I played the demo, I can only say a couple of things since it was short.
first quite the good writing, it leans towards the longest phrases that I accept. the scenes were quite on point and did not linger for too long.
I am not a fan of bad endings, they feel irrelevant to me since it is somehting that is never supposed to happen.
I do not like the artstyle I never did, this is the genecic art style that AI people like to copy. because it is popular. but hey you probably chose that artstyle because it is popular.
I did not like the prologue, it felt out of place. it starts with a male character and lays down a mystery for you to solve only to switch characters and start from the point of view of the girl, meaning that there will be no mystery, because you will see everything that happens to the girl.
Overall i think it is a quality game, but not for me.
Hello! Thanks so much for your feedback. Always glad to hear it.
First, I would like to clarify things about the prologue.
It is not as canon as you would think, I mentioned in my game thread that if players want Akari to remain pure, she can do so. The means are quite convoluted, to give a challenge to readers, but I do have a walkthrough on my Patreon about how to get the secret, perfect playthrough.
I will probably redo the prologue in the future with new art assets once I’m able to. It will make the clues more explicit. The mystery is still there, but Akari’s fate is absolutely not set in stone.
I advise readers to please Chapter 3 a try to see
what really happens in the train. It’s only $5 to play all the chapters right now, and $18 if you want a Steam key.
At the end of the day, do note that the video cuts out before Akari has a chance to explain
anything. I made this scene on the presumption that any serious boyfriend would choose to hear her out before taking an unknown, edited video at face value. Do people still fall for Biden Skyrim videos?
The scene is actually styled like JP NTR where the player must play the game to find out what happened to the heroine. But it does present an issue because some players are not familiar with the trope. I will redo it in the future to prevent misunderstandings.
About the AI comparisons, nothing I can do about it, because AI will always train on what's popular and best. It's even started copying the sketchy, rkgk style now. Thankfully, the people who appreciate hand-drawn art far outnumber the detractors, and that keeps me going.
I had a funny thing happen recently. I read a random comment that Urushihara-sensei's art, the "master of breasts," looked AI. Without knowing that
every AI model under the sun has trained on his art. The dude is sixty years old and his art literally spawned modern anime pinup as we know it. IIRC before Google fixed their algorithm,
it was so bad that searching for his art brought up more hits of AI art than his actual art.
