Additional judges' feedback for this entry:
I was really impressed by the voice acting and storytelling throughout the game! I was surprised that you were able voice act everything and it was well directed! I think the visual novel part of the game was very well done, showing off the growth with each stage was a good touch. The actual gameplay did make you feel like a minimum wage slave, for better and for worse. I did get to chapter 4 or so playing the game as intended, buying upgrade and such, it did quickly become a slog. I appreciate you adding a button to skip the gameplay but the fact that I felt the need to skip the gameplay makes that section a bit hard to judge with a good score. I do wish there was some visual indication of fullness such as belly getting bigger during the gameplay section but you already made so many art assets it understandable not wanting to have make dozens more. For the theme, I think she is "taking control of her life" but I would have liked to see it a bit more clearly tied to the theme overall. Overall I really liked this as a visual novel, most my gripes are with the game aspect
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+ Simple voice acting adds to the vibes of the game, sounding like regular day to day conversations rather than something that was acted. The ability to skip over the minigame can also help ease potential struggles with later levels.
- The story feels rather simple without much to change things as characters are introduced and not brought up again.