I am normally not a fan of visual novels in game jams as they are usually too long and uninteresting. The constant motion and short poetic dialogue made this an amazing visual novels and one of the only ones I finished. Great job scoping the game well and for the beautiful music and visuals :)
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To be honest, I massively overscoped, and on Sunday switched genre to VN to salvage the work I did already. Absolute Hail Mary. But I'm really happy that you vibed with it.
I have similar reservations about VN's, but recently I watched a video comparing VN's and cutscenes, and the core loop of a VN (click-to-advance) is surprisingly engaging. I think if you took the best of both ideas, it could make a pretty enjoyable experience.