This was impressive! A lot of work went into this and it was a very interesting story.
Technical-wise - Because I'm not used of seeing the protagonist I took some time to properly identify the actual narrator as Agathe. But I quickly got over it and seeing her and her facial expression was in fact quite good. As for the app in itself, there's nothing much to say. Stable and glitchless for two play-through, not that I was expecting otherwise from a RenPy app :) A few typos I forgot to note down since I was quite enjoying the story. I liked the little interactive moments with the scenery.
The weak point would definitively be the theme I'd say. The title while attractive didn't in fact look so leading and its meaning came to me quite abruptly, and in the end it felts like the story was somewhat adapted to it rather than built around it.
On a little note, the bad ending was also very anticlimactic... In fact does it has any purpose? Clicking the relevant choice was like jumping in a pool of lava expecting something else than burning instantly to death. Unless I'm missing something, it felt like a Stanley Parable trap, where you say to yourself "I can't possibly see any other outcome than what's going to happen by doing this" and it is EXACTLY what happens. xD
Overall very good. Pleasant and entertaining with little grimdark, I liked it :)
LD32 — An Unconventional Weapon (1)
Wounded by Words by Traumendes_Madchen 2015-04-24T01:06:00
This was impressive! A lot of work went into this and it was a very interesting story.
Technical-wise - Because I'm not used of seeing the protagonist I took some time to properly identify the actual narrator as Agathe. But I quickly got over it and seeing her and her facial expression was in fact quite good. As for the app in itself, there's nothing much to say. Stable and glitchless for two play-through, not that I was expecting otherwise from a RenPy app :)
A few typos I forgot to note down since I was quite enjoying the story. I liked the little interactive moments with the scenery.
The weak point would definitively be the theme I'd say. The title while attractive didn't in fact look so leading and its meaning came to me quite abruptly, and in the end it felts like the story was somewhat adapted to it rather than built around it.
On a little note, the bad ending was also very anticlimactic... In fact does it has any purpose? Clicking the relevant choice was like jumping in a pool of lava expecting something else than burning instantly to death. Unless I'm missing something, it felt like a Stanley Parable trap, where you say to yourself "I can't possibly see any other outcome than what's going to happen by doing this" and it is EXACTLY what happens. xD
Overall very good. Pleasant and entertaining with little grimdark, I liked it :)