL Site anyhow :3 And artists frequently put their products on sale at discount prices on there as well, so if something is too expensive, you can always wishlist it and see if it goes on sale at some point :D 

I hope you have lots of fun with your game dev journey ^-^

<3 It’s awesome to see you again :3 I hope you’ve been well!!

And I hope you’re right about my games :3 It’s been a weird year with it featuring my longest ever period of burnout >.< Right now, I’m just kind of thankful that I’m seeing light at the end of the tunnel, and that I’m able to make music, even if I can’t do much of anything else, haha.

I’ve been desperately wanting to work on my game projects this entire time, but it’s like there’s a block in my brain that won’t give me the energy I need to do it >.< I guess that’s all part of stupid burnout though :( 

But I feel like music is helping to slowly heal me at the moment, so that’s something ^-^

Thank you ^-^ And YOU’RE amazing!! <3

Yeeeeah, hehe. I blame the 'tism for that tbh x3

Ahh, I never published it anywhere >.< It’s just been sat on my hard drive for heck knows how many years T_T Feels like such a waste to have it just sitting there! 

I’ve been wondering lately if it might be better to turn it into an audio drama (with choices, still) instead. I dunno if it would work in that format without looking back over the entire script, but it would sure be easier than coding the entire damn thing, haha. Or audio +  a bit of video, so that we can still see the characters represented visually somehow!

I keep thinking that about a lot of my unfinished projects, actually. That they may stand a chance of getting finished faster if I were to make them into a series of interactive videos rather than code them as games. Cos like, it’s the coding that’s the hardest (and most soul-destroying) part! I’d have more fun making them if I didn’t have to write code x3

And I know you’d lose some features that only really work in a game, but at the same time, it should also technically make the stories more accessible overall :3

Been pondering it ever since I ended up in burnout, because I definitely don’t wanna abandon any of my projects, but even when I’m fully clear of burnout, I worry that if/when I can muster the energy to code, it’ll send me back into burnout again because it’s such a chore >.<

Thank you for the well-wishes ^-^ I hope to get there someday :3 Just sucks that it’s at a snail’s pace, haha.

<3 <3 <3 You’re too kind, Espoir ^-^

And you make a good point! It’s frustrating because I do still have the desire to work on my game projects, it’s just, it’s like I don’t have the energy or brainpower for it still >.< I think it’s because the coding side of things is so much effort, and I’m still not back to my old level of functioning just yet… stupid burnout >.>

But yeah, music, on the other hand, doesn’t feel like it takes as many of my spoons, haha. It gives me spoons back, if anything xD So I’ve just tried to throw myself into it as much as I can in the hopes that it will help heal the rest of me :3

Hope all is going smoothly in your world + that you had a fabulous spoopy season!!

That's because I haven't been working on it x3 Sorry aboot that >.<

It sucks cos the full story has been finished in written form for years now xD Just not managed to get around to actually turning it into a game still :(

It haunts me every day, haha.

Why does coding stuff have to be such a long and gruelling process T_T

My current main project is Lovestarved. I released the demo of that for otome/josei jam back in summer 2024, then got hit with a really bad case of autistic burnout >.<

It was my plan/hope to manage to finish and release the full version of Lovestarved by the end of this year, but my burnout hung around for longer than ever before T_T As a result, I haven't managed to write a single line of code so far this year :(

My burnout is FINALLY beginning to bugger off, and I'm getting some energy back to get on my PC and work on stuff :3 (although, with significantly less free time than in the past, due to having a loooot of health-related appointments to attend on a regular basis this year >.<)

Right now, I'm only able to focus on music, as the monotony of coding is still too much for me to concentrate on.

So yeah, sadly, I'm not gonna manage to finish Lovestarved by the end of this year, as I estimate it'll take around 4-5 months of full-time work to complete it (story is 100% written, but lots of code still to do, voice acting lines to cut + edit, and a bunch of CGs to finish... then, ofc, the hell that is testing x3)

It's still my intention to get Lovestarved done before I pick up where I left off on other projects, but I haven't decided yet what I'll focus on once Lovestarved is done.

