Queen of Hearts

I am currently trying out the demo, just wanted to ask if the UI from the demo is the exact same with the full game? I sure hope not, since the demo seems really plain, with Times New Roman font nonetheless.

Also is there a CG Gallery on the full game? Thanks.

Edit: also are there be more expressions on the NPCs in the full game? I noticed Dad's NPC only has one expression (the permanent surprised one).

This was...  Pretty good actually!!!

The backgrounds are amazing!  They are so beautiful!

I like the humor too.  Kudos on actually making me laugh.  XD

Doggies are awesome!

And holy hell...  This game is GREAT on twists!  Like...  Good job.  I haven't guessed any of them...  Like at all...

Everything else definitely kept my interest too!

Thank you and keep up the good work!!!

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(Spoiler question) The only thing I was wondering was in Aiden's route...  About the mother demon...?  Is she the MC's mother...?  There were hints that the MC can't contract the plague (that's how I interpreted it), but did the mother die and become a demoness...?  Or am I off?  Just rather curious about it.

For whatever reason when I bought and downloaded the game it either didnt download the cheat sheet/walkthrough or it put it somewhere I dont know how to get to, is there any way I can find it in the files or get a new download of it? 

I actually quite enjoyed this game! It wasn't super long and yeah I think some more depth could be added to some things... BUT I absolutely love the characters you created and the premise of the story. Aiden's route was my favorite and I wasn't expecting what happened. Suddenly the rest of the routes and some of the interactions made sense. Overall good job. I look forward to future works 😊

I played this demo two weeks ago and it was nice to scroll trough the site and see that the full game had been released.  I would start by saying that  the game isn't really  a 20-30 hours game. Maybe more 10h for all routes. I am also a little bit disappointed in the lack of narrations? I feel like since we only got CGs with the LIs at the end of the routes there could have been more narration/description for the important moments, especially for all the kissing scenes. 

But besides that, the routes were fun to play. It was nice to see how different things happened during each route, and I also really enjoyed how each route revealed more of the story.

To rate my routes I would say:

Thrace >> Aiden > Roxas >>> Iandir >>>>>>>>>>>> Kadan 

Spoilers thoughts/questions/feedback:

- I really wish there had been an option to go back home and not have Kadan stay. I just wasn't able to forgive what he did, especially coupled with how inappropriate he was during the prologue. I really wish there had been a way to get Aiden without going through his route.

- I also wish we ended up having a route with King Ronan. He seemed really sweet and I am sucker for arranged marriage turned into happy ending. He accepted the MC decision so graciously each time. I really wanted a happy ending there.

- For one of the Iandir bad ending (when he doesn't take the potion) Ronan says the crow means  death was that supposed to be for Iandir or Aiden?

- For the good ending with Thrace, we end up leaving with Aiden how does that work if no matter which routes we are on he's meant to die since we didn't choose him?

- I think there's a code error for the Mira route. I tried playing it and received an error.

- The walkthrough for the Roxas route is wrong for the cellar scene. It says any choice for the scene where he asks you to lock him in the cellar. But if you choose to refuse, you don't get to kiss him first, which then leads to a bad ending.

Despite all of that,  I would say for the price of the game I think what I got was satisfying. I enjoyed both the good and bad endings! :)

At last, I finished the game. I don't dislike it, but cannot say I adore it either. The romance seems rush, after a small chit chat, suddenly they have a crush on each other. The atmosphere nor the feeling of Rue are not being described pretty well, such as that time when she had her first kiss, I didn't even realize what had just done if not thanks to the sound effect.  Regarding the story, I'm not sure how I feel, I understand what you tried to do there but it kinda not makes any sense at the same time, it also reminds me of a certain title from Otomate games thou I shall not mention here to avoid spoiler. And Aiden, my boi, I would have chosen him first without a heart beat if you let me, despise how much I favor him, I don't really understand his struggle. If he already made up his mind and agreed on something like that, he should have went all for it rather than think what would be best for Rue. Dude, I appreciate your concern but don't decide for me. I would rather him try his best to win her over again than seeing him back down like a coward. So my favorite shall be Aiden > Thrace > Kadan > Roxas > Iandir. I suprisingly like Thrace in his route, thou he acted all nice so sudden. Kadan and Roxas are so-so, I would like to have some comment on their route to but the review is long enough already. And Iandir, his route kinda not makes any sense.

Afterall, I do enjoy playing this, but I think it could have been much more better due to the amount of time it consumed. I know it's your first game so there are still alot to go in the future, I hope you shall continue to improve day by day and I'm looking forward to your next title.

