I've read through what is currently available for Gin, and I'm really glad i finally gave this VN a go. There's something really charming here that I feel like I'm missing in other VNs. I think it's the way the characters seem to hesitate a bit when making choices. Obviously the other characters are written in a specific way, but their choices and dialogue feels more real and spontaneous than I'm used to. Each character just feels very grounded in reality. I also really love how supportive Gin and Misha are of each other. It just feels nice to have the drama of their route not be predicated on typical tropes of queer romance. They're good for each other, and they'll help build each other up when they start to crumble. Also the sheer amount of references to consent in the scenes felt really good. I've worked in sexual violence prevention in the past, so the line "consent is sexy" hit home something fierce. I have a lot of other thoughts about this story (all good), but I think I'm gonna leave this here for now. I can't wait to see how Gin's route concludes. Side note: that cliffhanger was evil! Anyway, I'm gonna go check what's currently available of the other routes now!
Okay, i got around to reading what is available for the other routes. A lot of my points still stand, especially the one about the characters feeling real. I think the biggest moment that contributes to that is when Misha asks the other characters out on a date. Giving them time to explore their thoughts before getting back to him was a really nice touch. Also I didn't really comment on the art at all in my first comment. I found that I really enjoy the blush and the like mildly annoyed expression on all the characters. It's just very cute.
Okay, comments on the other routes time. I started with Rohan. He was the one I was second most interested in of the group. Wow there's a lot more depth to his character than I was expecting. I tend to kinda enjoy the overly sexual character in VNs (which is weird considering I'm ace), but his backstory really added a lot. That and the argument that him and Misha get into while practicing lines was really well done. I love cute relationship stuff, but seeing that they can cope with an argument and learn how to move on together does a lot to properly establish things. I think he's probably still my second favorite, but I'll get slightly more into that after talking about the other two.
Next up I read Boaz's route. I think he was the one I was the most apprehensive about. I didn't get a whole lot of great vibes from the other routes, so I wasn't totally sure what to expect. I think my favorite moments came from hanging out eith him at the mall. Him treating Misha to lunch and Misha getting him the figure was really sweet. It's a different love language than is present in the other routes, and it creates a nice rounded package with everything. I'm honestly still not super sure how I'd rank him. I ended up reading his route broken up a bit between days, so I might need to go back and read it in one sitting.
Finally, I read Floris' route. In all honesty, I didn't really feel much about him prior to reading. I feel like he just didn't have too much of a presence in the shared scenes, so i didn't have much to go off of. That, and i am super not a sports fan in real life. His route i think was the most surprising to me. The reveal that he's autistic wasn't surprising to me at all, but I have a lot of experience with it. I myself have adhd and autism, and I'm in grad school to become a counselor. I'm pretty intimately familiar with the diagnostic criteria, so I had him pretty figured out early on. The heart to heart between him and Misha on their date was really nice to see. Floris detailing his trauma and Misha attempting to comfort him was touching. It was also nice that Misha isn't perfect. He wasn't always saying or doing exactly the right thing, and they talked about it when stuff wasn't working. I definitely judged Floris too harshly before his route.
Overall, I think Gin is still my favorite. That said, he does have the most content, so I don't think it is completely fair to compare him to the others. For the other three, it's honestly really hard to rank them. I think Rohan and Floris are probably tied for second place. Their backstories and personalities are just really interesting to me. Saying Boaz is my least favorite, while technically true, isn't entirely fair. It's like, if I were to rank everyone with letter grades Gin would be A+, Rohan and Floris would be A, and Boaz would just barely be A-. They are all really fantastic routes, and i think they could all stand strongly on their own. I just found a tiny bit more to enjoy in a few of them.
Apologies for the enormous comment. I just had a lot of thoughts I wanted to share lol. I can also tell it's gonna be at least a few days before I can clear my head of all of them. I'll probably be re-reading the routes at least once or twice in the next few weeks. (Edit like 10 minutes after initial comment: ehh screw it, I'm gonna re-read Gin'a route now) I'm definitely very excited to see what the future holds for each of the boys 💜
I'm so touched you wrote this much and are enjoying it so. I'm at a loss for words with your essay, just overwhelmed with your support. Thanks again, I truly appreciate it.
grr it has now been *checks every clock in my house* 57 days since the last update i shall now do the same thing as ENA before me except worse and even more unpleasant to look at
grr it has now been *checks clock on my phone* 57 days + 10 hours since the last update I shall now do the same thing as the guy who asked before me except worse and even more unpleasant to look at
WWWWAIT A SECOND Didn't a similar event transpire a while ago? Im pretty sure the same thing happened with rohan* where his sprites were "darker". Im pretty sure you just adjusted his alpha values.
I may be illiterate when I wrote what I did the first time, as I often trick myself over the two names. The only one I adjusted was Floris, as he was too dark. Nothing happened to the tiger
I love this game and I'm really glad I found it! Minor suggestion, do you think Floris' face could be made a little lighter in color? It's hard to tell what's going on for his facial expressions on Android from my experience.