It would make sense to finish CiQ next since that's also fully written! Cos the other projects I've got on hold that are still unfinished are also largely unwritten >.< Still got heaps of writing left to finish for Darling Duality, for example.

Recently found out I also have ADHD, on top of my already diagnosed autism, so that helps to explain how I ended up with so many unfinished projects on the go xD

I know I'll get there in the end and manage to finish all of them cos I've managed to complete plenty of other projects in the past :3 It's just gonna take a long time, unfortunately >.<

Sometimes I do wish I were better able to restrain myself and keep some of my ideas as just notes or drafts rather than starting them and releasing demos, cos I worry it might be annoying for people if they happen to play and enjoy a demo, but then wind up waiting ages for more :(

The problem is, if an idea really grabs my attention, I just can’t resist focusing on it. Same goes for if I lose interest in an idea temporarily, I can’t force myself to work on something I don’t feel like working on because I wind up staring at a screen getting nothing done at all, so that kinda kills things in their tracks until I get the urge to work on them again >.<

It feels like a curse tbh, haha.

All I know, is that I will get there eventually and finish everything… provided I don’t die first x3

So glad to hear you had fun with it :3 Especially since this project seems to get a lot of negative ratings >.< even though it's a fan visual novelisation, people keep leaving mean reviews about the characters and story sucking... which isn't even my fault, cos I just localised it xD

Anyways, to answer your question/s (and I can only apologise that it's not a very clear answer >.<)

I certainly hope to release vol 03 someday, but, unfortunately, I couldn't say exactly when that might be >.<

This year in general has kinda been a disaster both with my physical and mental health. I'm just starting to come out of it now, but at the end of last year, I went into the most severe autistic burnout of my life so far, which lasted about 11 months :( 

My plan for 2025 was to finish and release the full version of Lovestarved, a project I started and released a demo for during otome/josei jam back in August 2024.

But so far this year, I haven't been able to write a single line of code T_T So I'm very behind my own schedule atm.

Because my Yandere Heaven fan game is a side project, it's pretty low priority, so I have no intention of doing any work on it at all until I've at least completed Lovestarved.

Once Lovestarved is finished, I haven't 100% decided yet what I'll focus on next.

So while I do intend to work on Yandere Heaven vol 03 at some point in the future, right now, I have no idea when that might end up being x3

I think vol 03 was actually my least favourite episode of the drama CDs as well, haha. Doesn't mean I'll skip it, cos that would feel wrong. 

I’m sorry that’s a super unhelpful answer >.<

If you’re eager to experience it, though, I’m pretty sure there are already some rough translations of volume 03 out there somewhere online, and you can usually also find the original Japanese tracks themselves somewhere too if you can’t find the CDs to purchase anymore :3

Glad to hear you think so! ^-^ Thanks so much for taking the time to check it out :3

Sorry it’s taken me a while to stop by and say anything >.< October is the one month of the year where I’m not at home or online much, cos I adore spooky season, and I always try to go to as many scare attractions as I can possibly fit in x3

But yeah, thanks so much for checking out the demo, and I’m so glad you had fun with it! It’s also pretty epic that you resonate with Castoria like that :3

I’d be lying if I said I was entirely unlike her myself xD We’re certainly not the same, but we do share some aspects, haha. 

I personally have RSD (rejection sensitive dysphoria), so even perceived rejection can be extremely painful for me, although I tend to internalise it rather than allow it to result in harm to others. I also have more than a few problems with obsession x3 Which can be great sometimes, and even nurtured by the right people, but with the wrong people, it can become pretty unhealthy >.<

Duality, in general, is something that I find infinitely fascinating, so I thought it would be fun to explore that with different characters :3

Unfortunately, development of this project has been paused for quite some time due to a whole bunch of different reasons, so it won’t be finished anytime soon >.< It’s gonna stay paused until I’ve at least finished the project I assigned as my main focus (Lovestarved). But everything has been on pause pretty much this year due to extreme autistic burnout :(

I’m slowly beginning to come out of burnout, but I’ve got to be really careful where I step so as not to slip straight back into it x3 I’m hoping that next year will be less of a disaster and more productive!

