Awe, that’s so kind of you to say! Thank you for the support T~T <3 It’s lovely comments like this that really motivate us to keep working on the project!
Oooo, I’m so stoked to see a familiar name here! Happy to have you, Red! I’m also thrilled to hear you watched the playthrough. EpyksLion did a wonderful job showcasing the game, and I’m grateful it brought even more players to this tiny corner of the itch yandere games, hehe~
Thank you for your comment! It means a lot to hear that from an experienced dev like you, so we’ll work hard to do justice and keep you looking forward to the full release! More parental melodrama awaits us, lol, but at least Sev will learn to move past her trauma and become a more evolved protagonist!
P.S. Congrats on your Yaoi Jam entry! I can’t wait to check it out as soon as I can ^^
omg ghoroor means pride in hindi/urdu too and i cant help but notice it was used in association w adonis who is the hero of pride ... i love being bilingual and picking up on this stuff lmao
AHHH so hyped to see someone spotting that detail! One million points for bilingualism ^^ Fun fact, all the titles for the pixies powers are associated with a specific language in terms of their meaning/origin.
During my research process for the writing (psychology of emotions, symbolism for sins and virtues, etc...) I came across a lot of Roman and Greek elements which you can also find in their love thematics (they're mentioned in the character desc on this page, such as Pragma for Adonis).
Then I realized, there's not much rep for Asian literature regarding said topic so I tried adding clues in Persian, Turkish, Hindi, Urdu, etc... as much as I could. So glad to see that this effort has been noticed by someone!
Let me know if you spot any of the other language-related elements as well (ehem *character names for example* ehem)!!!
There's so much I wanna say about this game but to put it bluntly, oH BOY. The demo had me so enthralled. Absolute edge of my seat with anxiety and suspense. I loved it!
Some spoilers ment: Its so well written. The vocabulary, story telling and just written aspect is so nicely done. The sprites, character design and CGs are gorgeous!! I really appreciate the detailed trigger warnings per route, helps to know what to expect especially since I already see a few favorites I like amongst the pixies. I can honestly say its so good how these characters are written to be both likeable while also maintaining that air of just "i still dont trust them". Shyloh, Merka and Kai were my favorites. Shyloh's first CG for him was just *chefs kiss*. I truly don't believe he's the one who attacked us. Something tells me Rosario has a lil chameleon power, the personality switch and way he arrived late the party was hinting. I'm curious to see how each route is going to go especially with the way things ended. It feels ALOT of it is self-serving on behalf of the pixies at the cost of MC from my take on it. Genuinely curious if well see some type of redemption or make them worse scenario depending on which character route chosen. (esp Kai, i want to believe he wants to help MC but i'm so skeptical of everyone now ^^")
Nonetheless, I'm so excited to see what's to come. AMAZING job on everything!!
Choking back tears at such a detailed and motivating comment. I absolutely loooove reading these, I swear!
Balancing the villainy of the characters while leaving room for potential redemption was quite a challenging task. My goal was to create a storyline where the characters are portrayed in shades of gray, rather than just as heroes or villains. I'm soooo glad to hear that my efforts have paid off and that the vibe I aimed to convey is coming through.
As for whether the characters will become even more evil or find redemption, I'm trying my best not to give any spoilers. However, I can say that the demo hints at which characters have redemption arcs and which will remain unapologetically evil in the remaining routes. As much as I'd love to redeem everyone, the 'I can change him' trope would fall flat if applied to all the characters.
Regarding Sev, without giving too much away, her parents and their treatment significantly impact the Ehsas in the painting. Therefore, who knows— maybe by changing the flow of energy, things might change... or not. All I can say is that everything's connected, from the pixies' personas and Shyloh's mannerisms to Sev's own trauma.
Speaking of Shyloh, let's just say he's very reverent of Sev, and the title of God is above a Songbird, so to speak. So who knows if it was really him or another pixie at play, hehe... ^^
There's a chance you probably already know by now but, in the Android demo of the game character sprites clip (idk if that's the right word). Not really a big deal though.
Hi there binyeulm, thank you so much for pointing that out! Our programmers are working on the bug as we speak and we'll be correcting said error in the android build by tonight (fingers crossed). Hope you enjoyed the rest of your gameplay though ^^ Curious to know your thoughts~
Does restarting the game fix the issue by any chance? If not, then it might best to wait 1-2 days for the bug-free version to come out T~T (unless you don't mind playing out this scene with the... interesting view for now XD)
I was immediately suss of the other pixies but was not expecting that to go so dark so quickly, but it was great. My first choice was to Spoilersconfront Shyloh because I didn’t trust the others, - and seeing him come in for the rescue at the end was pretty sexy of him (even with the threat lol) so that was neat. Excited to learn more about Kai as I’m curious as to why he helped us. I’m certainly looking forward to seeing where the story goes.