Not fully caught up yet, but I really like the moods captured in the writing so far, especially with the banter and Rohan's first hangout!
The Game is great, i have re-played it many times to see what each choice does and i am impressed how you made this game so enjoyable, the story is interesting and the characters (while sometimes annoying in thiere own way) have thiere own feeling for how they act and are unique from most Visual Novels wich make the "Dateable" characters fall fir the player after just about meeting them
Right away can say that having moments leading up to the initial meeting would be great to add. Elaboration will be needed, it feel like you are getting jerked around and forced into things like its a fact, rather than a question, no easing into it. Dog and Horse have tail? Where? We cannot name the MC, so therefore who is the MC? Species? Gender? Looks/Image of? First Character choice, it happens out of the blue, sort of, no MC thoughts on the options, plus going to the bathroom for no reason is NOT an option, too strange. Choice points should have more weight by providing detail before making them. At Diner sprites are too close together and overlapping, can't clearly see their expressions. And that is enough for now, you will need to revise things at a later time. Forcing choices to correlate directly to the characters make it feel too dull and devoid of choice. Need to add in originality!
I find it very funny that I myself want to play DnD eventually and literally a day after thinking that this game falls into my lap like "yay dnd AND furry romance this is a dream come true "
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I've read through what is currently available for Gin, and I'm really glad i finally gave this VN a go. There's something really charming here that I feel like I'm missing in other VNs. I think it's the way the characters seem to hesitate a bit when making choices. Obviously the other characters are written in a specific way, but their choices and dialogue feels more real and spontaneous than I'm used to. Each character just feels very grounded in reality. I also really love how supportive Gin and Misha are of each other. It just feels nice to have the drama of their route not be predicated on typical tropes of queer romance. They're good for each other, and they'll help build each other up when they start to crumble. Also the sheer amount of references to consent in the scenes felt really good. I've worked in sexual violence prevention in the past, so the line "consent is sexy" hit home something fierce. I have a lot of other thoughts about this story (all good), but I think I'm gonna leave this here for now. I can't wait to see how Gin's route concludes. Side note: that cliffhanger was evil! Anyway, I'm gonna go check what's currently available of the other routes now!
Thanks so much! Those words are very sweet and it was touching to see it pop up in my feed.
Okay, i got around to reading what is available for the other routes. A lot of my points still stand, especially the one about the characters feeling real. I think the biggest moment that contributes to that is when Misha asks the other characters out on a date. Giving them time to explore their thoughts before getting back to him was a really nice touch. Also I didn't really comment on the art at all in my first comment. I found that I really enjoy the blush and the like mildly annoyed expression on all the characters. It's just very cute.
Okay, comments on the other routes time. I started with Rohan. He was the one I was second most interested in of the group. Wow there's a lot more depth to his character than I was expecting. I tend to kinda enjoy the overly sexual character in VNs (which is weird considering I'm ace), but his backstory really added a lot. That and the argument that him and Misha get into while practicing lines was really well done. I love cute relationship stuff, but seeing that they can cope with an argument and learn how to move on together does a lot to properly establish things. I think he's probably still my second favorite, but I'll get slightly more into that after talking about the other two.
Next up I read Boaz's route. I think he was the one I was the most apprehensive about. I didn't get a whole lot of great vibes from the other routes, so I wasn't totally sure what to expect. I think my favorite moments came from hanging out eith him at the mall. Him treating Misha to lunch and Misha getting him the figure was really sweet. It's a different love language than is present in the other routes, and it creates a nice rounded package with everything. I'm honestly still not super sure how I'd rank him. I ended up reading his route broken up a bit between days, so I might need to go back and read it in one sitting.
Finally, I read Floris' route. In all honesty, I didn't really feel much about him prior to reading. I feel like he just didn't have too much of a presence in the shared scenes, so i didn't have much to go off of. That, and i am super not a sports fan in real life. His route i think was the most surprising to me. The reveal that he's autistic wasn't surprising to me at all, but I have a lot of experience with it. I myself have adhd and autism, and I'm in grad school to become a counselor. I'm pretty intimately familiar with the diagnostic criteria, so I had him pretty figured out early on. The heart to heart between him and Misha on their date was really nice to see. Floris detailing his trauma and Misha attempting to comfort him was touching. It was also nice that Misha isn't perfect. He wasn't always saying or doing exactly the right thing, and they talked about it when stuff wasn't working. I definitely judged Floris too harshly before his route.
Overall, I think Gin is still my favorite. That said, he does have the most content, so I don't think it is completely fair to compare him to the others. For the other three, it's honestly really hard to rank them. I think Rohan and Floris are probably tied for second place. Their backstories and personalities are just really interesting to me. Saying Boaz is my least favorite, while technically true, isn't entirely fair. It's like, if I were to rank everyone with letter grades Gin would be A+, Rohan and Floris would be A, and Boaz would just barely be A-. They are all really fantastic routes, and i think they could all stand strongly on their own. I just found a tiny bit more to enjoy in a few of them.
