Eyyyy~ My first comment!! Thanks for that! <3
Sorry to see it's (currently) unpleasant for you to read, however. I'm curious to what device you're using to play it? I've tested on both mobile and desktop and had no issues -- and you're the first to report it being laggy/'stuttery' enough to be noticeable. The one thing I immediately thought was if you had an unstable/weak internet connection while playing? You can also check here to make sure your device meets the min requirements (but, it's not like you need a supercharged gaming machine to play as intended!)
100% with you on having an option to turn off the 100% animation; that's actually one of the fixes UI teammate didn't get to. (They recently had to leave due to RL obligations, so now getting new member caught up~) This will definitely be included in a future build. However: There will be *some* pages that are animated for effect/you can't skip through. That's intentional. The first page, for example, is deliberately done that way, so you have to click through each line/not skip through it. As the game is now, however (outside first page/intro), you can click and the full text will instantly display, skipping the animation! No need to suffer through it if you don't want to!
Glad you at least find the premise interesting/want to finish it -- I hope you do! Please let me know if any of the above works out for you; I'd love to know what you actually think of the game~
I'm not sure what the problem is honestly, I'm using a windows hp laptop but it should be able to run it normally. I've played many IF's before and none of them had problems with lag and my internet is fine. Though I did find a solution, which was using a different browser?? I was using chrome before but i switched to firefox and it works fine now so I'm glad the fix is simple cause I've been looking forward to reading it :)
Thank you for letting me know! 🌈
How strange (re: different browser fix)! That could be a Unity thing.... but I've known other IF writers using twine or VN peeps using Ren'Py having similar issues when game is in-browser. Some just like certain programs better than others it seems. (whomp)
Regardless: I hope you enjoy! There are still a few visuals/bugs in progress to be fixed, but the heart of the story shines through~