OKAY I JUST KNOW YOU DID NOT COMMENT SOMETHING THAT MADE ME CRY (I guess we're on a equal footing now!!!!!)
Like, really, I'm speechless about the general impression my writing leaves you, it's just so... so nice???? I'm really trying to write different types of stories (like, this one channeled different things in me than High School Lolita, or Katekyo's first date...) so I'm very glad you still think they manage to be different and emotional! And gosh, 4 times???? I'm so happy you found it that emotional!!
Ha ha, same with the good options, it broke my heart to pick the bad options for troubleshooting bugs edfgtr And THANK YOU FOR LIKING PETER, I LOVE HIM TOO SO MUCH! I wanted to make Peter a loveable, caring and respectful love interest without making him too perfect or bland, so I tried to paint him as human as possible, by making him sound real, by giving him things which exist but we don't see often in fiction (the stammer being one of them, and took inspiration from child me, who had a stammer and went every Friday to the speech therapist to stop stuttering, haha). Surprisingly, I had more sensitivity-reading for this game than I did for HSL, I asked some of my autistic friends for their opinion on Peter's potrayal as an autistic character, haha, and I was sooooooo relieved when they told me he was fine)! And you know, I feel like we focus less on this kind of representation (characters are often "autistic-coded" but we fail to mention the word "autistic", so i really wanted to for this one).
And yes, Amanda was a rollercoaster for me! At first, when I finished writing the game, I was really frustrated with her because I thought she was overreacting and hard on Peter! But when I took some time away and reread it, she hit me hard too! This fear of opening up, of being hurt again, especially considering Peter also has struggle to open up about his past, this all felt right to me, and I just wanted to give her a big warm hug (like a soup)!! And good luck, the bad ending is really hard on Peter zergtdgr he really only deserves the love!!!!!
And thanks, I feel very grateful to have collaborated with such talented artists! And for the animations, thank you, you were quite an inspiration in this, haha, since all your games are always so cinematographic and so well animated! Mine isn't cinematographic at all, haha, but you're the one who inspired me to try harder in this department!!!! So thank you, Carrot!
Overall, thank you, I'm glad this game felt warm even though you cried four times frge'zhb it really is a comfort game for me, and Peter a comfort character, so I'm very happy!! These two are never leaving me again too, haha!!