But I will endeavour to finish the project eventually, no matter how long it takes :3

Thanks again for giving it a chance + leaving such an awesome comment <3

<3

Sorry it's taken me so long to say this, but thank you so much for checking out the game and leaving such a sweet comment! ^-^

I'm so glad you had fun with it, and it means a heck of a lot that you enjoyed the OST too, since making music is one of my favourite parts of game dev :D

Thank you also for being so kind about my ramblings x3 I think I will be stuck hating my voice forever, haha, but I feel a little less bad about it knowing that you don't find it as awful to listen to as I do :3

Funnily enough, even though I recorded it years ago, that rambling is once again disturbingly relevant now because I've been through a really rough time lately with the medication Amitriptyline, which was prescribed to try and help me with my headaches, but it's also an antidepressant, and it really did a number on me >.<

The funny thing is, the Amitriptyline pills they gave me were the same colours as the Blythe twins x3

(the photo sucks cos my phone camera is bad, but the one on the left is a pale blue colour, haha)

But yeah, it's not been a good time lately, but I'm glad I was able to at least realise what they were doing to me, and I'm currently in the process of coming off of them :3 This week is my last week of taking the lowest dose daily, then I'm dropping down to taking it on alternating days, so, with any luck, I will be free from its evil grip before the end of the year!! x3

I better shut up cos I'm rambling again, haha.

Thanks so much again for taking the time to play through the game and come comment here too <3 I hope that your year is going well!! :3 Or that, at the very least, it's less of a disaster than my year so far x3

That means a heck of a lot <3 Thanks so much for taking the time to check it out and leave such a sweet comment ^-^

I always worry with these micro-projects that they're maybe just a lil toooo tiny to have much in the way of substance >.< But at the same time, I really enjoy the challenge of O2A2 jam and how it forces you to think differently (and super carefully) about what to include and what to cut :D

I think if my ADHD had its way all the time, micro-projects would be all I ever made, haha. There's something so satisfying about being able to complete a project from scratch in such a short period of time!

The game wouldn't be what it is without Vivian's epic voice acting, so I'm super glad you enjoyed that performance :3 I couldn't have asked for a more perfect person to work with in bringing Styx to life :D

Thank YOU for being so kind and playing through the project! <3

I gotta be honest, I don't know what that even means, haha. It's like you're speaking another language, but the classic Brit in me feels as though I should be responding with: "Your mum's boring!" And leaving it at that x3

So glad to hear you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for choosing to check it out ^-^

I think there is a way to get around it... but, unfortunately, my memory is a bit of a useless puddle of goop, so I can't remember how T_T

I'm so sorry >.<

I'm so sorry about that x3 It's one of those weird things where, as a dev, I forget that I know what leads where, and so I make the (often incorrect) assumption that players won't get that ending first, haha.

I need to think about stuff like that more when I'm making things x3

Really appreciate you checking out the game though! Thanks so much for playing it ^-^

Sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you >.< And thank you so much for taking the time to leave such a kind and thoughtful comment ^-^

I'm so glad you were enjoying it, and if you've managed to finish it by now, I hope you still enjoyed it right up to the end/s, haha.

It's awesome that you like the way it's set up, cos I know it wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea x3 I'm just personally a massive fan of bad endings in games xD So I wanted to be able to add as many as possible while also giving them a purpose, cos as much as I love them, I do find it annoying when you end up reaching pointless ones in otome games x3

Super happy to hear you like the theme too <3 If it's the World of Glass theme song (the one with lyrics that has a lil video), then I do already have that one up on Spotify & YouTube :D I just forgot to post about it >.< haha.

You can find it here on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3CY5BdMpPRcJSzwVBKyYVJ

And here on YouTube: (well, 2 here cos 1 is the original music video that I uploaded yeeeeears ago, and then one is the release on YouTube Music x3)

Original video: 

I'm glad you think so :3 I still need to rework the UI cos there are things about it that annoy me, and I know how to fix them now, haha.

Unfortunately, the project is still on pause atm cos I'm supposed to be finishing Lovestarved first x3 But I haven't really gotten anywhere with that this year cos burnout + other stuff has been kicking my butt like a motherfucker >.< But I'll get there someday! Thank you for the kind words and support <3