Thank you for the lovely comment Corvid! I'm glad to hear that you liked the game and that bit with Shyloh XD
We had to show his different sides if you get what I mean ;)
Feel free to follow our updates on socials for the full release, we have a large portion of our assets ready so fingers crossed, we can deliver the final product by the end of the year ^^
gotta say i wasn't expecting the story to take such a turn from the previous demo, but after adjusting to it i did enjoy the horror side ^^ you guys are doing amazing work!
i wanted to ask if you had plans of releasing some sort of endings guide for the time being? i managed to get 2 bad endings and 10 cgs(of which 2 have 4 and 8 variants that idk how to get asjkdljlalk) but im not sure if there are more for now
i am also enjoying theorizing about the characters' roles and motives and the secrets of the painting, you guys did a good job with the current worldbuilding!! i need to get kai OUTTA there homeboy doesnt deserve this klasakjlhas shyloh too if he actually starts explaining things but we'll have to see v('-')v
this also left me wondering if in next update we will have more occasions to choose dialogue or if the conversations will be mainly guided like in the prologue(for example when sev sends shyloh away after the scuffle, i was expecting to be given the choice to stay with him or the heroes). I'm only asking out of curiosity, as the plot seems quite intricated, so it'd make sense to guide the reader a little lol
anyways thanks for such an engaging game, take care of yourselves ◝(ᵔᵕᵔ)◜
OMG SUCH A DETAILED COMMENT! I LOOOOVE IT!!! Thanks for checking out the game blue_bean~
We were originally planning on doing the extended demo for NanoJam and the full release for OtomeJam, yet the process ended up being longer than expected. But I'm glad to see you enjoy the new version + the added assets/worldbuilding~~
For the endings, you'll only be able to unlock 2 (Sev - Bad Ending 1 & 2) for the current build. Same for the remaining CGs and variations (we have 10 CGs for the current build + 17 total variations if I'm not mistaken at the moment). The rest will be available for the full release, hence why you are not be able to unlock them. This decision goes back to how we originally planned to wrap everything up for Otome jam (so the slots were prepared) but instead of removing them for the current jam, we decided we still wanted to showcase the slots (be it the gallery, endings, triggers, etc...) as a way of letting the player know what's planned for the future!
As for the pixies, their powers, the dynamics between the heroes and the villain, what might happen in their individual routes, their motives, etc... I'm so excited to hear what theories you have in mind (but heads up, I can't spoil if they're right or wrong XD). Shyloh and Kai do get the short ends of the stick though... or perhaps they've done something to deserve it? Who knows... ^^
Regarding your comment for the choices, we actually do have plans to include more for the full release. Without going into details (and spoilers) much, the reason we had Sev follow the heroes was because we needed her to have some affection points with them for the upcoming route selection. Ergo, if we had Sev follow Shyloh, she wouldn't have been able to familiarize herself with the pixies + gain enough info as to which route she wants to pursue. Hope that cleared things up a bit, but no worries, you'll have more options for future interactions!
Let me know if any more questions pop up! Always happy to answer comments and questions from the players~ Take care of yourself as well <3
aa i see i see, good to know i won't have to scour every single combination of the choices for the cgs lol. It's nice to know what triggers the game will entail for players who need it, nice choice ^^
also yeah it makes sense to have sev familiarize with the heroes, for example were it for me i would've stayed with shyloh right away lolol but now that i've had the chance to know helios i can safely say i wanna kick him where the sun doesn't shine the first chane i get! (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶)
which would be fitting with helios and all his sun symbolism lmao plus the HALO i just know homeboy is plotting to take sev's place and become the god of the paiting bc he's greedy asl lol
tho surprisingly the one that has me theorizing the most is actually kai! as the former leader(if i understood correctly kajskald) he might be the moon to helios' sun. His name means king in persian so he really might've been dethroned lol poor guy. With the white mourning veil he put on sev he might even be some sort of grim reaper (which may also connect to selene and hecate hhmm food for thought i suppose). Plus his centipede motif which i've seen can mean resilience but also once again connects with death?? i guess it can make sense if you look at bugs as cleaner of carcasses ¯\_(- ^ -)_/¯
ALSo shyloh's name meaning gift of god hello?? that's so cute with the game context kaskhhasdla (watch me say this and then find out he's a menace lmaoo)
anyways that's enough yapping from me, ty for explaining the cgs!!
WOWOWOWOW! THE LEVEL OF DETAIL IN THIS COMMENT, HELLO?! I LOVE LOVE LOOOOVE IT XD
I'm scared that if I open my mouth I'll start spoiling stuff, so I plead the fifth, but you're really on-point with the name/CG symbolism (to the point that I'm honestly shocked and amazed on how you caught them).
Our art director was also surprised on how quick you caught the references in the character designs FJGSFJSJF
But considering this lovely analysis, I have a feeling you're really going to like the symbolism and allegories we have planned for the full release. Fingers crossed, it'll be right up your alley~
As for Helios, weeeeeell, he may or may not have a twist for his route... who knows ^^
AHHHHH THAT'S ENOUGH FROM ME, MY MOUTH IS NOW ZIPPED XD
lol i really have a soft spot for games that incorporate mythology and symbolism so i enjoyed theorizing for this one too! really looking forward to the full release ✧ദ്ദി( ˶^ᗜ^˶ )
OMFG!!! AHHH!! I LOVE THE DESIGNS OF THE OTHERS SO MUCHHHH.
I can't wait for tomorrow. I'm so excited for more. I love Shyloh so much, he's so sweet. The art is honestly so spectacular, it makes me feel so giddy every time I see it.
I'm sooooo excited for Yulen and the others, mainly Yulen. They all look so cool. :>
Everyone has done such a good job, the game is great. Well done!!!
AHHHH! Thank you for keeping up with our updates noctu ^^ So happy to see such excitement for our new build, it really helps motivate our team for our full release as well~
I'm sure Yulen is also going be as giddy as you when you speak with him! I have a feeling he's really going to match your energy.
Let us know what you think of the game after your playthrough ♡ Elated to hear about your thoughts!
Why? Just why? That's all I have yo say. I am NOT happy to see how sev has treated shyloh. I do understand why they acted the way they did. I loved the almost lack of options near the introduction of the heroes because I too would be too shocked to say much.
The demo went soooo well. There are a few glitches however, sometimes the POV would pan too far down and I would just be looking at black and there would also be pronoun errors throughout where it would just revert to she/her (I played using they/them and he/him).
