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WOWOW. i'm just floored. what a beautiful, mysterious, fascinating story that truly lulls you in and hurts where i rly didn't expect. this will haunt me, especially those instances of frightening, almost supernatural intimacy. i find myself realizing alongside tels how my harrowing curiousities bring me in deeper and deeper into the layers of puzzles this story presents, and i just ate this up.

oh tels. oh, oh kit.

everyone shined in this, from the mystical music and dynamic UI to the hypnotic and grounded writing, not to mention such cohesive visuals and pretty scenes. absolutely glowing.

SO GOOD. oh doctor :')

a beautiful work that only gets better with time and clear care!! the showing of how powerful storytelling holds to others and the hope it instills, and love that it can manifest in ways we don't know we need. one of the more sincere works of servitude as well, budding dedication and relearning why it feels fulfilling to protect. ah, what a suckered listener am i.

this one makes me cry. truly a touching tale!!

awesome game, really lovely execution, and seriously charming!! ended up super engrossed in the layout of the NDS-like interface and the room itself. LOVE the details it oozes, will be thinking about this a while.

a masterclass in narrative. passion taken shape. it's such a treat to hear each voice and tale so well realized. oh susy....

after this, i think the highest praise i could give is the dressup game makes me cry if i think too hard about it. thousands of outfits, yes yes!!!

go to hell lennahd!

the voting period continues to be my highlight. was very charmed by the takes on the theme.... because golly i really... really didn't like this one. i mean - it's a full sentence, c'mon!!!! i was really scratching my head on this one on how diverse the entries would be, but was really surprised and pleased to see how many different ways the entries took it, from theme, art, to even game engine. playing all the entries is really just a treat, i hope that others had a chance to check out everyone's work and learn a thing or two to utilize the same way i always seem to (tooltip language indicators? overlaid crowd dialogue?? fake loading screens??? mood indicative voice blips???? collage portraits????? i'm consistently floored how effective these small but powerful decisions are)

i def had a few personal faves. as i grow as a developer i'm appreciating seeing passion and throwing shame out the window. my personal picks include: inc-20XX-01-04-containment-failure, Trouble in the Oost, and Voidseekers.

ultimately i do think every entry had a much better approach to the theme, to let myself be vulnerable. i was pretty worried that ours would come off as trite or a tiresome topic, but i'm both surprised and humbled how people have responded. i'm accepting that despair and dread are my go-to moods, so it ended up working out quite well with our premise.

speaking about our entry: woah... i had no idea what leading a team would be like. i'm SO impressed a lot of entries are from solodevs, i know that life and its hard! i made a team specifically to avoid that but WOW. i think a weakness we all share is a lack of planning or the feeling we aren't making the 'full work' of our vision. to some degree, i feel the same way, but that's also a part of why we challenge ourselves, no?

i won't get into our team's work too much, since instead i wrote quite a bit actually about the logistics of how my teambuilding and progression went on my personal site, which i hope is either insightful or useful to others. regardless of my doubts, i'm truly proud of the peers on my team that gave it their all. they put their trust in me and i am humbled by their hard work! it's incredible to get to work with peers and make something fascinating :D

i ADORE the velox series, though it's probably no secret i'm a little biased. regardless, from its form to its community to the lessons i can take away from participating, i truly think devs can get so much from giving it a try. this year i was very lucky to get to know other gamedevs and this time around i really wanted to drag them in bring in a few new faces to velox, and very successfully did so with the team i gathered, alongside seeing the pool of submissions with a lot of new names! it's really invigorating to see how other entries and their participants tackle the challenge. i hope many more come along and wow us all!

AUGH what is there to say!  full of life...!! u can truly tell you not only care for these characters in their own right but that there's a whole world for them that we may or may not be privy to :0 absolutely LOVED how the panels comparing their bodies turned out :D the bones!?!?! incredibly clever and beautiful use of colors - rly shows the care put into this!! hoping we see more of this pair (and classmate !?) in the future >:3

"HOPE you like"? after taking DIRECT action??? to my heart?????? i am so honored and humbled to see it inspires you to draw this 😭 THANK YOU, OF COURSE I DO!! AND MORE!!!! this absolutely WOW'd the team too, it means a lot to hear your kind words :'D thank you again!

a window i hope no one has to open for themselves... thank you so much for playing :D !!

