really fun demo! i love the worldbuilding here, ailes are such a cool concept. the placeholders were honestly delightful, i laughed out loud at percy's eyebrow raise. its clear that so much passion and thought was poured into this. really well done!! i hope it can be completed someday but im glad i was able to experience this much.
what a wonderful vn!!! beautiful gentle music set the tone so well. i love the art; the sketchy, painterly style is very well done. everything goes together super well and it was just a wonderful experience overall!!
so many beautiful lines, "how did he know me before i explained myself?" and "this is you- every one of them and more." are two of my favorites.
im going to be thinking about these characters for a long time. really really well written. like another commenter said, i want more but am so happy i got to experience this.
wow this is so gorgeous and hits hard, exactly the way i used to journal/feel at that age. i loved the ending, made me smile big time. thanks for sharing!!
i ADORE everything about this!!!!!!! the animations are so beautiful and bird-like your sound effects are perfect and i love the piano improv!! im thoroughly charmed and delighted.
thank you so much for making and sharing this, what a joy!!! (i am also pleased to say i got the good ending first try yay yay lesbian birds ^_^)
im in love with the visuals and the writing!! especially the angel-like being.... ahhh so cool and gorgeous!!!! super inspiring work overall, im looking forward to following its development!
YAY thank you!! that means so much coming from you!! so glad you liked it :D truly thank you for being a part of running such a fun creative jam, i never would have made this without it :)
HEHEHE THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!! im so so happy that you enjoyed it!!! i worked hard on the visuals and im glad it shows!! i put off making aubade's sprite for a while because i had such grand ideas for it that i was afraid i wouldnt be able to execute, so im especially happy you liked it!!
as a medieval enjoyer you may already know this, but the setting is actually based on a real period of time in history when it rained like crazy for several years during a little ice age in europe. the great famine of 1315! so basically this is 1317 germany but furries. yay
ive never written a tragedy before but i truly couldnt envision any other outcome for them, hence all the talk of destiny and fate. otmar and hermann genuinely make me so unwell. im trying to be like david lynch vis-a-vis not sharing stuff about a work after its completed BUT i will say your analysis here is Correct :thumbsup:
im so glad i found your jam, i had no idea there would be a jam so perfectly catered to my vn!! thank you so much for running it! im excited to read other entries!!
ive been looking forward to playing this ever since i saw the gorgeous screenshots (and read the content warnings, hehe)!!
the miseries of a minimum wage shit job captured so well here. the textures are so crunchy i love it, every time the background changed it was a delight to take in!! you are so good at collaging!!!
echoing another reviewer here, but as a tf enjoyer i loved the exploration of niche “weird” fetishes and the accompanying visuals (reverse bimbofication art that got turned into a meme, my beloved). i loved the brief moment of respite EM had imagining aircraft workers hand feeding food to airplanes. truly a beautiful image, so cutes. and lovely foreshadowing!
EM's inner monologue was so so excellent and raw. truly this is how it feels sometimes to be alive rn. i adored the whole aeromorph bit and the lead up to it was really well done. glad EM had such a beautiful fulfilling experience at the end.and jealous a little bit who said that
ahhh, i just adored everything about this! thank you so much for sharing!!
really fascinating and poetic experience!! the writing was striking! the visuals were stunning! i loved the soundtrack, especially the wonderful guitar parts! the games production as a whole was delightfully warm, crunchy, and vivid.
i find it hard to describe exactly why this moved me... i think its just very hard to feel like you fit in with the rest of the world when you're nonbinary. it sometimes feels like you are always going to be seen as a Man or a Woman no matter what you do or say. that is all to say: this game made me feel very seen and i expect to return to it during dark times.
looking forward to any updates you have in store, but i also think 0.2 holds up really well on its own. thank you so much for sharing and for working so hard on this. extremely well done. i sincerely hope that one day we may all know peace. <3
everything you said here is sooooo affirming and makes all the time and effort i put into this worth it!!!!! ive spoken about this a bit on my tumblr, but IAIG is a veryyyy self indulgent work. i kept asking myself "am i being too extra with this detail?? will anyone even notice???" but i kept adding those things anyway because I wanted to see them. but you noticed all of those things !!!!!!!!!!?????
the paper for hermann's antlers and aubade matching!! the foreshadowing!! the way aubade speaks differently because It IS something from a different plane!!!! i got so excited reading your comment saying yay yay yay this person GETS IT!!!! it truly makes all the extra polish i put into this feel so so worth it. thank you.
AND thank you for your compliments about my writing!! im truly so so glad you enjoyed it. <3
i know i already rambled about this on tumblr, but it is just so wonderful!!! i keep coming back to look at your artwork!! it makes me so so happy that you enjoyed IAIG enough to draw my guys.... i love how you drew everyone and its a treat for me to see which lines stood out to you!! otmar's ^_^ in your style makes me so happy...
regarding the rest of your review, thank you for your kind words!!im glad to hear my writing felt concise. thats something ive historically struggled with a lot in my writing, hahaha!
i put a lot of time and care into making the whole thing cohesive, so its super gratifying to hear that. im glad you liked the bath scene composition, i almost cut it because it was going to be too much work. but i knew id be kicking myself later if i settled for anything less than my #ArtisticVision LOL
thank you so much again!!! IAIG fanart!!!! i still cant believe it!!!! :D
the traditional backgrounds and sprites are gorgeous! the tactile notebook along with the stream of consciousness narration made the whole experience feel grounded but dreamlike at the same time. the animation near the end was really beautiful. overall, very strange and touching.
im curious about the bgm, i feel like ive heard it before but i cant place it!
hi! super fun concept for a jam, im excited to get started! maybe a silly question, but i was wondering if you can have more than one aspect be traditional?? for example, traditional sprites AND backgrounds. or are the options either just one asset being fully traditional or EVERY asset being "tradigital"?
the writing was beautiful and immersive!! i enjoyed feeling like i was being driven along by Tadeusz, hearing all of his musings. the historical accuracy with the story and unedited bg photos was excellent.
the atmosphere was too good and the aesthetics very cohesive... i love the art. i think the simplicity of the black and white sprites contrasted with the detail of the line art really worked! i loved Tadeusz’s subtle changes in expression, especially his brows.
keeping it vague, but!!! the reveal!! along with the accompanying audio cue!! so so good. the sound design in general was wonderful, whether it was unsettling, ambient, or nostalgic. all of the components of this VN worked together remarkably well. you have a very talented team!!
oh but how my heart aches!! i was just waiting for everything to fall apart the whole time, and i adore stories like that. the last taxi ride actually made me physically anxious(positive). absolutely heartbreaking. extremely well done!!!
im not looking for team members but i just wanted to say i ADORE your art style and your wigglypaints are soooo cute!!!! also hell yeah horseshoe crab icon<3
Hi! I've been planning on making a game with a trans guy protagonist for the mixed media queer VN jam, and I was wondering if it's okay to cross post with this jam, as long as i follow each jams respective rules? i really love the spirit of this jam :)
im so invested!!!! cant wait to see how it all comes apart! i adore all the UI layouts and sprites. the writing is really really good! i especially enjoyed sierra's part :)
i love this, its genuinely so helpful and refreshing. thank you for making it!! id love to see a finished version someday but honestly its kind of perfect as is