I really loved all the little details you sprinkled in, especially the fait halo around Helios's head. The way the heroes would bicker was cute and it made me giggle so much. I really loved Yulen, I really really loved Yulen. Had me twirling my hair and everything. 🤭🤭
I don't wanna talk too much about the demo in case someone reads this and gets spoilt but the ending? Gasping, jaw dropped, eyes wide, not breathing. I saw it coming but I didn't see THAT coming.
It was honestly so so so intriguing. Can't way for the rest. Good job to the lot of you!!!
JUSTICE FOR SHYLOH!!! He gets mistreated even though he tries his best :( But then again, he does act suspiciously at times, wonder what's that about... ^^
On another note, he does get one extra ending during his route + an increased count of CGs compared to the other characters so hopefully that will appease your heart that good things are set to come for the final release... or will they? ^^
Yulen's actually the favorite character of our sprite artist as well so I'm really happy to see that he's been favored!! We wanted to give him the punk/rocker aesthetic but also keep his hidden street-smarts persona, so I'm glad to know the combination is working well!
Regarding the glitches and bugs, since we were rushed for time due to two of our programmers leaving right before the playtesting phase, we had to speed up the process of implementing our fixes. However, we're currently working on integrating the remaining errors so we can deliver a more bug and glitch-free version of the game :)
By the way noctu, if you have the extra time, think you'd be up for filling in this form with some of the errors you mentioned? That would really help us a lot with pinpointing them quicker - https://shorturl.at/ptFL5 Thank you in advance!
I don't like you funny words magic man. You're getting me scared as to the fate of Shyloh. He'll be fine, right?... ^^
On another note, YESSSS, Yulen's dynamic is amazing. It works amazingly, kudos to your artists and the art made. I'm glad to hear that Shyloh gets some extra love, he deserves it after how we've treated him.
Oh, also I filled the form out for the camera panning and I did try to find some of the pronoun errors but I can't find them :(
Apparently they never existed according to my game. I'm sorry to hear about the programmers, hoping you get some good luck to fixing that issue.
Who knows what Shyloh's fate will be, it's all up to your future decision... ^^ Also, thank you for your compliments regarding Yulen. Everyone was super ecstatic to read your enthusiastic comment!
We're now working through the bugs you mentioned on the form (ty for filling it in), and we should we able to put forward a less bugged version soon (fingers crossed 1-2 days for the hotfix)! Plus, some new Yulen expressions will be added in during the next update ;)
AHHHH! It's so good! Shyloh has me blushing lol. I can't wait to see how it's gonna be when it's done! Though I'm curious when will it be done if you don't mind me asking.
Hi there! Copy-pasting my answer for the previous question here as well so you don't miss it by any chance~
'We were originally planning on a full release for Otome Jam (July 1st), but due to some missing assets, we decided to go with an extended demo release instead. This way, we don't keep our fans waiting for more and can work on polishing up our full release even more.
Hope you enjoy interacting with our new cast (plus more moments with Shyloh) in the new build ;)'
Ooooh, okay. Thanks for telling! I can't wait to see more of shyloh and the others. Question though, does that mean the extended demo is coming out on July 1st and then full release is being pushed back? And if it is, do you have a guess for a date? If not, that's fine! I really love this VN so i'm just so curious!!!!
That's right! We'll be publishing the extended demo for Otome Jam ^^
As for the full release, we don't have a determined date yet. We have a large portion of the assets prepared, so it's mostly a matter of receiving the remaining ones and implementing them.
Fingers crossed, we can aim for a finished product by the end of this year! We'll be posting on our socials so feel free to follow them for future updates :)
THIS IS GENUINELY SO COOL, GOOD JOB ON MAKING THIS!! i like CANNOT wait for the full release!! but on the topic of the full release, how much is it?? i gotta prepare my money
Thank you like, I love this game and the storyline and Shyloh is so cute and innocent why Poppy why are you so mean to him :C, until then my friends, Heart, Heart, Kiss, Kiss, Love, Love, can't wait to see my Baby shyloh.
It's comments like these that pump up the motivation for our team!
Shyloh is super glad to receive your love as well. He knows he has big shoes to fill as the only villain but hopefully, he'll get his happy ending with the extra spice to make up for all the despair~
Can't wait to see you check out the full release! ^^
Np, thank you for making a game that good. until then full release my friends. Heart, Heart, Kiss, Kiss, Love, Love, can't wait to see my Baby shyloh. 😘😁
I saw that you plan on releasing full game on July and oh my god that's actually so soon? I think you will be the first creator to release a full game this year who actually interests me with their story and characters <3 Looking forward to itt
Hi there! I'm assuming you're referring to the speed difference between regular text and NVL mode. If so, yes, we'll be correcting that for our full release ^^
Thank you so much for your enthusiastic comment!! It really motivates our team to see such a positive response ^^
We'll be sharing sneak peeks of the rest of the cast as well during the full release production process for Otome Jam (July 1st) so I hope you have a lot of fun checking them out as well!
Thank you so much for your kind comment! I'm really glad to hear that you enjoyed our game ^^
I'll copy the same reply for your other comment here as well in case you miss it but our full release will be around July 1st 2024, just in time for the Otome Jam 2024!
We've released an extended demo for now due to our time constraints for the full release, but hope you enjoy the new additions we've made to the game ^^
Absolutely adored the demo, I love being able to just outright snap at Shyloh after all that sudden worship, I loved the dialogue and agreed with it.
I'm interested to see how the villain holds up to villainy or if he's a secret hero and the others are a villain, but absolutely looking forward to the game and the character customization expansion.