Hi! I just bought the game, and I can't wait to play it! I was just wondering if it is possible for a published walkthrough so that i can play through the good endings first? yes, I am that type of player hehe xD  

hi! sorry if this comes of as rude I really don't mean it in any rude way but will the full game be with money?  also the demo was amazing!!! was not expecting to get attached to the characters as much as I did :D

This was a wonderful demo! The artstyle is different and cute and the BG music is good. As for the story, the MC seems a bit reckless and makes some questionable choices like trying to run away in the middle of the night, into a dark forest, in front of everyone. The other characters seem fine, each with their own past and secrets. 

At the beginning, the characters seem a bit stereotypical (You've got the Arrogant A-hole, Flirty Playboy, Handsome Childhood Enemy, Sweet Innocent dude and Gaston look alike) but as the story progresses,  it seems different than the average visual novel. My favorite characters are Kadan>Thrace>Iandir>Aiden>Roxas(I just can't get over how much Roxas looks like Gaston, plus he seems to be a hunter).

I would love to play the whole game when it's released. I hope there is voice acting for the whole game coz I'm just addicted to Thrace's voice! There seems to be a lot of activity in the updates section these days so I hope the game is released soon!(No pressure tho) One question, will the whole game be released for free or available only for purchase?

oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh new demo

Ah this was great. It certainly surprised me. The art is beautiful in a refreshing way. It's very lovely. At the beginning story setup appears to be your typical otome game, so I was like "Oh, it's gonna be like that...".  But I really liked how it unfolds itself for the player layer for layer. It's light-hearted and then dark, whimsical and then mature, humorous yet serious. Wasn't really sure what to make out of the MC, but I'm glad that she overcame the first shock and is actually given agency and a strong voice in the second chapter.

I found Kadan and Roxan to be very likeable and relatable.

I just finished the demo and it was just amazing! The art was so beautiful and the story was so charming. Of course that now I have a soft spot in my heart for Iandir, my beautiful softie of a boy,,,

Although I must say the stock BGs in the 2nd chapter kinda ruined the atmosphere a bit, but I'm sure  it'll be fixed in the future.

Overall, I really like this game and I can't wait to play more!

Just played the demo and i have to say i really loved it!

I like all the characters so much i can't even decide who my favorite is.

Voice acting, music and art is also very amazing!

Will there be sprite's for the MC brothers? i'm really curious how they would look like!

Looking forward to the release!

so pretty :o who are the voice actors? and btw "kadan" did you play dragon age? ;) is there anywhere I can follow progress with more regular updates? :)

Wow, must play this!

I'll write my thoughts once I'm done, but I'd like to ask a question before starting, if you don't mind. Is the king an actual romance option too? In scenarios like this one, I always like it when the arranged marriage candidate ends up being the true love, despite the main character not necessarily wanting to marry them to begin with. So it would be a huge plus for me haha 

I love so much about this game - the art, the characters, the world- and I would love to see it succeed! I would recommend posting on Tumblr and the Lemmsoft Forums, or even Twitter or r/otomegames? I understand that it can be very time-consuming but I think you could get all the publicity you can :) 

Normally I wouldn't play otome games, was sent here by a friend, so if some of my comments don't make sense because the game works as it should as an otome game, I apologise beforehand!

Firstly, loving the graphics, the backgrounds and the character art look like a storybook and has its own charm. I don't know whether this criticism is fair though, but sometimes I feel like the special images (when an event happens) are very pretty but the characters look... too different in them? I think it might be an effect of staring at the 6 characters in the same pose all the time, so when the event-image appears it feels like the faces don't look like the same character anymore. It's about consistency of the character art I think? It's not a major issue, but something to think about if you get funded. :)

The voice-acting is also great, it feels more high-quality than I had expected and the (authentic-sounding) accents make it easier to pick up from any country (it's not too americanised or too british or too european, nice mix of all). Some nit-picking about the voice-acting: I think the previous comment is correct, there's a mislabelling of the voice volume as the sound volume (which meant I went through all of the "Breakfast" scene and quite a bit of the guys talking without any voices at all before I realised there must be some voice-acting I'm missing out on). Another thing is that I feel like Thrace's voice often comes a little later than I would have expected, so it throws off the realistic timing of the dialogue. Like the words come on the screen but there's a perceptible pause before his voice-acting starts. I think it might have to do with the drawl of the voice-actor, and maybe to emphasise his arrogance, but it throws off the realism for me. I don't have a similar issue with any of the other voices. Lastly, I feel like Aiden's voice volume sometimes goes very soft, maybe it's intentional because he does like to mutter, but this means I have to keep the volume louder than I would have liked in order to hear everyone's voices. For example, Roxas, Thrace and Kadan generally would be louder than I would have liked, in order for me to catch all of Aiden's dialogue.

