AAAHH THE NOSTALGY HIT SO HARD, I replayed it some times, and I really like the graphics, would be really good to have more choices but for the time it's 10/10 for a short story
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Echoes of Spring [Cozy Spring Jam 2025]'s itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #14 | 3.828 | 3.828 |
| Overall | #15 | 3.471 | 3.471 |
| Fun | #18 | 3.069 | 3.069 |
| Cozy Spring Vibes | #27 | 3.517 | 3.517 |
Ranked from 29 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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This game is so good! I love it! I love the nostalgia! The link to the pop rock playlist that is just all my old favourite songs - aahah amazing! So cosy!
An interesting story concept that directly targets nostalgia - thankfully I am of that era so I love that you have MSN and PS1 intro in there XD. I wasn't able to get too attached to the characters and would have liked to have known more about them - but perhaps they are supposed to be open to interpretation?
This definitely gave me the cozies, specially the integration with the music and the cool PS1 logo! I could see it being more fleshed out with animations and stuff but I do think you did a really great job capturing this cozy vibe while telling a nice contained story, good job!
nice game. the graphics looks nice and you really hit the nostalgia vibes, I didn't even grew up in that era and I still felt nostalgic. although the gameplay itself is pretty basic. it's more like a visual novel with no choices. yeah your drawing does appear later on but it doesn't affect the game that much. but the painted visuals looks stunning and very pleasing to my eyes. I think you used up all of your time painting those for how good it looks. overall I had short but decent time, very good job
Thanks a lot for playing!
About the topics: the "Butterfly Effect" theme is represented by the drawing that flies away and ends up inspiring someone to write a popular song years later, it's a small change resulting to a unpredictable consequence over a period of time, just like the definition shared on Discord.
And the "Spring" theme is the setting: it’s the first day of spring, the park, the birds... :)
Nice work! I had Dendy and then Sega and only played a 3D game on PS1 once, after some long time i got PC with Intel Pentium of some sort, that is how my console experience ended. My drawing looks like a forest with wide river and a house at my grannies, but still get the cozy feeling of going back, thanks.
I loved the game, its simple and you feel the cozy vibe in it !
I also liked the way you used the theme well done
And quick question are you French by any chance ? i say that because of the windows xp screens x)
I love the art style! Interesting presentation of the story, I like the little art piece thing. Quite a unique experience. Good job!
I loved this game. It was very cute and nailed the nostalgic vibes you were going for. Fit the cozy vibes perfectly with drawing. I just wish it was expanded further!
This game is so cute and unique, I love how you used the theme! Not sure what inspiration they took from my drawing though lol

It's truly unexpected that a casual doodle could become an inspiration for someone else. I really like the way you interpreted it. MSN style chat window gave me a feeling of déjà vu. Cool game!
Got to the instagram scene and game stopped? Not sure if that was the ending.







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