Thank you so much for your kind comment! Glad you enjoyed the game and the extra bit of dialogue with Shyloh XD
For our full release, Sev is going to have more options to say what's on her mind - can't be too trusting of random pixies these days ^^
As for the second part, I'm afraid of giving spoilers so no comment haha~ but I hope you enjoy our future updates when we release sneak peeks of our characters!
First of all, I got absorbed by the beautiful music greeting me when just arrived to the main menu. ALL the music is so fantastic, completely drag you into the nostalgic and magical atmosphere of the story.
The writing is delicious, the beginning made me feel so confused in such a good way. Couldn't stop myself of wondering what's coming next.
And then is Shyloh, who's destined to succeed as everybody's dearest villain because he's totally an all-I-wish-in-a-boyfriend character. Even his obsessive side is presented as cute and makes sense with his backstory.
The art is so great, completely love the character design for Shyloh and the customizable MC. Also dying for the initial CG, I love it. Looking forward to the next characters!
And that's all, only have good things to say about this masterpiece.
Congratulations to the team for the wonderful work 🎊🎊
AHHHH THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HEARTFELT COMMENT KATE! ABSOLUTELY MADE MY DAY!!!
It really means a lot to see such enthusiasm for our game (so close to sobbing reading this lol) (✿♡´͈ᴗ`͈)ฅ˒
Our dearest child Shyloh has gone through so much, so it only makes sense to make him go through even more for the full release~~
Howeveeeeer, I'm partial towards him so he'll be receiving the highest CG count and route endings (director bias who??). So I hope you enjoy that in the future XD
The upcoming characters will have quite a hard time competing with him lol But maybe the player will change their fate, who knows ♡(ゝ◡╹ )ノ♡
OMGGG, thank you so much Endysis! I'm really glad to hear that you enjoyed it~
Fun fact! We used some of your game icons as artistic inspo because of how beautiful they are so it means a lot to see you like the game ^^
We'll be sharing sneak peeks of the rest of the cast as well during the production process for Otome Jam so I hope you have a lot of fun checking them out as well!
Good DAMN this is good I can't wait to for the full version and NSFW WORK even better <3 and make your own character too >3> I love it I can't wait see what the other guys looks like :D
Thank you so much for your kind words!! I'm really glad to hear that you enjoyed our game so much ^^
Our full release is scheduled for July 1st so feel free to follow our updates on socials and itch devlogs as we share sneak peeks of our artwork, progress reports, and more!
Aweee thank you so much! I'm so glad to hear that you enjoyed the game!! We'll be sharing updates regarding our progress reports for the game so feel free to check them out (especially the artwork for our upcoming cast, hehe~)
Yaaaay, so glad to hear that and thank you for the comment!! We're going to hype up the game even more for the upcoming full release (Otome Jam 24 / around July 1st)~
Can't wait to showcase the rest of our diverse cast as soon as possible :))
So happy to hear that you enjoyed it~ We'll be sharing sneak peeks of the rest of the cast as well during the production process for Otome Jam so I hope you have a lot of fun checking them out as well!
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This is an incredible demo! I am so excited to watch this game develop. Absolutely wonderful work!
Awe, that’s so kind of you to say! Thank you for the support T~T <3 It’s lovely comments like this that really motivate us to keep working on the project!
Watched EpyksLion's let's play and I was just so blown away by the beautiful artwork the whole video.
This game has so much potential, and the feels!!! That parent scene broke my heart. I'm looking forward to seeing more!
Oooo, I’m so stoked to see a familiar name here! Happy to have you, Red! I’m also thrilled to hear you watched the playthrough. EpyksLion did a wonderful job showcasing the game, and I’m grateful it brought even more players to this tiny corner of the itch yandere games, hehe~
Thank you for your comment! It means a lot to hear that from an experienced dev like you, so we’ll work hard to do justice and keep you looking forward to the full release! More parental melodrama awaits us, lol, but at least Sev will learn to move past her trauma and become a more evolved protagonist!
P.S. Congrats on your Yaoi Jam entry! I can’t wait to check it out as soon as I can ^^
omg ghoroor means pride in hindi/urdu too and i cant help but notice it was used in association w adonis who is the hero of pride ... i love being bilingual and picking up on this stuff lmao
AHHH so hyped to see someone spotting that detail! One million points for bilingualism ^^
Fun fact, all the titles for the pixies powers are associated with a specific language in terms of their meaning/origin.
During my research process for the writing (psychology of emotions, symbolism for sins and virtues, etc...) I came across a lot of Roman and Greek elements which you can also find in their love thematics (they're mentioned in the character desc on this page, such as Pragma for Adonis).
Then I realized, there's not much rep for Asian literature regarding said topic so I tried adding clues in Persian, Turkish, Hindi, Urdu, etc... as much as I could. So glad to see that this effort has been noticed by someone!
Let me know if you spot any of the other language-related elements as well (ehem *character names for example* ehem)!!!
Omg this demo is fantastic ! 10\10 will recommend i cant wait to see more and learn more of the lore
Thank you so much for your enthusiastic comment!! It really motivates our team to see such a positive response ^^
Can't wait to showcase the rest of our lore as soon as possible (legit can't stop myself from spoiling since I'm so excited to share lol).
i waaaannnna be spoiled
There's so much I wanna say about this game but to put it bluntly, oH BOY. The demo had me so enthralled. Absolute edge of my seat with anxiety and suspense. I loved it!
