Holy shit, I thought this was dead and forgotten. Its a joy to see it again, especially with the evolution of your current art skills.

That battle scene was pure chaos and clutter, I cannot comprehend animating all that, no matter how much effort was put into it.

First time looking into this and I am intrigued, but also perplexed.. I came in expecting something about how parasites are always bad... then this suddenly turned into some elaborate story of a very odd symbiotic adventure. I read some of the comics after watching this hoping to get some understanding onto the how and why of everything, but nothing changed. There is enough here that I can sorta piece the basics of the story together tho.

An interesting twist, and solid artwork. I enjoyed this more then I thought I would.

Your portrayal of depth was mesmerizing, and the smooth animation was the chefs kiss to it all.

This has got all the ingredients needed for a decent game: a charming & novel visual style; interesting characters with solid voice acting and just enough story to keep you engaged.

However, as with most point and click puzzle games, there were some pitfalls with the puzzles that I got stumped on for way too long.

- It took me a while to figure out I had to actually inspect areas to find the coin, but Vic's emphasis on looking around did help me narrow that down on my own once I started experimenting with the UI.

- I didn't catch on to the varying sound effects of the brick puzzle until it was pointed out when you replied to another user about it. While i was trying to deduce the order by sound, I eventually figured out I could count the notches. Which was a subtle detail, but if it was made more obvious. it probably would of shattered the whole mystery.

There is a bug with the brick puzzle where if you tapped the 2nd top row of the bricks as follows from left to right: [ X X - X X - ] it kicks you out and the puzzle can no longer be attempted since it does not reset, therefore soft locking the game. I've repeated it enough times on both firefox and edge that I am convinced its not just a one off thing.

- I also got stumped for a long time on the table puzzle, but oddly it wasn't because I couldn't figure out what the liquid picture meant or something else. It was because I tripped myself up on the napkin and plate placement and was so sure of myself that I didn't double check it. I actually needed a hint from Vic on that more then the Radio & Album codes.

That aside, I really liked this and am curious as to what the finished version is gonna look like.

Took some effort, but was incapable of getting 5 slam dunks in a single game. nothing prepared me for the twist at half time though.

I liked the message of this game, as well as the challenge it offered, but there was a lot of.. well.. doubt on how your supposed to beat the final level.

I tried speed running it, but even with practised precision, I could not get far enough to even get halfway through, then when I booted up the game a second time, and read the dialogue hoping to find a hint. Something inspired me to try attacking doubt head on, and a diagonal art attack deleted it entirely.

The way it disappeared, this felt very unintentional. However it was the only way I could beat the final level so I am gonna roll with it.

Such a cheerfully whimsical melody, listening to this brings me back to Stardew Valley or Harvest Moon, exploring the outskirts of town or combing the beaches on a bright summer day, not a care in the world.

that's what this song feels like to me.

almost 1 minute of music in an hour, huh?

Not intended as a diss in the slightest, I'm sitting here pondering how your creative process printed out a cohesive chip-tune beat in an "almost' round ratio of 1 second per minute.

I do not know what goes into that, but to the uninitiated like myself, seems pretty impressive.

Helps that the song itself is a total banger, could easily see this as a Main Menu or roll credits Jingle for one of the many pixel games bound to be rolling through here.

Pretty good, I found my thoughts drifting off as I was listening.

The eerie yet distorted melody provoked a sense of... "cautious" wonder or curiosity for lack of better words.

If this were used in a game, I could totally see this where an Adventurer is exploring an Ancient but technologically advanced ruins/dungeon. A place that doesn't make sense, but also clearly far ahead of its time that you have to ponder what created it all and why whomever made it is no longer around.

For something more Sci-Fi, this could easily be a chill song to vibe too as your drifting through a barren portion of space.

Or perhaps your a computer guy, plotting in data points, commands, writing in logs and calculations, a montage of searching databases and plugging in numbers and strings trying to find an answer to a mystery or very complex problem. (looking at you Hacknet)

that was probably the healthiest expectation subversion I have seen in a looong while

If I didn't know you drew these, i would of not have known better the style is so identical.

This is peak