
like whenever one of the choices was trait-specific it felt like very antisocial behavior so i never used it, but since this was kind of a passive episode i never got to do anything cool with the active side of my traits, if that makes sense. One thing i noticed was i never really used any of my trait options, just because both of the traits i chose (spiritual and street smart) were more action-y traits- but all of the gameplay in this chapter was highly social. Thanks for resolving that crash, i finished the first chapter tonight! that was just the right amount of creepy and felt really tight all the way through. My favourite human characters were Kaneeka and her mum Sybil. The Talks to Animals perk was the best, and the Gretchen dialogue options were surprisingly insightful I was expecting just funny dialogue options. the different traits and unlockable dialogue options don’t seem to do or add much to the game at all most choices feel inconsequential, like padding.Īll that said, I love Frou-Frou the cat and Dustin the Opossum, by the way. The random nitpicks I have with the game are as follows: some of the dialogue choices are a bit juvenile and glib and sort of clash with the mood, to be honest. It’s really unclear and I would’ve liked a warning before having to see the entire woods section. The game warns about “disturbing imagery” and “gore” but those are warnings so unspecific they could mean anything from a graphically mutilated arm to aesthetically pleasing bleeding eyes.

Issue #2: A specific warning of animal abuse would’ve been nice, by the way. FYI, not every non-binary person uses neopronouns, those that use he/him and she/her are still non-binary. Just something for developers in general to consider when they want to be inclusive to us. With all due respect to people who use these pronouns, I am non-binary and they/them are not my pronouns I feel it can sometimes get unnecessarily confusing in certain contexts, too, if the narration uses they/them. Issue #1 I had with this game-and this isn’t a flaw of just this game, mind you-is that I wish the gender neutral/non-binary option had pronouns other than they/them. A shame, because I love horror games that acknowledge LGBT people exist. At first I was super hyped, but the more I played the more my enthusiasm went down. It’s a nice enough game with beautiful background art and animated cutscenes, but it feels like a demo, not the first episode of a series, and it is ultimately a tad underwhelming.
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Saves from this demo should automatically carry over to the full game. This demo contains the entirety of Episode 1, which takes between an hour and an hour and a half for a single playthrough. There are 7 Episodes planned, of which the first three are currently released.
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This is the free demo to our episodic horror visual novel.