Some spoilers ment: Its so well written. The vocabulary, story telling and just written aspect is so nicely done. The sprites, character design and CGs are gorgeous!! I really appreciate the detailed trigger warnings per route, helps to know what to expect especially since I already see a few favorites I like amongst the pixies. I can honestly say its so good how these characters are written to be both likeable while also maintaining that air of just "i still dont trust them". Shyloh, Merka and Kai were my favorites. Shyloh's first CG for him was just *chefs kiss*. I truly don't believe he's the one who attacked us. Something tells me Rosario has a lil chameleon power, the personality switch and way he arrived late the party was hinting. I'm curious to see how each route is going to go especially with the way things ended. It feels ALOT of it is self-serving on behalf of the pixies at the cost of MC from my take on it. Genuinely curious if well see some type of redemption or make them worse scenario depending on which character route chosen. (esp Kai, i want to believe he wants to help MC but i'm so skeptical of everyone now ^^")
Nonetheless, I'm so excited to see what's to come. AMAZING job on everything!!
Choking back tears at such a detailed and motivating comment. I absolutely loooove reading these, I swear!
Balancing the villainy of the characters while leaving room for potential redemption was quite a challenging task. My goal was to create a storyline where the characters are portrayed in shades of gray, rather than just as heroes or villains. I'm soooo glad to hear that my efforts have paid off and that the vibe I aimed to convey is coming through.
As for whether the characters will become even more evil or find redemption, I'm trying my best not to give any spoilers. However, I can say that the demo hints at which characters have redemption arcs and which will remain unapologetically evil in the remaining routes. As much as I'd love to redeem everyone, the 'I can change him' trope would fall flat if applied to all the characters.
Regarding Sev, without giving too much away, her parents and their treatment significantly impact the Ehsas in the painting. Therefore, who knows— maybe by changing the flow of energy, things might change... or not. All I can say is that everything's connected, from the pixies' personas and Shyloh's mannerisms to Sev's own trauma.
Speaking of Shyloh, let's just say he's very reverent of Sev, and the title of God is above a Songbird, so to speak. So who knows if it was really him or another pixie at play, hehe... ^^
There's a chance you probably already know by now but, in the Android demo of the game character sprites clip (idk if that's the right word). Not really a big deal though.
Hi there binyeulm, thank you so much for pointing that out! Our programmers are working on the bug as we speak and we'll be correcting said error in the android build by tonight (fingers crossed).
Hope you enjoyed the rest of your gameplay though ^^ Curious to know your thoughts~
it says there should be options downloading for windows but when i press to download it only shows for android?
Maybe it was a glitch in the website, could you check again pls to see if it's visible or not? ^^
oh it works now, huh, it didn't work before when i tried reloading and reopening the website
Phew, glad to hear that it works now! Enjoy your game ^^
I don't mind the view, but I can't see any of the character's faces, there all like this.
OMG FSHGFJGSFJS
Does restarting the game fix the issue by any chance? If not, then it might best to wait 1-2 days for the bug-free version to come out T~T (unless you don't mind playing out this scene with the... interesting view for now XD)
Could you let us know which build had this error btw?
It's for the PC Demo.
Thank you! Uploaded a new game file which should technically solve the issue. Let me know, if you're still encountering the problem!
I was immediately suss of the other pixies but was not expecting that to go so dark so quickly, but it was great. My first choice was to
Spoilers
confront Shyloh because I didn’t trust the others, - and seeing him come in for the rescue at the end was pretty sexy of him (even with the threat lol) so that was neat. Excited to learn more about Kai as I’m curious as to why he helped us.Thank you for the lovely comment Corvid! I'm glad to hear that you liked the game and that bit with Shyloh XD
We had to show his different sides if you get what I mean ;)
Feel free to follow our updates on socials for the full release, we have a large portion of our assets ready so fingers crossed, we can deliver the final product by the end of the year ^^
gotta say i wasn't expecting the story to take such a turn from the previous demo, but after adjusting to it i did enjoy the horror side ^^ you guys are doing amazing work!
i wanted to ask if you had plans of releasing some sort of endings guide for the time being? i managed to get 2 bad endings and 10 cgs(of which 2 have 4 and 8 variants that idk how to get asjkdljlalk) but im not sure if there are more for now
i am also enjoying theorizing about the characters' roles and motives and the secrets of the painting, you guys did a good job with the current worldbuilding!! i need to get kai OUTTA there homeboy doesnt deserve this klasakjlhas shyloh too if he actually starts explaining things but we'll have to see v('-')v
this also left me wondering if in next update we will have more occasions to choose dialogue or if the conversations will be mainly guided like in the prologue(for example when sev sends shyloh away after the scuffle, i was expecting to be given the choice to stay with him or the heroes). I'm only asking out of curiosity, as the plot seems quite intricated, so it'd make sense to guide the reader a little lol
anyways thanks for such an engaging game, take care of yourselves ◝(ᵔᵕᵔ)◜
OMG SUCH A DETAILED COMMENT! I LOOOOVE IT!!!
Thanks for checking out the game blue_bean~
We were originally planning on doing the extended demo for NanoJam and the full release for OtomeJam, yet the process ended up being longer than expected. But I'm glad to see you enjoy the new version + the added assets/worldbuilding~~
For the endings, you'll only be able to unlock 2 (Sev - Bad Ending 1 & 2) for the current build. Same for the remaining CGs and variations (we have 10 CGs for the current build + 17 total variations if I'm not mistaken at the moment). The rest will be available for the full release, hence why you are not be able to unlock them. This decision goes back to how we originally planned to wrap everything up for Otome jam (so the slots were prepared) but instead of removing them for the current jam, we decided we still wanted to showcase the slots (be it the gallery, endings, triggers, etc...) as a way of letting the player know what's planned for the future!