Another nit-pick - its not easy to figure out who was who in the beginning, because there was no indication who was talking. So it took me ages to figure out which one was Thrace (it looked like Kadan had one wing so I kept thinking that Kadan was Thrace), and then I thought Roxas was Kadan when Kadan started to speak. The issue disappears after the original set of background dialogue, but it's definitely confusing at first. Maybe... flash an image of the specific guy when he first talks? It can be like one of those event-images.

There are some comments below about the inconsequential choices that the MC makes, and whether it makes sense to have them. Again, I don't play otome games often, but I quite like the ones that were given and kind of wish there was more. I think, even though I know they don't make any difference in terms of the whole plot, but being able to inject what I think the MC should be saying (for example, if I think she should be flippant, or sarcastic, or concerned) or choosing whether to be a more spirited escaping-all-the-time or docile-resigned-to-her-fate MC, makes me feel more connected to the story, even though it doesn't lead to a different outcome in the plot. I would like more of those, if that makes sense. 

Other nit-picks: White text on very light grey background for the "Help" and "About" screens in the very beginning makes it very hard to read! I don't know whether that's because I'm using a Mac. On dark mode. 

There's one line in the dialogue that has a typo in the subtitles: 

Roxas: “Careful now. Iandir and his kind tend to have a certain effect on people. You may not want *him* to stare at him *for* too long.” I think the first *him* should not be there and I think the second *for* is supposed to be there (or not, I can't remember now).

So far, my favourite is either Kadan or Roxas. I really like Aiden's voice as well. Feel like thwacking Thrace (though his little moment with the "boot" was hilarious) and am a bit ambivalent about Iandir lol. Looking forward to the rest of the game, and will definitely support when it goes on Indiegogo (is it up already)? Maybe you should have some physical event in Singapore as part of the rewards on Indiegogo haha I will come... :P

Hi,

Just played the updated demo.  I really liked the additional choices, I think they added a lot to the game.  I do think there's an error, I think that the volume that controls the voices is marked as "sound volume" in the preferences screen (and vice versa).  I also think that the intro is a bit too abbreviated (I know you did that in response to another commenter who said it was too long) but I don't think the MC ever asks her dad about the trunks in the new version, so I think that some conversation between just the two of them (maybe not the whole thing from before, but something) would be helpful.  I think that cutting that out we miss out on most of the relationship between the MC and her family-we don't really get to see it play out at breakfast, it's all her little brothers interrupting, so I thought that the interaction between just the MC and her dad had a purpose (sorry for not saying so sooner).

I loved the demo, if I was not broke for a unforeseen amount of time I would be pledging right now.

Ok so, normally I only comment if I have serious issues with things in the game, however, I have to make another exception. Aside from the beginning, I have to complain about the beginning because I have a HUGE issue with the constant dodging and "What's happening?" and 10 minutes of just trying to be mysterious and keeping the mc in the dark and back and forth nonsense is a little ridiculous. The dad said they'd talk about it when she came down for dinner, so fricken talk about it stop trying to be dodgy already. It's unnecessary and takes away from the story. Sorry.

Aside from that, I loved it. There is something going on, Idk what but I'd like to find out. The art is pretty nice, the characters are pretty interesting, I love world building so I'm very interested in the world you've set up here and figuring it all out.

About the voice acting, I have to put here that I absolutely disagree. I mean I love ALL the voices, Thrace and Iandir in particular, they had such calming, soft voices. They all seemed to fit, I mean I suppose Thrace's voice being calming probably not but with his sass it is really fitting. Iandir does seem less emotional but it worked because he's just a very gentle and laid back sort of character so his lack of emotion seemed to just go with his ability to sort of shrug off whatever was going on. I normally don't favor those types of characters but Iandir was super endearing and I immediately adored him.

Though Kadan's voice didn't really surprise me at first, the personality did a little, just hearing him say some of those things was like "oh he's one of those!" and it did sound a little funny but I'm not entirely sure why? It didn't take away from the story at all.

I also wish there were more choices as well, it was a little disappointing. It's hard to really critique that part without having access to a full game but there does seem a pretty long stretch with just no options. Even minor things with just different dialogue or the option to skip introductions entirely could've been a nice touch. I also agree that a few cosmetic options would be much appreciated but I understand that it might not be possible because if you offer cosmetic options and then they don't appear in CGs people could also complain about that so it's a whole thing.

In all I found this very entertaining and I look forward to supporting this project!

