This is such a fun concept! The introduction (first day) was my favorite part. I just loved getting to know each of the characters. It's clear that a lot of thought and care was put into their unique personalities, backstories, and it really shines through in the dialogue. The presentation of the beginning is off to a strong start. It does an excellent job introducing the setting, each of the love interests, and the bartending minigame as well.

I love the art style of the character sprites! They had very nice proportions and the rendering was quite impressive! The art designs are all so amazing and I love the idea of having different monster characters in this lore. The expressions were well done and helped make each character feel unique.

I enjoyed the early conversations with the characters, being able to ask questions directly, or use insight instead if we feel the topic was a bit too personal and might make them uncomfortable. It makes perfect sense that the characters might not want to unload all their burdens upon a stranger they just met that night. 

I enjoyed the mixing minigame, I don't have any critique about that. I think it was well done and I didn't have any problem finding the exact sort of drink the clients were asking for. It's simple, easy to understand, and I think it works very well. While I also enjoy the idea of being able to take notes, we're limited on the amount so that each 'page' can be no more than sentence which feels odd. And despite them making a big deal about it, I didn't understand the point of it at all. I know the vn is incomplete, but as it is, I didn't understand the purpose of having the notes. Personally I think it would make more sense to treat it more as a glossary where the characters and essential information is stored automatically just so the player can refer to it to help keep track of the characters and their various relations. Otherwise, if it's going to stay manual input as is, at the very least I think it might help to be able to organize the notes better, perhaps making individual tabs for each character, much like the drinks have tabs based on their flavors. Because we're given such limited space, I found myself wanting to make several 'pages' worth of notes about the same character. Especially since I wasn't entirely sure what information might be useful to take note of. But, at least based on the current version, I took a lot of notes and didn't need to refer to a single one in the end, so felt pointless.

The VA adds a nice touch and is especially impressive for a jam game that has such a large cast and amount of writing! Very ambitious.  Though I do think it needs more polishing and balancing. Some characters were more softspoken than others, so it was hard for me to find the right mixing of volume. There were many times when the lines didn't match the text word for word, didn't play at all, and once it even played the same line twice.

In the way of constructive criticism, my main complaint is the addition of romance ... or what I assume is supposed to eventually lead to romance. While I always love it when games include a romance option I feel like it could've been executed better here, at least based on the route I chose.  For the record I did Yuko's route. Speaking as someone who also writes romance and dating sims ...  the details in terms of the characters becoming interested in one another felt shallow. The writing glazed over what should be the best and most interesting part, which is the date itself. It mentions that we go see her play baseball and get to meet her teammate, and then we go to a bakery ... but nothing happens between the MC and Yuko. No CG, no character interactions, no friendly banter ...  Assuming this is supposed to have a dating sim element to it, I don't want to be told the characters go on a date, I want to see the date! I want to see the characters flirting and falling for each other ♥ I can only assume the writer was just crunched for time and didn't have time to show us what happened on the date, but I'm definitely hoping we get to see more of Yuko and MC actually interacting, getting to know one another through the art of conversation, and eventually falling for each other in the future.

Yuko's backstory is very interesting, but it's infodumped on us by some of the other characters. We don't even get to learn about her past from Yuko herself. It's a missed opportunity of her having a vulnerable moment where she opens up to the MC. If she's truly interested in a serious relationship with the MC, wouldn't she want to be transparent about her past before they start getting too close? Even though we're being told the MC and Yuko are interested in each other, I just didn't feel the connection at all. Their first interaction was a good introduction (as was all the love interests), but assuming we're aiming for a romantic relationship before the end, her route definitely could use some revision I think. But once again, the story is incomplete and was made for a jam, so I can only assume it didn't get the same amount of attention and polish as the introductions. That's how I feel about it anyway.

That being said, even though I personally didn't care for the route I chose, I still enjoyed the experience overall. I do enjoy the setting, the lore, and the characters. Even if it still needs some extra polish and perhaps a bit more depth, it's got a great concept that starts off strongly and has a lot of potential going forward. Keep up the good work!

I want to work at The Veil too. The place I used to work at went under, so I'm looking for a new job. And you're telling me I get to see badass monster characters too? Please hire me!

I really loved the character designs. The voice acting matched the designs really well too, and nothing felt out of place.

We talked about the UI a little on Discord before, and personally, I don't think the UI design itself was bad at all. If there's one thing I think could be improved, it would be the cursive font used for the names and notes. It might be easier or more familiar for native English speakers, but as a non-native English speaker, cursive can be pretty difficult for me to read.

Other than that, I didn't really have any issues with it!

Also, the boss character was absolutely my type. I loved his voice, and especially those occasional creepy expressions he makes. He was definitely one of my favorite characters!

I should recommend this game to my friend. They're into exactly this kind of character—and they love drinking too!

What can I say? It's a masterpiece. The voice acting is what struck me first on this one -- there's a grandness to the speaking that hooks you. (The 'no nuance' line does seem to repeat twice -- is it on the clip for the line before it as well? Fafnir also mentions an appletini in voice when the text says Sputnik.) I love the handwritten style of the name box, and the beautiful, clean UI. The minigame is fun without being overly complex, and the whole cast is intriguing. Really beautiful art, and I really hope to see a continuation so I can read the rest of the stories. I went with Yuko on my first run, but definitely checking out the other two!

I have a big crush on the boss, though. She's my fave. I am her little bumblebee.

There is something weird going on with the background, it shifts from left to right from one line of dialogue to the other. 

And the audio levels of the recordings don't have a standard volume. So either you change the volume with each new character or you will only be able to hear some of them, if not you risk your ear drums. Sometimes the music is too loud (even after changing the settings), so I don't know what's up with that. 

But those are the slight things to fix. The art is really nice to look at and I had fun with the mini mixology part of the game; so much fun that I wish there was more interactivity or visuals of the drink being made and what not. 

This game is worth a try and I hope more people give it chance. 

well done! the world was really easy to get immersed in, and everything felt absurdly polished considering the one-month timeframe. it's already been mentioned that the bgm/sfx vs. va balance could use some work, but that's pretty easily resolvable by fine tuning some sliders on the player's end. huge props to the composer, too - the mixes were crisp, and the instrumentation was sparse but subtle, blending in pretty seamlessly with everything else.

once again, well done - y'all should be immensely proud of yourselves !!

The visuals are spot on, and I really enjoyed the storyline and the variety of characters. The only downside was that, after the first night, the game started crashing every 3 or 4 minutes, also, I would have turned up the volume on the voice acting, which was sometimes a little quiet compared to the music. Other than that, the experience was very positive, and I can’t wait to play the sequel