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ahh that's true!! thank you for your comment <3

SDFLKSDJFLKSDJFKLS tudo bem!!

ijfisnfskfkkd 🥹🥹🥹🥹that's so sweet thank youu

OH MY GOD MY LANGUAGE YESSSSSSS

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!!

very cute!!

she's so cute!!! this was really fun

fofinho!!

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!!

nossa perdi tudo com o "vc curte relacionamentos abertos?" KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK OH VEY

ahh thank you for your comment !! TwT i'm glad you liked!!

and LMAO yeah now that you mention it thats pretty funny 

ty for your comment <33

thank youu!!! 🥺🥺

thanks pri TT__TT

honestly i dont use tumblr at all but i keep it just in case LOL (i'll follow you back !!)

i do!!! you can dm me there!!

NOSSA FICOU MUITO BONITO

THE ONLY ISSUE IN HIS ROUTE IS HIM

LMAO THE MEME

i'm glad!! thanks for commenting!!

AAUGHGHGH this was so cuteeee and sweet TT___TT thank you!!

agree!! i love making short games too. i can't imagine myself doing something too big, i feel already burned out just thinking of it sighh

oh, thanks!!

this was really fun. i loved the atmosphere and the way conversation went so smoothly. also, really enjoyed some of the dialogue appearing in the middle of the screen, it really added to the slightly unnerving vibe. the sprite animation was incredible. great work.

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.

i'm glad! thank you for commenting :)

i will <3 pet your little one for me!!

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...

aaa thank you for the kind words!!!! TT____TT i'm happy!!!

hehehehehe I'm glad to hear that!! 

does oddie remember him... does he not... I don't knooowww.... 

thanks for the comment! ^^

ahhh thanks for helping me again!!

i really loved doing the animations... it was hell to figure them out but it was very rewarding :")

so true!! i guess in the end, the true boulder was the healing we found on the way... (thanks for the comment!!! i'm so tired TT A TT)

ah thanks for the comment!! glad you liked!!

hello again!

i'm really sorry the self-voicing doesn't work in the menu and the scenary.

i'll search for a solution, but it might take some time. is that okay?

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!!

SO TRUE

usually i dont comment on things bc i say what i want in the rating section but i just wanted to point out how much i loved green mc because it's kinda rare to see multiple mc personalities working so well with all the different lis but in here green mc works SO WELL too (as far as i have played) and it's really refreshing (especially since i relate so much to that personality in specific...)

holy shit this was intense...........

i'm aroace and i had a short relationship before i discovered i'm aro, and honestly the game reminded me so much of how it was and how it ended. the accuracy was insane....... 

i loved the music too. the vibe it gave was spotless.

now onto the questions...

1. Did believing you could play this only once impact how you made decisions?

yes, definitely. again, i had a similar situation and playing it was like reliving it again. each option was hella scary and it took me a while to decide.

2. What do SAL and Ash look like in your mind? Did you mentally assign a gender to either or both characters?

tbh in my head SAL is like HAL from space odyssey but inside those big white computers from early 2000's lol (i didn't assign a gender to them)

and ash looks like a nonbinary person to me. short platinum hair with a red lock... (i feel i imagined them as an existing character but i can't remember who it was. if i remember i'll edit this comment.)

3. What choices did you make? How did your game end?

i chose to explain how logically SAL viewed their relationship, and how they firmly believed it was doomed to destroy each other. the game ended up cold, silent, leaning to a possible hopeful future where they still talk, but personally, i don't believe they would continue for much longer.

4. What did you like and dislike about this game?

i liked everything.

5. How did this game make you feel?

very conflicted lmao. it was very hard to navigate through (emotionally) and seeing ash trying to "save" the relationship was heartbreaking but a bit annoying too. as if they didn't understand SAL... because, well, they don't. as much as they want, they don't, and their optimism is inspiring and almost comforting but it wouldn't fit in this situation or fix this 'problem'. it would destroy them in the future, and it would be way worse to deal with. (my opinion...)

6. Do you want to see these characters again? What would you want to see in a follow-up?

honestly no? i think the game is good as it is.

7. What predictions do you have for SAL and Ash's relationship? Where do you see it going?

i answered this on question 3 but yeah, from my gameplay, i don't think they would last for longer. ash would be hurt because they would keep pushing to come closer and understand SAL but they just can't do that. their idealism would be ruined and that hurts. maybe SAL would grow more and more distant because they would notice that until they both drifted apart. idk. maybe i'm just pessimistic lol

8. Any other things you want to mention?

not really. this game was really good, though. maybe i'll play it again to see how it goes. thanks for making it. :))

so cute!! i loved it

yay!! 😄

ohh me too!! i found the concept really fun.

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