This game is such a cool concept but for some reason I can't move past the first day no matter what I do. Still, love what I've been able to play so far
The shifting colours REALLY communicate the nice back-and-forth here as it looks at the protagonist from an introspective angle. (Or maybe reflective?) It's especially neat in that the outside-context character who's learning things does it through our narration. I oddly felt compelled to be as monstrous as possible the first run - staring in the mirror and acting a bit direct with him about arson... but it ended up bringing me a bit closer to Homura by the end, just kind of disarmed by how openly he took it all. It's a great dynamic! Almost feels like... one of us is touching a stove without feeling anything?
Later playthroughs just really helped hammer in how EXCITED the protagonist could get at something changing, even at his own peril, even with his own narrow perspective. That really makes me interested to see who we'll learn more about first, if either of them - and if that'll be consistent across playthroughs. I especially liked how an almost straightfoward "thanking" about the black flames on my first playthrough, during my third playthrough, turned into a deeper analysis of the two. My last playtrhough was on the game of tag, I think that was my favorite out of them!
I'm glad to hear you liked the text effects! I did a lot of experimenting with those in this project. And happy that Homura's slow exposure to the world through the player's choices is interesting. There's definitely some slow boiling going on, haha!
Yeah, the protagonist is definitely the yandere here, though Homura isn't exactly stable himself. Especially once he started regaining his memories.
It's good that the game of tag came across well! I worked hard to build tension on that one. Thanks for playing!
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This game is such a cool concept but for some reason I can't move past the first day no matter what I do. Still, love what I've been able to play so far
Sorry for the confusion! This is a demo build, so it ends shortly before the conclusion of day one. I'm glad you've enjoyed it so far.
i love love love the text colours changing!!
Glad you enjoyed the text effects!
The shifting colours REALLY communicate the nice back-and-forth here as it looks at the protagonist from an introspective angle. (Or maybe reflective?) It's especially neat in that the outside-context character who's learning things does it through our narration. I oddly felt compelled to be as monstrous as possible the first run - staring in the mirror and acting a bit direct with him about arson... but it ended up bringing me a bit closer to Homura by the end, just kind of disarmed by how openly he took it all. It's a great dynamic! Almost feels like... one of us is touching a stove without feeling anything?
Later playthroughs just really helped hammer in how EXCITED the protagonist could get at something changing, even at his own peril, even with his own narrow perspective. That really makes me interested to see who we'll learn more about first, if either of them - and if that'll be consistent across playthroughs. I especially liked how an almost straightfoward "thanking" about the black flames on my first playthrough, during my third playthrough, turned into a deeper analysis of the two. My last playtrhough was on the game of tag, I think that was my favorite out of them!
I'm glad to hear you liked the text effects! I did a lot of experimenting with those in this project. And happy that Homura's slow exposure to the world through the player's choices is interesting. There's definitely some slow boiling going on, haha!
Yeah, the protagonist is definitely the yandere here, though Homura isn't exactly stable himself. Especially once he started regaining his memories.
It's good that the game of tag came across well! I worked hard to build tension on that one. Thanks for playing!