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A lovely game with a great artstyle. At first, I thought my political brain was seeing things, but as soon as I saw chicken's final words, I realized what this game was truly about. Fitting a pig was the personification of a heartless sellout who betrays people like him. Solidarity, support, and connection are our best weapons. Be a lamb or a cow, not a pig! 5/5

I'd like to see more from this Marcus guy and get to know more about his morality. Does he have no problems killing but is specifically moral about being a good roommate or is he not bothersome so he has nothing that could stand in between him and having a peaceful living space? Stuff like that.

7/10

MAJOR SPOILERS:

Found this on a whim while trying to download a clicker game that wouldn't run on my PC, so I just went and played this instead. Glad I did that, I was pretty hooked. I did spoil myself on the main theme of the game as I decided to look at the comments before downloading it, but it didn't ruin the experience at all. It really took me through an experience of demoralization mixed in with fatigue, wrath, and the occasional bits of pride that refused to let me get in. Yet at the end of it all, despite the MC's abuser literally being something other than subhuman, I still kind of hope that eventually *it* does become a good kitty. That *it* learns to love and that the next person that comes across *it* will be happy. In *it* I see something that I see inside of both myself and the MC. Loneliness. The inability to truly connect with someone, and yeah, it hurts to see someone go through that. At the same time, no one should have to suffer just because you're sadistic and lonely. Sucks to suck stupid cat :P

I also do appreciate the message that some people's love is meaningless. So what if an abuser loves you? So what if they care for you and depend on you? They can love you all they want but if they aren't capable of doing that without intentionally hurting you, they don't deserve you. You don't owe anyone anything just because they like you.

If I had any critiques of the game, I'd say:

1. It's a tad bit too long. 40 endings? Yeesh. I get that I don't have to do all of them to reach the good ending, and I didn't because in true bad bitch fashion, once I got the good ending and left that hoe, It, I committed and didn't go for other endings. Like, I suppose it does make for a good overall interactive experience for the point of what it's trying to do, which is put you in the shoes of someone in an abusive relationship, that being said, going back and getting those endings to reach that point felt a tad bit tedious.

2. Perhaps it does lean a bit into negative stereotypes about cats. The idea that they don't really care about us. They just want food and shelter. That's not true though, some of the most motherly, kindest animals I've been around are cats. The game maker would probably agree with me, I mean the game literally ends with the MC adopting a new cat that's actually in need, but it was something I was thinking about while playing the game. It makes me wonder if the themes would've worked better if we were lured in with a puppy instead of a cat, since dogs are generally seen as more loyal and protective.

All that being said, honestly, when taking everything into account, my criticisms are really nitpicks on an overall great VN. 9/10 <                                                                                                                                                                            ( : * 3  )                                                                                                                                                          <         

So this game exists...I don't know how I feel about it. The characters are, eccentric, to say the least, and the story is a bit hard to follow. None of these points are bad things. Regardless, I'm interested in the full release so that's worth something.

I thoroughly enjoyed this. A short and sweet experience. It was hard for me to figure out what to do, but I believe that's just due to my lack of experience with RPG-Maker type games. The story didn't feel the need to be complicated and the main character made complete sense. 8/10.

Watched a playthrough of this on MrClockWork's YouTube channel, stopped it halfway through, downloaded the game, got the second ending, then went back and watched the other endings on his channel.

I'm really enjoying the story and I really like the world that the dev is making with these aquatic-human people. My dumb dumb self didn't know squid also had the ability to camouflage. I thought that was just an octopus thing, but you learn something new every day, haha! I will say, the story is a bit fast-paced, but that's not exactly a bad thing. Visual novels and text-based media in general can have a habit of over-describing details I don't care about. Fine for some stories, not so much for others. That would be my only "critique" if you could call it that. Maybe I hope that the final games have something marking the NSFW selections because while I enjoyed the scene where the MC sat in Thaumo's lap, it did take me off guard despite the warning at the beginning. It's not super necessary, though.

So far, I'm really digging Thaumo. Nalis is hot, but he's scaring me! no matter how counter-intuitive that is considering what the other male has done, lol. Though, I can definitely see him hitting a sweet spot for a certain type of person. That's probably my favorite aspect of this game. I think I can speak for a lot of people when I say I've been wanting to see two yanderes fight for love. The drama is going to go crazy. I also like that they're on different sides of the yandere spectrum, Thaumo being more passive and refusing to hurt you, while Nalis is more domineering and very much interested in hurting you, despite the initial personalities implying those aspects of their character are the opposite.

I really enjoyed this game and I'm excited for the full game and the female lovers.

Usually, I don't enjoy it when the Yandere character is immediately off-putting but I really like it here. It feels realistic in a way to have someone come up to you and say whatever to keep you in their presence.

I also like the way the game implies things. There are implications throughout the game that the MC could be in a simulation or that we're dealing with a self-aware character with Ren, but going along the "normal" route, you almost don't think about it, even with the "I see you" note being right in front of your face every time you save.

This game is very well made.

This was such a fun demo! I love the premise and I love the drama of snare.

-Whose route would you choose first? And why?

Probably Vincenzo's because he has a mildly calming presence but still has a bit of intrigue to him.Edel is a fun character, he just scares me a little too much to go for him on a first playthrough. I still like him, though!

-What's your favorite scene/event?

I like when I reject the flowers and Vin asks me what a more appropriate gift would be, and Teresa just says "Money." 'Cause I was like, "Honestly, same. Money or food."

-Are you interested in playing the full release? 

ABSOLUTELY

-Other comments are welcome!

If I had one problem, it'd be the typos, but that doesn't really bother me too much.

Peen out for ******. I would love to see their stories expanded on.