Same author as Intertwine, which was released among the Otome Jam 2023 project. 115 min to get through the demo.
- Unseen Protagonist, can pick name and pronouns.
- 6 LIs, 4 male, 2 non binary (they/them) and one of them looks femme
There is this concept of an energy aura you can toggle on and off. Don’t know if it wouldn’t be better if seeing it was more tied to the narrative, but cool that you can control your MC magic sensing eyes.
Story: There is some crisis of the fae that really draws me in (narratively) and that brings you to Kuana’s route. When an LI needs me to save their world, it’s too hard to turn those puppy eyes down. But I was truly smitten and eye gazing with Fenir by the end of it.
I felt guilty that I had to turn away from him to help Kuana (I was like, I love you. But this man needs me 😤)
Cons: This demo is a bit unpolished, as some choices I made weren’t referred to correctly. But it didn’t ruin the demo. Some of the sprite art, especially Kayn and Aisa with their one eye- I hope it’s updated for the final release. The music should be longer before it loops or have a smoother looping transition. But may all be fixed in the final product.
I’m going to buy it when it’s released. Have you tried it?
I haven’t tried it, but looking at their page, they have been impressively on time with updates. It looks like they post a devlog every month! Bodes well for the finished game.
They slowed their writing on Alaris to do otojam so they could write Intertwined and that was such a good VN I have full trust Alaris will be great when finished.
No, but I keep checking out the pages of the games you’re submitting and my backlog keeps expanding. Including for this game.
My backlog has like 60 things in it. I make myself feel better by reminding myself that probably most of them are less than 2 hours
But I am pleased I seem to keep making such good recommendations 😌 I’m used to r/otomegames only wanting to play and talk about Asian/Eastern visual novels I haven’t read. Although I put a few on my list during the switch sale. But I’ve been focusing on the Steam Summer Sale that ends the 13th, trying out all the demos and pulling the trigger on some I’ve been waiting for.
Nice to see someone else who likes OELVNs! Or OELO, for “otome” instead of any visual novel lol, since this is the otome subreddit.
I prefer otome originally made in English. Maybe because it reflects my Western values better. Funnily enough I still basically require an anime artstyle.
I haven’t required any certain art style. I’m not really open to like, animal people or full blown monsters or unique block art that represent people … Or birds! Like, I want them to look human and look enough like reality 😜
Oh yeah, Dandelion seemed really cool but I just… can’t vibe with the animal boys. Cool for people who like that sort of thing.
I can handle supernatural creatures, the “humans + wings or horns” deal, and a lot of the animal boys honestly at least look like “human + tail and ears” so I’m not sure why the animal boys tip me over to the “no thank you” reaction.
Unique block art that represent people—curious if you’re referencing an actual game, or if it’s just an example. My brain went here when you said that.
Hey, also not sure if you’re tagging me to make sure I see the reply. I have notifications on for replies to comments I make in threads, so no need to tag me. Would you like me to tag you when I reply?
When I hit reply it automatically puts you as an @ but I can delete it it bothers you. I think I’d rather be tagged because I’m still new to Kbin and wouldn’t want to miss someone talking at me.
When I brought up the squares, I was thinking of a VN dev who talked about making a short VN where they used squares for their sprites. And that they were still very successful about connecting to players emotionally because we’re so good at anthropomorphism inherently. But it wasn’t a romance. But still, there is a romance about birds 🐦 so I’m guessing it clearly stays true.
Animal lover, the boys were sometimes animals because of a curse, but they would transform into 100% human males with a platonic peck from the protagonist. Also good with guys + ears/tails/wings… Eyes I’m on the fence about, but no full blown furry situation.
But I was thinking about some blocky cartoon art like hmmm if we were using Minecraft or Lego graphic styles for romance. I’d be like, Pass.