Just got done playing through this, and was a little disappointed by the lack of choices up til the end of the demo. Even just a few "cosmetic" choices placed here and there can help make it feel like the player is playing rather than just reading a story. That said, I /did/ enjoy the demo and what little we got to see of the story! The character interactions were very entertaining  and the group plays off of each other very well.

Out of the LIs I think Thrace and Kadan wound up being my favorites. I'm also interested in learning more about Roxas. Aiden... I wanted to punch in the face. This isn't to say that he's a bad character. He's just not the type of person I personally would ever get along with. Iandir... was bizarre. Although I think that might have more to do with how blase he was about being /owned/ and used for transportation. Cultural shock on my part, lol!

I see you were asking after the voice acting below in another comment, so I'll put my thoughts down on that too. The voice acting threw me for a loop in the beginning. I didn't realize it was voice acted until the Dad's lines started playing. His acting was pretty good.  Aiden, Thrace, and Roxas all have voices that fit their character sprites, and were pretty good as well. Kadan's voice was not what I was expecting at all, but after the intial surprise it seemed to fit by the end. I think that was more influenced by the type of voice that usually gets assigned to characters with similar designs from other games I've played. So I will say he passes with the others. Maybe a bit more inflection in his voice? As I said, I did wind up liking it by the end of the demo.  Iandir's seems to lack... something. I'm not sure what. I feel like maybe in trying to make him sound like a very calm and friendly sort, too much emotion is being left out??? I definitely think there needs to be more inflection. 

My only other critique, I think, is sometimes the voices seemed to play at different volumes. There were also a few times the voices got low on purpose, as part of the acting, but it made it harder to hear them. I had the music volume pretty low and everything else left at 100%. I was also not wearing headphones, so it might not be as noticeable if I had been. Still something to look at, I feel.

So my final thoughts: looking forward to seeing this funded and finished! I will try to chip in what I can when the campaign goes up as I enjoyed the demo quite a bit.  I hope I didn't come off as harsh, because all I want to do is offer helpful criticism. Good luck and keep up the good work!

Hey! Would love to play the demo but when I go to install it only the mac version is available. :)

I just finished the demo and I have to say I LOVE this demo! The LI's banter alone with each other had me laughing. I can tell that lots of time, love and care went into this demo! The demo wasn't too short or too long and gave away enough to keep me guessing about certain things! I hope you guys reach your goal and are able to see your project come to life because I haven't really enjoyed a demo like this in a long time. 

Edit: I do have one issue, mainly that in the beginning when the cast of LI's were speaking. It was hard to tell who was speaking because the mouth opening sizes varied a lot! Some of the differences are small and I got confused for a bit.

The art looks like it came directly from a story book! Great job!

Hi, I just found out about this gem today and decided to try out the demo even though the art is not really my style but absolutely looks decent. And surprisingly, I LOVE IT! I didn't expect much but it was fun. The chemistry between characters was great and natural, and hilarious af, every single one of them was stand out and unique by their own way, made the romance options more interesting than ever. xD And for the MC, I love her,  and the way she deals with things, well, at least in the demo, she was in a weird group and she hanged out with them just fine. The BG is absolutely gorgeous, really give out the fantasy and medieval vibe. And the voice acting, to be honest, not good, but I'm surprised that you guys recorded every sentences, like, seriously, all of them, and I thought that it was really awesome, not many people willing to do it just for the demo, thank you. So overall? I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT *important thing needs to repeat 3 times xD* I can't wait to play this game in the future, so I hope the donation will go well, but I wonder why did you guys choose Indiegogo over Kickstater? Well, because I see many projects in this genre usually are uploaded on Kickstater more, this is the first time I heard of Indiegogo to be honest. xD  

I like the overall premise and the LIs seem interesting (I'm a bit undecided on how I feel about the MC at the moment), but I'm just wondering how many choices there will be in the game.  I played through the demo (I think it took me about an hour) and the only choice came at the end, and it was where to go, not how to react to a situation/character.  I watched the previews in the post and there was only one choice in those (granted that could just be based on what's written/coded currently).  

Do you have an estimate of how many choices there will be in a particular route/chapter and will they be more generic like the one in the demo or more specific like the one in the Thrace preview?

I liked the vibrant colors and dream-like quality of the backgrounds and sprites. It's all very pretty, and the character designs are interesting  and so varied.

We don't really get a lot of time to get to know the characters, but so far my favorite is the centaur, Iandir (I had to check what his name was again). He was the nicest of the bunch. And I kinda agreed with the MC that Aiden needs a smack.

I'm curious to see where you'll go with this, and will be keeping an eye on your progress. Good luck!