Ooh, that's a clever technique. Honestly this is inspiring me to start a new project, I've got an idea I've wanted to flesh out for a long time now, and it would work really well as either a visual novel or story-rich game. A lot of the techniques you're using definitely seem fairly time consuming, but are obviously worth the effort, and I don't necessarily think they're beyond my skill set. Hope you don't mind if I take notes on some of your techniques!

This is stunning. I thought I had made something beautiful, but this is seriously next level. Love the sounds effects and BGS you're using, they definitely give that dark, sprawling feel to the world, and your lighting effects are gorgeous. How did you do the water, at that stream where the waterfall flows over the cliff? Wish I could've take parallax mapping tips from you when I got started. And that music is breathtaking! I hope you release a soundtrack! I love listening to that kind of gorgeous, ambient music when I'm programming. Whatever you do, please finish this game. I'll be watching for it.