As for the pixies, their powers, the dynamics between the heroes and the villain, what might happen in their individual routes, their motives, etc... I'm so excited to hear what theories you have in mind (but heads up, I can't spoil if they're right or wrong XD). Shyloh and Kai do get the short ends of the stick though... or perhaps they've done something to deserve it? Who knows... ^^
Regarding your comment for the choices, we actually do have plans to include more for the full release. Without going into details (and spoilers) much, the reason we had Sev follow the heroes was because we needed her to have some affection points with them for the upcoming route selection. Ergo, if we had Sev follow Shyloh, she wouldn't have been able to familiarize herself with the pixies + gain enough info as to which route she wants to pursue. Hope that cleared things up a bit, but no worries, you'll have more options for future interactions!
Let me know if any more questions pop up! Always happy to answer comments and questions from the players~
Take care of yourself as well <3
aa i see i see, good to know i won't have to scour every single combination of the choices for the cgs lol. It's nice to know what triggers the game will entail for players who need it, nice choice ^^
also yeah it makes sense to have sev familiarize with the heroes, for example were it for me i would've stayed with shyloh right away lolol but now that i've had the chance to know helios i can safely say i wanna kick him where the sun doesn't shine the first chane i get! (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶)
which would be fitting with helios and all his sun symbolism lmao plus the HALO i just know homeboy is plotting to take sev's place and become the god of the paiting bc he's greedy asl lol
tho surprisingly the one that has me theorizing the most is actually kai! as the former leader(if i understood correctly kajskald) he might be the moon to helios' sun. His name means king in persian so he really might've been dethroned lol poor guy. With the white mourning veil he put on sev he might even be some sort of grim reaper (which may also connect to selene and hecate hhmm food for thought i suppose). Plus his centipede motif which i've seen can mean resilience but also once again connects with death?? i guess it can make sense if you look at bugs as cleaner of carcasses ¯\_(- ^ -)_/¯
ALSo shyloh's name meaning gift of god hello?? that's so cute with the game context kaskhhasdla (watch me say this and then find out he's a menace lmaoo)
anyways that's enough yapping from me, ty for explaining the cgs!!
WOWOWOWOW! THE LEVEL OF DETAIL IN THIS COMMENT, HELLO?! I LOVE LOVE LOOOOVE IT XD
I'm scared that if I open my mouth I'll start spoiling stuff, so I plead the fifth, but you're really on-point with the name/CG symbolism (to the point that I'm honestly shocked and amazed on how you caught them).
Our art director was also surprised on how quick you caught the references in the character designs FJGSFJSJF
But considering this lovely analysis, I have a feeling you're really going to like the symbolism and allegories we have planned for the full release. Fingers crossed, it'll be right up your alley~
As for Helios, weeeeeell, he may or may not have a twist for his route... who knows ^^
AHHHHH THAT'S ENOUGH FROM ME, MY MOUTH IS NOW ZIPPED XD
lol i really have a soft spot for games that incorporate mythology and symbolism so i enjoyed theorizing for this one too! really looking forward to the full release ✧ദ്ദി( ˶^ᗜ^˶ )
OMFG!!! AHHH!! I LOVE THE DESIGNS OF THE OTHERS SO MUCHHHH.
I can't wait for tomorrow. I'm so excited for more. I love Shyloh so much, he's so sweet. The art is honestly so spectacular, it makes me feel so giddy every time I see it.
I'm sooooo excited for Yulen and the others, mainly Yulen. They all look so cool. :>
Everyone has done such a good job, the game is great. Well done!!!
AHHHH! Thank you for keeping up with our updates noctu ^^ So happy to see such excitement for our new build, it really helps motivate our team for our full release as well~
I'm sure Yulen is also going be as giddy as you when you speak with him! I have a feeling he's really going to match your energy.
Let us know what you think of the game after your playthrough ♡ Elated to hear about your thoughts!
Why? Just why? That's all I have yo say. I am NOT happy to see how sev has treated shyloh. I do understand why they acted the way they did. I loved the almost lack of options near the introduction of the heroes because I too would be too shocked to say much.
The demo went soooo well. There are a few glitches however, sometimes the POV would pan too far down and I would just be looking at black and there would also be pronoun errors throughout where it would just revert to she/her (I played using they/them and he/him).
I really loved all the little details you sprinkled in, especially the fait halo around Helios's head. The way the heroes would bicker was cute and it made me giggle so much. I really loved Yulen, I really really loved Yulen. Had me twirling my hair and everything. 🤭🤭
I don't wanna talk too much about the demo in case someone reads this and gets spoilt but the ending? Gasping, jaw dropped, eyes wide, not breathing. I saw it coming but I didn't see THAT coming.
It was honestly so so so intriguing. Can't way for the rest. Good job to the lot of you!!!
JUSTICE FOR SHYLOH!!!
He gets mistreated even though he tries his best :(
But then again, he does act suspiciously at times, wonder what's that about... ^^
On another note, he does get one extra ending during his route + an increased count of CGs compared to the other characters so hopefully that will appease your heart that good things are set to come for the final release... or will they? ^^
Yulen's actually the favorite character of our sprite artist as well so I'm really happy to see that he's been favored!! We wanted to give him the punk/rocker aesthetic but also keep his hidden street-smarts persona, so I'm glad to know the combination is working well!
Regarding the glitches and bugs, since we were rushed for time due to two of our programmers leaving right before the playtesting phase, we had to speed up the process of implementing our fixes. However, we're currently working on integrating the remaining errors so we can deliver a more bug and glitch-free version of the game :)
By the way noctu, if you have the extra time, think you'd be up for filling in this form with some of the errors you mentioned? That would really help us a lot with pinpointing them quicker - https://shorturl.at/ptFL5
Thank you in advance!