YESSSS glad it was intriguing enough to try it out again - hope that some of the changes could tickle the brain >:3 thank you tons for playing!

i luv my puter

thank you so much!!! really pleased to hear that it came together :D much credit to the team!!

WOWOWOW - matilda is a hoot and a half!! i am just obsessed with the language indicator (awesome addition) and the very clear love + care for the historical setting here really informs the story. i truly appreciated it!!

a very original and clearly passionate take on the gamejam theme, i really look forward to your future work~!

beautiful and somber - didn't expect to feel so touched by Aether's dedication to stay with Naenia, but it gives me a sense of hope and comfort :') lovely lovely work! loved the subtle changes in the CGs!

oh!! and truly impressive you submitted this in the original gamejam deadline. really great job!

my beautiful wife and my bongos!

super charming cast of customers, loved that each one gave just the right amount of insight and absurdity into the world that Yu's thrown into. born to vibe forced to scan

i loved all the little humorous details in the art from the sticky note to the email addresses :'D

i ADORE the logic of the questions and especially the last one... really clever work. charming music choice!

OHHHH MY GOD i can't get over how charming every aspect of this is... from the bouncing sprites to the cursor?? hard to believe this is a solo work :'D

it's almost bittersweet to see the interactions between these two, slimes! i loved seeing their friendship blossom. will be returning for the update >:)

you're a corncob

LOVED this!! even the submissions really point to a sense of lived dread even beyond the world. really enjoyed the portraits, i got engrossed more than i realized. pacing of the text is a very nice touch, really great work here.

WOW - absolutely loved/loathed how dire this felt. the jargon worked to its benefit for me, slowing down and taking in the situation line by line - made it hard to make that single choice!! you can really tell there's care into the world and it was delightful reading your extras. nice work!!

not the nintendo wiis 😭

loved how quickly i was able to fall into this world and the despair that Tegan tries to grapple with. very charming use of SFX!

great work!

AHAHA i'm so sorry. thank you for playing!! a delight to see you here and that you enjoyed! and wow! thank you, that's high praise :D

yahoo! couldn't have done it without the hard-working team behind it. thank you so much for playing !!

who KNOWS what Tester does in her free time. weird lady. THANK YOU for playing :D

you know what i never actually calculated how long 5996380040 seconds is and - YEAH.... (not) glad it effectively gave you hopelessness! thank you tons for playing :'D

ahh flew too close to the monitor... thank you so much for playingggg :'D i loved telling our writer to go ham!!

what a soul-sucking interaction aughhh...! i'm sorry it was fruitless in the end, but also on the flipside so thankful you could feel hope for the future with this game :') hoping that it inspires you to make something of your own too!

thank you so much for playing, the team kicked butt!! dang, i'll see if i can upload an optimization fix and button after voting period - thank you TONS for the report :D

lamona is just TOO CUTE. i'll keep pulling for lamona!!!

thank you thank you for playing!!! oh yeah. stares into the camera. truly happy you picked up on those lil plot notes and more :D

thank you tons for playing :'D rly fun having to toy with the idea of how important a "body" is to some people

thank you for tons for playing!!! it's truly encouraging to hear it reached you, and that you had a great time reading :D

thank you for such a thoughtful comment and even taking the time to go back for other endings :')

thank you tons ! we love CRTs :DD

"Maybe being a maid wouldn't have been so bad..." DOES SHE KNOW.

swordmistress is just so fine...

loved this, such a fun and steamy story!! so pleased to see someone take inspo from wuxia and really get to play with the dynamics the setting offers. yessss the crawling.... perfect. amazing.

what a treat to get to listen to the knight's thoughts start to overwhelm them as they get more intwined within the games that both women try to play. me too squire.

such fun designs for the characters, you know things are gonna Go Down when they got The Eyes. BGs were perfectly wistful to get me immersed and look like right out of a photoshoot! appreciated the choices being both subtle to the plot + telling of the knight's personality -and the little morsel of a hint of established history between....?? so juicy so good...

fantastic work to the team!!!!!!!!

Truly resonates. I'm glad you posted this.

woops! how embarrassing!!

thank you for the meal 🙏

gun

this was rly lovely!! thank u for sharing <3 glad you got to go!

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