It's a little funny that I didn't realize that I haven't left a comment on this yet despite it being my most favorite game for months now.
The characters are rich and vibrant and incredibly full of life. Every time you have a character on screen, they make up the most of every second and every line. Each conversation, each interaction, and each expression feels intentional and layered. It is so fun, and I regularly go back to replay this and each time, I leave with something different.
Magnolia is a wonderful character. Her design is lovely, but the way that she acts and responds to things is even more so. She's selfish, proud, unapologetic, and so refreshing !! She is not a good person, but it is so easy to step into her shoes and follow the path she walks. Most of the time, when games offer dialogue options, it feels obvious when one is for making the players feel good and choosing the "nice" option and when the other is the opposite. Where the immersion is broken for the comfort of the players, but you don't hold our hand like this with Magnolia. Every one of her lines feels very authentic to the woman we come to recognize her as. It's refreshing and incredibly exciting !! I really love her !! Also, the relationship that she has with Mint is so endearing. It's amazing how much his presence influences her character as flavor text with him involves constant safety reminders and indulgences in his whims. "Careful around fire, Mint. I'm just locking the door. Yes, yes, anything else?" They are such a wonderful duo, and their relationship is one that deeply intrigues me.
I am also Incredibly Smitten with Dove. She is on screen for like 14 minutes, and each second is one where I am entirely focused on her. She's very bold and honest, in ways that are easily understood from the very start of her introduction. No wonder they were married, and of course they divorced. I just love her so very much.
There is so much that is said in this game, and so much more that is unsaid, that I find myself frequently over-analyzing the simplest things. This game brings me a lot of joy and I think about it daily. I just want to thank you for making and posting this, and also let you know how much I admire your work 🫶.
obsessed. love the kind-of but not really ambiguous ending B, and from what i followed, magnolia did in fact gain supernatural abilities cuz yknow she disappeared and all that. really fascinating stuff! I was hooked throughout, absolutely phenomenal job!
huge fan of rpg maker horror games (ib, witch's house, alicemare) so i liked this! it's a short game, and i would have liked to spend a little longer in the world but the art is fun and the characters and motivations are interesting!
i didnt finish the game yet but are we making 1/3 of cake with diabetic medicine?!?! how does the main character have access to that...
if you guys dont know the compounds are: Glucose (the sugar found in your blood), Sucrose (table sugar), Vanillin (what is part of the vanilla bean), and the chemical that gives cinnamon its odor and taste
Normally I split my reviews into good/meh/bad but frankly, there is nothing that I would consider bad about this game and I have only very minor points that could belong in the "meh" category so this will be mostly me gushing about how much I love this.
First, the artstyle is gorgeous and really helps bring the characters to life. All three of which are really well written. It is genuinely impressive how much you conveyed with very little dialogue, not a single line feels wasted. The characters are also very interesting, I would love to see more of them even though I know that won't happen.
The little tidbits you can find in files, diaries etc also greatly enhance how we see the characters and let someone who pays attention even figure out the "twist".
In general, a lot of games that put you in the middle of the story are very bad at communicating what happened before we as players entered the story. This game does it in an excellent way.
As for the few "meh" points, there is only 4. One, a brightness setting is sorely needed. My computer makes any RPGM game slightly darker and I need to manually adjust my Screen. Then, achieving Ending B is a little obtuse. I believed only the final conversation would affect it, not the other two things. Also, I believe it is a little unclear who the person in the Lab is and it took me two playthroughs to understand that the person in the flashbacks was Dove. And lastly, the final part of Ending B is simply too short. I really wanted to explore the entire area with comments on the past and present.
So all in all, an excellent little game with some of the most efficient storytelling I have ever seen from a game. A lot of rightfully very popular story-based games can't hold a candle to this.
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Pretty good game
Can only see half the screen on tablet
very good game in my opinion
Nice compact story about a mad scientist. I liked it much
It's a little funny that I didn't realize that I haven't left a comment on this yet despite it being my most favorite game for months now.
The characters are rich and vibrant and incredibly full of life. Every time you have a character on screen, they make up the most of every second and every line. Each conversation, each interaction, and each expression feels intentional and layered. It is so fun, and I regularly go back to replay this and each time, I leave with something different.