I don't like you funny words magic man. You're getting me scared as to the fate of Shyloh. He'll be fine, right?... ^^
On another note, YESSSS, Yulen's dynamic is amazing. It works amazingly, kudos to your artists and the art made. I'm glad to hear that Shyloh gets some extra love, he deserves it after how we've treated him.
Oh, also I filled the form out for the camera panning and I did try to find some of the pronoun errors but I can't find them :(
Apparently they never existed according to my game. I'm sorry to hear about the programmers, hoping you get some good luck to fixing that issue.
Who knows what Shyloh's fate will be, it's all up to your future decision... ^^
Also, thank you for your compliments regarding Yulen. Everyone was super ecstatic to read your enthusiastic comment!
We're now working through the bugs you mentioned on the form (ty for filling it in), and we should we able to put forward a less bugged version soon (fingers crossed 1-2 days for the hotfix)! Plus, some new Yulen expressions will be added in during the next update ;)
AHHHH! It's so good! Shyloh has me blushing lol. I can't wait to see how it's gonna be when it's done! Though I'm curious when will it be done if you don't mind me asking.
From what I know it should be fully released around July 1!
Hi there! Copy-pasting my answer for the previous question here as well so you don't miss it by any chance~
'We were originally planning on a full release for Otome Jam (July 1st), but due to some missing assets, we decided to go with an extended demo release instead. This way, we don't keep our fans waiting for more and can work on polishing up our full release even more.
Hope you enjoy interacting with our new cast (plus more moments with Shyloh) in the new build ;)'
Ooooh, okay. Thanks for telling! I can't wait to see more of shyloh and the others. Question though, does that mean the extended demo is coming out on July 1st and then full release is being pushed back? And if it is, do you have a guess for a date? If not, that's fine! I really love this VN so i'm just so curious!!!!
That's right! We'll be publishing the extended demo for Otome Jam ^^
As for the full release, we don't have a determined date yet. We have a large portion of the assets prepared, so it's mostly a matter of receiving the remaining ones and implementing them.
Fingers crossed, we can aim for a finished product by the end of this year! We'll be posting on our socials so feel free to follow them for future updates :)
THIS IS GENUINELY SO COOL, GOOD JOB ON MAKING THIS!! i like CANNOT wait for the full release!! but on the topic of the full release, how much is it?? i gotta prepare my money
Yaaay, so glad to hear that you liked our game ^^
Our full release will be free of cost, so we hope you enjoy it and have a great playthrough!
o jogo é LINDO e parece muito interessante, estou ansiosa para o lançamento completo!!
- estarei mandando apoio do brasil!! ദ്ദി(˵ •̀ ᴗ - ˵ ) ✧
Thank you so much for your kind comment! I'm really glad to hear that you enjoyed the game and that we have supporters from across the globe.
Hope you like the final release of our game as well and feel free to follow our updates on socials (✿♡´͈ᴗ`͈)ฅ
Thank you like, I love this game and the storyline and Shyloh is so cute and innocent why Poppy why are you so mean to him :C, until then my friends, Heart, Heart, Kiss, Kiss, Love, Love, can't wait to see my Baby shyloh.
Thank you so much for the passionate comment!
It's comments like these that pump up the motivation for our team!
Shyloh is super glad to receive your love as well. He knows he has big shoes to fill as the only villain but hopefully, he'll get his happy ending with the extra spice to make up for all the despair~
Can't wait to see you check out the full release! ^^
Np, thank you for making a game that good. until then full release my friends. Heart, Heart, Kiss, Kiss, Love, Love, can't wait to see my Baby shyloh. 😘😁
I saw that you plan on releasing full game on July and oh my god that's actually so soon? I think you will be the first creator to release a full game this year who actually interests me with their story and characters <3 Looking forward to itt
Thank you so much for your enthusiastic comment!! It really motivates our team to see such a positive response ^^
Can't wait to showcase the rest of our diverse cast as soon as possible :))
I wonder why it always go back to the default text speed time to time, I'm getting tired from the fixing-the-text-speed things. Is it a bug...?
Hi there! I'm assuming you're referring to the speed difference between regular text and NVL mode. If so, yes, we'll be correcting that for our full release ^^
Truly an amazing game! I can't even begin to fathom how much work was put into this. I am looking forward to the full release
Thank you so much for your enthusiastic comment!! It really motivates our team to see such a positive response ^^
We'll be sharing sneak peeks of the rest of the cast as well during the full release production process for Otome Jam (July 1st) so I hope you have a lot of fun checking them out as well!
when will this be realased?
Our estimate for the full release is around July 1st 2024, which is the deadline for the Otome Jam 2024~
Feel free to follow our updates on socials and itch devlogs as we share sneak peeks of our artwork, progress reports, and more!
i lovee this game, im waiting for the full game to be released
Thank you so much for your kind comment! I'm really glad to hear that you enjoyed our game ^^
I'll copy the same reply for your other comment here as well in case you miss it but our full release will be around July 1st 2024, just in time for the Otome Jam 2024!
it's on my birthday omg, thanku
AHH That's so wonderful to hear! This is going to be a bit early, but hope you enjoy the future birthday gift from our team, sukion (✿♡´͈ᴗ`͈)ฅ˒
Today's the day! Happy Birthday Sukion!!!
We've released an extended demo for now due to our time constraints for the full release, but hope you enjoy the new additions we've made to the game ^^
Absolutely adored the demo, I love being able to just outright snap at Shyloh after all that sudden worship, I loved the dialogue and agreed with it.
