This is amazing in a way I haven't experienced in a long while.
First, the art. I love love love LOVE the artstyle, I was always a sucker for this painting style. I reminded me alot of Fear and Hunger's artstyle. Also, The Guide is WAY TOO CLOSE so the camera, I could almost feel his onion smelling breath (in a good way!!). The way he is a rather dark object in a rather light background makes my eyes gravitate toward him, which is so weird and uncomfortable because, again, HE'S TOO CLOSE BACK OFF (in a good way!!)! Props to the artist!!
Then, the story. The use of restarting the game was interesting, it's always interesting to see how these kinds of stuff can be utilized. Also, this game DID NOT felt like it was 1k words long. You must have removed the choices from the counting, because there's NO way you managed to make such an interesting story in 1k words only, it genuiely felt more like 3k, Props to the writer (which seems to be you, so props to you :) )
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The whole "killed 2 people lol" was a bit expected, sure, but I was more curious regarding the situationship we found ourselves into. Where AM I? Who is The Guide?? Why does he call me "Miss Pumpkin"??? Atleast in my case, these questions haven't got an answer. Perhaps I missed something (Haven't got Ending D, but I'm guessing it has something to do with the name input or the last choice. I'll try to get it again after writing this review, and perhaps my questions will get an anwser.), or maybe these questions were/will be anwsered in another game, or maybe they had to be left ambiguous due to the word limit. Even so, the ending felt satisfying enough, even without all the answers :)
EDIT: Totally ignored the featured games. Pretty sure this game takes place in a similar place as the rest of the Purgatoryverse series, and perhaps The Guide is a character from the series too, so I guess the questions have answers after all :D)
In the end, this was an amazing short game, props to everyone who worked on it, everything was amazing!! Definetly my new favourite entry to this game jam, and hopefully way more people check it out!!!
artist here crying cause i love f&h so much (though i wasnt directly inspired by it actually) and also that all the stuff i plotted with drawing it got noticed (the contrast with the bg and being way too close) and also i got hashtag hired through my f&h fanart LOL thank you for enjoying the game!!
AWWWW thank you so much for all these lovely words!! I'm getting all teary-eyed! <3 ;_; It really means a lot!!
I'm especially humbled by the thing you wrote about 1k words LOL as I was really trying to fit as much story as possible into that tight frame (and actually the choices did count, ended up at 999 words in total LMAO)
Thank you again for playing and for leaving such a sweet comment!! <3 <3 <3
I played the game and can I repeat how much I. HATE. THIS. GUY. Aaaaah, he's getting on my last nerve!!!!!!
Phew. It felt good.
So I really loved the game! Uncovering the mystery behind what happened, and finding out the truth about our protagonist was interesting! The point-and-click was fun and the flavour choices (but for the last endings) were a great touch! Also, the fainting mechanic was a really fun way to add replayability! The art was amazing, the GUI beautiful, the programming very smooth, the music splendid and the voice acting great! Congrats on the entry, Tyme!
ACKKK thank you so much I'm very happy you liked it that much and LMAO your hatred of Mr. G is something to behold LOOOL as I said you'll be taking over Purgatory in no time...! Thank you again for the sweet words and this lovely comment <3 <3 <3
Holy shit. This was one of the most uncomfortable VN experiences I've ever endured and I mean it as a total compliment. I'm still floored and I'm not quite sure what to say about it. I need to have my soul cleansed or something. Wonderrific experience, I'll be recommending it to everyone who asks and everyone who doesn't ask as well.
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This is amazing in a way I haven't experienced in a long while.
First, the art. I love love love LOVE the artstyle, I was always a sucker for this painting style. I reminded me alot of Fear and Hunger's artstyle. Also, The Guide is WAY TOO CLOSE so the camera, I could almost feel his onion smelling breath (in a good way!!). The way he is a rather dark object in a rather light background makes my eyes gravitate toward him, which is so weird and uncomfortable because, again, HE'S TOO CLOSE BACK OFF (in a good way!!)! Props to the artist!!
Then, the story. The use of restarting the game was interesting, it's always interesting to see how these kinds of stuff can be utilized. Also, this game DID NOT felt like it was 1k words long. You must have removed the choices from the counting, because there's NO way you managed to make such an interesting story in 1k words only, it genuiely felt more like 3k, Props to the writer (which seems to be you, so props to you :) )
(SPOILERS DOWN BELOW)
.
.
.
.
.
.
The whole "killed 2 people lol" was a bit expected, sure, but I was more curious regarding the situationship we found ourselves into. Where AM I? Who is The Guide?? Why does he call me "Miss Pumpkin"??? Atleast in my case, these questions haven't got an answer. Perhaps I missed something (Haven't got Ending D, but I'm guessing it has something to do with the name input or the last choice. I'll try to get it again after writing this review, and perhaps my questions will get an anwser.), or maybe these questions were/will be anwsered in another game, or maybe they had to be left ambiguous due to the word limit. Even so, the ending felt satisfying enough, even without all the answers :)
EDIT: Totally ignored the featured games. Pretty sure this game takes place in a similar place as the rest of the Purgatoryverse series, and perhaps The Guide is a character from the series too, so I guess the questions have answers after all :D)
In the end, this was an amazing short game, props to everyone who worked on it, everything was amazing!! Definetly my new favourite entry to this game jam, and hopefully way more people check it out!!!
artist here crying cause i love f&h so much (though i wasnt directly inspired by it actually) and also that all the stuff i plotted with drawing it got noticed (the contrast with the bg and being way too close) and also i got hashtag hired through my f&h fanart LOL thank you for enjoying the game!!
AWWWW thank you so much for all these lovely words!! I'm getting all teary-eyed! <3 ;_; It really means a lot!!
I'm especially humbled by the thing you wrote about 1k words LOL as I was really trying to fit as much story as possible into that tight frame (and actually the choices did count, ended up at 999 words in total LMAO)
Thank you again for playing and for leaving such a sweet comment!! <3 <3 <3
I played the game and can I repeat how much I. HATE. THIS. GUY. Aaaaah, he's getting on my last nerve!!!!!!
Phew. It felt good.
So I really loved the game! Uncovering the mystery behind what happened, and finding out the truth about our protagonist was interesting! The point-and-click was fun and the flavour choices (but for the last endings) were a great touch! Also, the fainting mechanic was a really fun way to add replayability! The art was amazing, the GUI beautiful, the programming very smooth, the music splendid and the voice acting great! Congrats on the entry, Tyme!
ACKKK thank you so much I'm very happy you liked it that much and LMAO your hatred of Mr. G is something to behold LOOOL as I said you'll be taking over Purgatory in no time...! Thank you again for the sweet words and this lovely comment <3 <3 <3
Holy shit. This was one of the most uncomfortable VN experiences I've ever endured and I mean it as a total compliment. I'm still floored and I'm not quite sure what to say about it. I need to have my soul cleansed or something. Wonderrific experience, I'll be recommending it to everyone who asks and everyone who doesn't ask as well.
THANK YOU SO MUCH :) <3
I'm happy that you enjoyed it and I very much appreciate the spreading of the word!! Thank you for all the support ;___;