Magnolia is a wonderful character. Her design is lovely, but the way that she acts and responds to things is even more so. She's selfish, proud, unapologetic, and so refreshing !! She is not a good person, but it is so easy to step into her shoes and follow the path she walks. Most of the time, when games offer dialogue options, it feels obvious when one is for making the players feel good and choosing the "nice" option and when the other is the opposite. Where the immersion is broken for the comfort of the players, but you don't hold our hand like this with Magnolia. Every one of her lines feels very authentic to the woman we come to recognize her as. It's refreshing and incredibly exciting !! I really love her !! Also, the relationship that she has with Mint is so endearing. It's amazing how much his presence influences her character as flavor text with him involves constant safety reminders and indulgences in his whims. "Careful around fire, Mint. I'm just locking the door. Yes, yes, anything else?" They are such a wonderful duo, and their relationship is one that deeply intrigues me.
I am also Incredibly Smitten with Dove. She is on screen for like 14 minutes, and each second is one where I am entirely focused on her. She's very bold and honest, in ways that are easily understood from the very start of her introduction. No wonder they were married, and of course they divorced. I just love her so very much.
There is so much that is said in this game, and so much more that is unsaid, that I find myself frequently over-analyzing the simplest things. This game brings me a lot of joy and I think about it daily. I just want to thank you for making and posting this, and also let you know how much I admire your work 🫶.
amazing game! I got ending A!
Very good game with very good storytelling, although locking the player from getting the code is annoyin
Does anyone know the code for mint's diary? I can't figure it out
It's Maggie's birthday, the date of which you can find in her room on the desk.
my first ending was ending A, my perfect little blood drinking murder machine :D(to be, still a bit young for that)
Is it possible to cooperate with you to implement the translation in the game? (╯▽╰ )
HOW DO I GET ENDING A?? I KEEP GETTING ENDING B 😭
You gotta either let mint see the body, or tell mint the moral of the story is to not trust strangers.
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obsessed. love the kind-of but not really ambiguous ending B, and from what i followed, magnolia did in fact gain supernatural abilities cuz yknow she disappeared and all that. really fascinating stuff! I was hooked throughout, absolutely phenomenal job!
huge fan of rpg maker horror games (ib, witch's house, alicemare) so i liked this! it's a short game, and i would have liked to spend a little longer in the world but the art is fun and the characters and motivations are interesting!
i didnt finish the game yet but are we making 1/3 of cake with diabetic medicine?!?! how does the main character have access to that...
if you guys dont know the compounds are: Glucose (the sugar found in your blood), Sucrose (table sugar), Vanillin (what is part of the vanilla bean), and the chemical that gives cinnamon its odor and taste
accidental diabetic/disability representation lets fucking gooooo???!!!!
where is the key to the room next to Magnolia's room?
in the storage room!
an earthy smell assaults your senses
it's cloying and not completely unpleasant
if it wasn't for the blood
I can't wait for a new update (if ever) since I'd love to play more of this game
Excellent game.
Normally I split my reviews into good/meh/bad but frankly, there is nothing that I would consider bad about this game and I have only very minor points that could belong in the "meh" category so this will be mostly me gushing about how much I love this.
First, the artstyle is gorgeous and really helps bring the characters to life. All three of which are really well written. It is genuinely impressive how much you conveyed with very little dialogue, not a single line feels wasted. The characters are also very interesting, I would love to see more of them even though I know that won't happen.
The little tidbits you can find in files, diaries etc also greatly enhance how we see the characters and let someone who pays attention even figure out the "twist".
In general, a lot of games that put you in the middle of the story are very bad at communicating what happened before we as players entered the story. This game does it in an excellent way.
As for the few "meh" points, there is only 4. One, a brightness setting is sorely needed. My computer makes any RPGM game slightly darker and I need to manually adjust my Screen. Then, achieving Ending B is a little obtuse. I believed only the final conversation would affect it, not the other two things. Also, I believe it is a little unclear who the person in the Lab is and it took me two playthroughs to understand that the person in the flashbacks was Dove. And lastly, the final part of Ending B is simply too short. I really wanted to explore the entire area with comments on the past and present.
So all in all, an excellent little game with some of the most efficient storytelling I have ever seen from a game. A lot of rightfully very popular story-based games can't hold a candle to this.