Really cool game!

Liked the ship controls and movement (maybe would make the "speed" streams to kinda "grab" the ship in a sense that maybe it's not so difficult following it).

The art is also really nice!

And dialogues are really well written, they have some spelling errors (I do not remember where, but yeah, it's normal on big narrative games, so np)

Congrats!

I played on the web using Vivaldi as my browser. On the web, ESC closes you out of fullscreen if you are in it and you have to press it a second time to pause. It would be nice if there was another way to reach the pause menu, such as using "P".

On my first playthrough, I got the "Rage against the machine" ending, I romanced Bernard, and was close enough to Wendy to admit that I had feelings for her too. I view that one as my 'true' ending, as that was the ending I got by playing the game as I normally would without going for specific achievements or endings. I played through a few more times to see all the endings, and I got all the achievements.

I started a new game, listened to the opening speech, had a coffee with Lee and Wendy, and went through the tutorial. I got to first inlet, but, before I could interact with it, my character said that I was caught and getting pulled out, and I got the "You're fired" achievement. I was then taking back to the beginning speech by Captain Lee. I tried again, this time without sharing a coffee with anyone (as I was told I didn't have any credits) and without going through the tutorial, and the same thing happened. The first time my Siren's Call was at 120.0, while the second time it was at 0.0. I believe this was related to doing the tutorial or not.

I completely refreshed my browser and was able to interact with the first inlet. I was able to then play the rest of the game as normal. I was also able to load and play my old save.

I really liked the story. I figured things out pretty early on and enjoyed seeing it play out. I liked how the coffee conversations changed base on conversations I had with other characters. It helped bring more life to the story and made replaying the game more fun. I thought both Bernard and Wendy were likable characters. I wanted to spend time with them and get to know them better. I really liked how you included polyamory during the conversation with Bernard towards the end of my first playthrough. It felt a realistic and very positive portrayal of it, which is something I always appreciate. I also loved that they were both cool with my character being trans. Warden was an interesting character. I felt like she was the character I got to know the least, in part because she had less screen time, in part because she came across as a more focused on the job over anything else type of person. I think I could have enjoyed learning more about her and getting to know her better, but between the length of the game and the current story, I think it works as it is. Lee was a fun character to dislike. Even when I was trying to romance him, I thought he was an absolute jerk. As a character, I think you did a good job with him. I really liked the fact that his personality remained constant whether you tried romancing him or not, and that I found him to be a jerk either way.

The unconscious were an impressive combination of feeling very real and very abstract. The art helped give them that abstract feel, while the conversations with them made them feel like people. I liked how talking to them nudged the story in one direction or another. The orphan really tugged at my heart and I wanted to check on and help him the most.

The mini-games were fun. I got lost a couple of times in the Cognisea, but I was able to find my way with enough exploring. The different zones were a nice touch; I liked the little additional bits of dialog I heard in them. I enjoyed the beacon mini-game quite a bit. I got 100% on each one, which felt rewarding.

The art was really good. It conveyed a lot of information, from the moods of the characters (the little blushes were so cute) to the feeling that things weren't right at some of the islets. The music and SFX were also spot on and really helped set the tone.

This was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed it. I hope you do more with this, whether with these characters in particular or in this world setting in general.

I never know what to suggest when reviewing games that are story based, and this game is based. But I like every thing I saw, it felt very complete. I didn't have time to get to an ending (I got to the area with the depressed child) but from what I saw of the story I liked, and the world you've built is very interesting. All the art is very good, I think maybe the text boxes and the wave box could maybe do with a once over so they're a bit more thematic. But yeah, cool game.

Game has really nice art, music and storytelling.

I like how you design mechanic of moving through  "space", it's very simple to learn and have pretty great abstraction with that low art design.

Although it's not really type of my game I think for someone who likes a story-driven games could like it.

Maybe you load for first time mission room you could add some small info how to interact by clicking on items, it was not obvious for me on the first moment.

Congratulations on your submission!

I played the entire game and reached the Maybe next month ending.

You’ve got a very unique game and concept. The point and click adventure style works really well for the type of complex story you are going for.

Positives

• The art is fantastic. I mean I know you already hear this a lot, but, it’s true. The backgrounds characters, everything is great. I especially liked the abstracted art style of the isles.
• Sound design and music is great too.
• I like the mini game of travelling in the alt dimension thing. (What shaders are you using?) The insecurity and depression zones were very unique, and not something I expected.
• The tuning mini game was also very cool

My gameplay and choices

I generally picked the options that were good and established friendship. I basically threw a tantrum when Bernard mysteriously disappeared and never really got along with Warden. I never followed the instructions of not interacting with islanders. I interacted every chance I got and also riled them against the institution I was working for, lol. I was chill at the start and became rebellious by the end.

Points for improvement

I don’t have a lot to add here because your game is quite brilliant. Length was short, not enough content. Would like to see a longer game. (In this case that is also a positive? haha) More backgrounds inside the office space would be fun. Yeah, can’t really think of enough negatives that do not include “add more content in xyz”.

Overall, this was a great experience. You have gained a follower and I will be looking forward to the progress of your game! Hoping you have a great game dev journey in the future too.

The story really had me interested and the ship flying part felt nice. Got lost on the map on the last one but still ended up finishing on time. Think there is a lot of potential for this game and could see it being built out even more. Good job

Love the visuals!
Would only change the camera movement to not rotate with the ship.

At the third checkpoint I got stuck. The black screen no longer showed the wave thingy didnt work either and the character didn't want to talk with me. 

Mby its a bug.

Anyway, the game is nice, good job and good luck pushing it further!

Great concept. Really enjoyed it. The navigating and matching signals were fun.