I love the creepy, glitchy aesthetic of the art! Not sure rock music was the best choice for a game as dark as this, I feel like you would have set the atmosphere better if you had used songs from my @cx330 alias, I do somber ambient music which I think would have set the proper mood.
Great experience though! Hope to see more games from you in the future! If you ever need music, or want me to do the programming so you can just focus on art, let me know! I'm always down to do more projects!
Thanks, i'm happy you like it! but damn, i wish i knew about your other alias. oh well, maybe by next time i'll use some of the music you made under it.
And thanks for the offer! i'll very likely need your music again if it feels like a perfect fit for the projects i have, just like this one.
This game is beautiful and emotional at the same time because it made me cry but also gave me a smile for a good ending.
I'm sorry you cried, but i'm happy you enjoyed it!
This was very beautiful and also made me relate strongly since I'm actually a social worker (whose experienced mental health stuff of my own, and have seen a counselor for it) and its also literally always been my dream to interview supernatural beings. But this ghost sounds a lot like someone whose been through some worrying, troubling things that I can earnestly hear happening in real life. It almost makes me wonder if this game was inspired by someone the creator know personally or if this was in fact their own lived experiances (though, I'm merely speculating and fully respect the creator's creative process and the relative privacy they hold in regards to where inspiration came from, as I understand as they outlined in the description, its very sensitive and intimate for them).
This game reads like a beautifully raw and empathetic dialogue based off of a conversation that would actually take place with someone whose been through some shit. I can't fully comment on the therapist/psychiatrist, because there are some things I'd have done or said differently, like letting the ghost know that they're in a safe space for whenever it started to relive trauma/abuse, but even their end of the dialogue sounds realistic through thoughtful questions and comments I'd hear a counselor bring up.
The ghost and the interface are gorgeous, as morose as the context and appearance of the situation and the ghost may actually be. I just realized while typing right now that with the story and visuals it's like if Majora's Mask was given a gritty reboot in a single small "game", and even fits with the themes of reincarnation/ rebirth/ coming to terms with mortality and the theme of experiencing hardship and depression in life.
It really IS a visual novel. Even though others may not have found it as palatable or may have felt off about it (evidenced by the disclaimer at the beginning, unless that was just the creator safeguarding themselves in case of anyone who felt the need to be overly critical), I felt like getting to interact with this work in this interactive fiction format was the best possible way it could have been done, and Im deeply appreciative of the creator's work and the emotional process it must have been to get this all out here.
I especially adored and appreciated the relationship and feelings expressed between the therapist and ghost near the end when the feels got real for the therapist.
Also, the scissor snipping sound effect was addictive, and reminded me of Edward Scissorhands.
Edit: I broke my original review up into paragraphs.
Thank you so much for the kind words, i really appreciate it!
Also, this VN isn't really about my traumas, it's really a mystery that i'd prefer not to help solve and let people interpret it as they please, i feel it's better that way.
And glad you enjoyed the scissor sounds, although i gotta say - and prepare for this one - it's actually a lighter lol.
Again, thank you very much!
bloody amazing
Thank you!
it was good the ending was good it didnt feel me or something but i did understand the circumstances of this it sad really sad i dont feel it in an emotional lvl
but on an understanding lvl kind of thing cant say much but i did read this through carefully
and i finish this to 18 minute
10/10 would not play this visual novel again its better be buried and move on unless you emotionally want to play this again
also i just had to spam space after my second playthrough on this visaul novel and i achieve 1 minute idk why but i kinda want to do it its just gamer instinct alright im sorry
edit: i forgot to say the music was FREAKING NICE REALLY ADD THE FIRST TIME I PLAY THIS AND THE SECOND I PLAYED THIS
ONE WAS AWESOME THEN SAD AND THE SECOND ONE WAS INTENSE SMASHING OF THE SPACE
Thanks for playing! And yeah... It's been a really emotional experience to a lot of people. And the funny thing is, i barely let myself go in this one. I could make it even more sad. But maybe it's better I don't...