I'm interested to see how the villain holds up to villainy or if he's a secret hero and the others are a villain, but absolutely looking forward to the game and the character customization expansion.
Thank you so much for your kind comment! Glad you enjoyed the game and the extra bit of dialogue with Shyloh XD
For our full release, Sev is going to have more options to say what's on her mind - can't be too trusting of random pixies these days ^^
As for the second part, I'm afraid of giving spoilers so no comment haha~ but I hope you enjoy our future updates when we release sneak peeks of our characters!
This game is gorgeous in so many ways ❤️
First of all, I got absorbed by the beautiful music greeting me when just arrived to the main menu. ALL the music is so fantastic, completely drag you into the nostalgic and magical atmosphere of the story.
The writing is delicious, the beginning made me feel so confused in such a good way. Couldn't stop myself of wondering what's coming next.
And then is Shyloh, who's destined to succeed as everybody's dearest villain because he's totally an all-I-wish-in-a-boyfriend character. Even his obsessive side is presented as cute and makes sense with his backstory.
The art is so great, completely love the character design for Shyloh and the customizable MC. Also dying for the initial CG, I love it. Looking forward to the next characters!
And that's all, only have good things to say about this masterpiece.
Congratulations to the team for the wonderful work 🎊🎊
AHHHH THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HEARTFELT COMMENT KATE! ABSOLUTELY MADE MY DAY!!!
It really means a lot to see such enthusiasm for our game (so close to sobbing reading this lol) (✿♡´͈ᴗ`͈)ฅ˒
Our dearest child Shyloh has gone through so much, so it only makes sense to make him go through even more for the full release~~
Howeveeeeer, I'm partial towards him so he'll be receiving the highest CG count and route endings (director bias who??). So I hope you enjoy that in the future XD
The upcoming characters will have quite a hard time competing with him lol But maybe the player will change their fate, who knows ♡(ゝ◡╹ )ノ♡
This game is just gorgeous so far, I'm so intrigued to see how it develops!
OMGGG, thank you so much Endysis! I'm really glad to hear that you enjoyed it~
Fun fact! We used some of your game icons as artistic inspo because of how beautiful they are so it means a lot to see you like the game ^^
We'll be sharing sneak peeks of the rest of the cast as well during the production process for Otome Jam so I hope you have a lot of fun checking them out as well!
AHHH I'm so honoured to hear that my games inspired even just a little part of this ;^; I'll definitely be looking forward to it, best of luck!
Of course! Super glad to have your support ^^
Best of luck to you for your upcoming projects as well~~
Good DAMN this is good I can't wait to for the full version and NSFW WORK even better <3 and make your own character too >3> I love it I can't wait see what the other guys looks like :D
Thank you so much for your enthusiastic comment!! It really motivates our team to see such a positive response ^^
For our NSFW scenes, we're also going to add dom/sub options to enhance the player's experience. Gotta spice things up for our future storyline XD
Our estimate for the full release is around July 1st 2024, which is the deadline for the Otome Jam 2024~
Feel free to follow our updates on socials and itch devlogs as we share sneak peeks of our artwork, progress reports, and more!
Consider me invested in this game, the art itself is really beautiful and the story! oh my gosh <3
Thank you so much for your kind words!! I'm really glad to hear that you enjoyed our game so much ^^
Our full release is scheduled for July 1st so feel free to follow our updates on socials and itch devlogs as we share sneak peeks of our artwork, progress reports, and more!
What is the guesstimate for when the full game will come out?
Thank you for checking out our game! Our estimate for the full release is around July 1st 2024, which is the deadline for the Otome Jam 2024~
Feel free to follow our updates on socials and itch devlogs as we share sneak peeks of our artwork, progress reports, and more!
How many love interest would it beeeeee
Thank you for your comment! We're going to have 6 additional characters added for our full release which include the heroes of the painting~
Hope you get the chance to check out future updates when we drop their character concept art and more! ^^
I love this game!!! can't wait for the complete version!
Aweee thank you so much! I'm so glad to hear that you enjoyed the game!! We'll be sharing updates regarding our progress reports for the game so feel free to check them out (especially the artwork for our upcoming cast, hehe~)
The artistic direction of this project is incredible, I am very excited for the full game!
Awe thank you so much, that's so kind of you to say!!! The director of our art department, Dagmell, really outdid themselves~
All our artists did such a fabulous job, I'm so proud to be working alongside them ^^
We're going to share further updates for our full release (esp the artwork) so feel free to check em out on our socials and devlogs!
I may or may not have Shyloh as my desktop wallpaper... loll
That's fabulous to hear! Now Shyloh can be even closer to his very own Creator~
Who knows, maybe next time, he'll leap from your screen and come into the real world...
Can someone do a c.ai bot of shyloh??? (pls, i need it
Thank you for checking out the game~ Shyloh has stolen so many hearts already XD
He's going to have a very important role in the upcoming full release so we'll get to share his obsessive side even more ^^
i'm??? so??? hyped??? rn??? omg??? TT
Yaaaay, so glad to hear that and thank you for the comment!! We're going to hype up the game even more for the upcoming full release (Otome Jam 24 / around July 1st)~
Can't wait to showcase the rest of our diverse cast as soon as possible :))
Loved this!! Loved the tension and the creepiness! Can't wait for the next part I WANNA MEET ALL THE CHARACTERS!!!!!
AHHH Thank you so much Heiden!
So happy to hear that you enjoyed it~ We'll be sharing sneak peeks of the rest of the cast as well during the production process for Otome Jam so I hope you have a lot of fun checking them out as well!
The heroes await you... :))