The Painting

Extremely heartful and sad. I like how while Asrid's life is the main focus, and all the portraits center on her, the narrative paints an even more detailed portrait of the father. His constant anxiety about missing milestones and wanting every second to count is so earnest and relatable

WOW, your art style is amazing!!

It's so beauitful!!! love the music! the first line was gripping and the grasp i let out when it drops the fact that it's been 10 years

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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Incredible, heartfelt game

I played this immediately after 'Guidelicious' and enjoyed it so much. Everything from the art, to the music and of course the narration was beautiful and moving. Admittedly, the last photo made me cry, but it was so worth it. Highly recommend this to anyone looking for a short-yet-sweet visual novel game. Will definitely play more Tymedust Games' creations.

Thank you <3

AMAZING

A wonderful exploration of grief. Especially because you don't see depictions of grief from afar, after you've done some healing.

MMMM I WAS EXPECTING IT BUT WHOO BOY. This really broke my heart, especially getting to see it through the father's eyes. So many stories I've read had the grief be narrated by the mother and I got used to it. But here, having it narrated by the father and seeing that he too experiences the grief so painfully and agonizing made me want to bawl because he was so vulnerable looking at reminiscing over the pictures. My dad also missed out a lot of things in my life, and though he tried I suppose he couldn't find a way to connect with us so he relied a lot on my mom. And I wondered at some point if he cared about us, or if he missed us, or if he wanted to even be with us (his children). So many fathers have gone through the part where it is normal to be so far away from your family, working to provide them, and when I played this game and seeing how the father was so ready to let go of his job in favor of his family, damn was I jealous of Astrid of having that kind of father. A lot of people are jealous about my mother but I was so damn jealous about Astrid's father who readily turned to his family and selfishly chose them. I know there are different circumstances and people, but reading through the father's inner dialogue made me wish so bad that Astrid knew how loved she is, not only being blessed by a cheerful mother but a loving father who cared so much about her. Amazing visual novel with wonderful visuals, and a brilliant script/writing. Excuse me while I go and listen to my comfort playlist.

It's one of those games that didn't truly hit me until the end. It's like the emotion needed to grow stronger with every word just so it can overflow when it's all over. Really moving piece, I cried, highly recommend.

I happen to squeeze in a complete playthrough of "Pitstop in Purgatory" just before O2A2 started (when I played VNs from the otome jam), so I know the context. But even then, I feel like you don't need it to understand the universal emotion of family love and the loss of a loved one. This is a great emotional piece that shines through with beautiful art (nicely framed through pans over family photos on the wall that show Astrid growing up), fitting piano music, and sincere writing fully capturing the feelings of a father who lost his child, and all the same it's a celebration of Astrid's shortcut life. Very profound of bringing up his time-related regrets since worklife balance is a relevant topic for many.

So sad, so heartfelt, so beautiful. 

Thank you for this little gem of a game. Beautifully written, as always.

I love that you chose the perspective of the father that was left behind (it's something that I feel doesn't get done enough). You broke me at the second photo, couldn't help crying from just how sweet it was.

And now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go back to sobbing 😭😭😭

10/10, cried T^T

it's not often that a visual novel actually makes me cry like a baby, but this one did. i nearly lost my brother a few years back, so the feelings around time and grief really sat with me in a way that had me going "NOT FUNNY, CRIED". thank you so much for something so gorgeous!

Wow! This little game was inceridble. I really enjoyed the slow music under it and it was good to see this sad story unrevaling before my eyes! 

Thank you for this little piece, it was really motivating!

TEARS IN MY EYES, AGHHH..... im so glad to learn where astrid got her winning personality, even if it was through heartbreak <3 wonderful game

i downloaded this game thinking "tymedust said he cried while writing this. is this really that sad? is it going to make me cry? i hope so" because it's difficult to me to cry over a piece of media (at least that's what i like to think) but well

i cried

so i'm satisfied!!! :D