Apologies for the enormous comment. I just had a lot of thoughts I wanted to share lol. I can also tell it's gonna be at least a few days before I can clear my head of all of them. I'll probably be re-reading the routes at least once or twice in the next few weeks. (Edit like 10 minutes after initial comment: ehh screw it, I'm gonna re-read Gin'a route now) I'm definitely very excited to see what the future holds for each of the boys 💜
I'm so touched you wrote this much and are enjoying it so. I'm at a loss for words with your essay, just overwhelmed with your support. Thanks again, I truly appreciate it.
Yappa yappa yappa
silence.
(this is a joke but im actually stunned about how much you wrote not trying to be rude in anyway)
Lol, I was very confused when I saw an email from a reply. I can't help yapping. I get very passionate when I enjoy something :P
Wow, why haven't I seen this novel before? I really liked it, especially Rohan, thank you, and good luck with the development.
I don't know how either :p but i'm glad you enjoyed it
Glad to see you're still working on it :3
Thankee! There's now a SFW mode on, for what it's worth. Won't fully change what is done, but covers up the most adult bits.
not me tryin to figure out how tf to play this on linux when the pc/linux version doesnt have a .sh file
i suppose you need Wine for that
grrr..,,,,,
how dare you not update in
checks dev log
9 days,,,,
grrr
i will now post an image that is unpleasent to look at
grr it has now been *checks every clock in my house* 57 days since the last update i shall now do the same thing as ENA before me except worse and even more unpleasant to look at
grr it has now been *checks clock on my phone* 57 days + 10 hours since the last update I shall now do the same thing as the guy who asked before me except worse and even more unpleasant to look at
thanksskkskskss
hey
hey
pst
you need to set the game things to windows and mac because people using the app on their computer cant download it otherwise
Updated that again, sorry haha
brr am cold
Yeah.
From far Gin eyes kinda look soulless black eyes
The coloring you've chosen for Floris makes it hard to see his facial features, could that be fixed somehow? Please?
I'll see what I can do
Thank you! :)
In case you weren't aware, he's been adjusted to be "brighter"!
WWWWAIT A SECOND
Didn't a similar event transpire a while ago?
Im pretty sure the same thing happened with rohan* where his sprites were "darker".
Im pretty sure you just adjusted his alpha values.
I may be illiterate when I wrote what I did the first time, as I often trick myself over the two names. The only one I adjusted was Floris, as he was too dark. Nothing happened to the tiger
Is there a way to move the name plate to the left side of the UI? It's really far away from the actual dialogue.
Hmm. I moved the names over as to fit with the natural "pathing" of the textbox but I'll see how I can play with that perhaps.
*Least* homosexual college tabletop players
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I love this game and I'm really glad I found it! Minor suggestion, do you think Floris' face could be made a little lighter in color? It's hard to tell what's going on for his facial expressions on Android from my experience.
Not fully caught up yet, but I really like the moods captured in the writing so far, especially with the banter and Rohan's first hangout!
The Game is great, i have re-played it many times to see what each choice does and i am impressed how you made this game so enjoyable, the story is interesting and the characters (while sometimes annoying in thiere own way) have thiere own feeling for how they act and are unique from most Visual Novels wich make the "Dateable" characters fall fir the player after just about meeting them
Does anyone have CG or art work for Boaz 🧐❤️❤️I want to put it as a background for my Android device of course 🥺
I am working on getting cgs (including for ya boi Boaz) but that's a work in progress given I'm not the artist haha.
I'll be waiting. 💕💕
You'll see a CG with him this month :)
😆♥️♥️
I really love Boaz ❤️
I’m soo excited about the upcoming updates ❤️❤️/B
I really enjoyed my journey in this cute and lovely visual novel 😍😘😳💕💕🏃🏽♂️
Thank you very much 👌🏽❤️
The game seems cute! However, one friendly suggestion...maybe rework their eyes? They are a little bit creepy currently....
I... Can see that, but that's a fix for down the road perhaps, as I source out my art haha.
Right away can say that having moments leading up to the initial meeting would be great to add. Elaboration will be needed, it feel like you are getting jerked around and forced into things like its a fact, rather than a question, no easing into it. Dog and Horse have tail? Where? We cannot name the MC, so therefore who is the MC? Species? Gender? Looks/Image of? First Character choice, it happens out of the blue, sort of, no MC thoughts on the options, plus going to the bathroom for no reason is NOT an option, too strange. Choice points should have more weight by providing detail before making them. At Diner sprites are too close together and overlapping, can't clearly see their expressions. And that is enough for now, you will need to revise things at a later time. Forcing choices to correlate directly to the characters make it feel too dull and devoid of choice. Need to add in originality!
I find it very funny that I myself want to play DnD eventually and literally a day after thinking that this game falls into my lap like "yay dnd AND furry romance this is a dream come true "
Hehe, glad to help actualize that dream.
It's so good!!
Glad to hear you're enjoying!