And now, for something completely different.
Just some feedback on game performance, since I haven't heard this discussed as of yet. I am playing the full uncompressed version but I am seeing very slow game performance in page loading. To put this into context, I am running a beast of a machine with a Xeon E5 processor (16 core), 32GB of RAM, and an Nvidia 760-GTX card (ok, I know the last is a little dated, but it's still not an absolute sloth). I have 500GB available on a fast SATA 1TB drive, so I don't think it's a fragmentation issue.
What I am experiencing is I will have a scene transition from an image to blank screen and the game will appear to hang. After clicking the mouse a few times, the next screen will appear. I have noted this a number of times already in the first chapter. Is it possible that there is something going on in the back code that is causing the game to be so terribly slow? Suggestions?
Having built part of my own modest VN, I have deep respect for this incredible VN and thank you very much for the many, many hours you have invested into making a wonderful story and a deeply complex game. I look forward to future installments.