I thought this was a very strong and well-polished piece, both in terms of writing and art. The characters were well defined and fleshed out, and the worldbuilding was easy to comprehend if a bit much to digest at times. The beginning was a bit heavy on backstory and slow to get going, though. I could see this being made into something like an anime!
This made my morning! I've always like viewing my projects as anime in VN format!
I can understand why you thought the beginning was a tad slow. Maybe there were a few bits that I could've left up to the reader's imagination. Or maybe the walk between Caius and Griswyr more succinct. It's hard to give chars screen time in jam projects while also keeping a good pace.
Hey! I played the game and it was a very great experience!
First of all, I appreciated the character design (and the art in general) a lot: Caius is a babe, period! The character arc was polished and particularly VERY well-shaded, and the background art was absolutely GORGEOUS. The GUI was also very elegant and theme-appropriate. I also did enjoy the animations during the main battle, and the compendium was a great addition as it added a lot of lore! It was also implemented very naturally.
The story was interesting: it really explored the theme of grey morality very interestingly. I was at first a bit worried with Griswyr as he sounded like a very bad guy, but the story developed the themes in a very interesting way, and in the end, I think both him and our "enemy" (I'll try avoiding spoilers) were two monsters with different ways of disregarding moral values, which was interesting. For some reason, I think I was witnessing, when it comes to both, a fight between a lack of moral values, rather than a clash of values as it is usually written, and it really was a refreshing take!
Of course, my boy Caius was here to carry the reflection on morality as an actual moral character, and his conflicts were interesting. I liked that he remained overall faithful to himself, although the writing still managed to nuance him and make him evolve throughout the story.
It was overall a great game, congrats on making it under a month! I'm now VERY curious to see the rest of Caius' adventures (I am simping., this man has a hold on me....), and to discover more of the world! I saw Aurielle being mentioned which reminded me I really need to play Tears of a Mermaid lol (planned to so because I hosted OUAT, but I'm definitely more curious now!!)
wow, thank you for the detailed comment! I’m glad you had such an enthralling experience! As a writer, sometimes I don’t know how my stories will impact people, especially ones written under a month.
You made my day. I look forward to showing you our future projects!
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I thought this was a very strong and well-polished piece, both in terms of writing and art. The characters were well defined and fleshed out, and the worldbuilding was easy to comprehend if a bit much to digest at times. The beginning was a bit heavy on backstory and slow to get going, though. I could see this being made into something like an anime!
This made my morning! I've always like viewing my projects as anime in VN format!
I can understand why you thought the beginning was a tad slow. Maybe there were a few bits that I could've left up to the reader's imagination. Or maybe the walk between Caius and Griswyr more succinct. It's hard to give chars screen time in jam projects while also keeping a good pace.
Thanks for playing, glad you enjoyed it!
Hey! I played the game and it was a very great experience!
First of all, I appreciated the character design (and the art in general) a lot: Caius is a babe, period! The character arc was polished and particularly VERY well-shaded, and the background art was absolutely GORGEOUS. The GUI was also very elegant and theme-appropriate. I also did enjoy the animations during the main battle, and the compendium was a great addition as it added a lot of lore! It was also implemented very naturally.
The story was interesting: it really explored the theme of grey morality very interestingly. I was at first a bit worried with Griswyr as he sounded like a very bad guy, but the story developed the themes in a very interesting way, and in the end, I think both him and our "enemy" (I'll try avoiding spoilers) were two monsters with different ways of disregarding moral values, which was interesting. For some reason, I think I was witnessing, when it comes to both, a fight between a lack of moral values, rather than a clash of values as it is usually written, and it really was a refreshing take!
Of course, my boy Caius was here to carry the reflection on morality as an actual moral character, and his conflicts were interesting. I liked that he remained overall faithful to himself, although the writing still managed to nuance him and make him evolve throughout the story.
It was overall a great game, congrats on making it under a month! I'm now VERY curious to see the rest of Caius' adventures (I am simping., this man has a hold on me....), and to discover more of the world! I saw Aurielle being mentioned which reminded me I really need to play Tears of a Mermaid lol (planned to so because I hosted OUAT, but I'm definitely more curious now!!)
wow, thank you for the detailed comment! I’m glad you had such an enthralling experience! As a writer, sometimes I don’t know how my stories will impact people, especially ones written under a month.
You made my day. I look forward to showing you our future projects!