AVEE'S PROFILE

Hmm... I just took notice of this. I won't have much time tonight or any time tomorrow...
Good luck to everyone, have fun and happy anniversary RMN!

I enjoyed it overall.

It felt like a satisfying experience the first time through even though I got the fire ending. The emotions were powerful and well conveyed by the writing, repetition, text color and screen tints/special effects, and pacing.

The later scenes, interacting with the parents, reminded me of guided imagery and I think it was very well represented.
The existential bits in the beginning seem a little misleading as to the rest of the game, but it might be a matter of interpretation or understanding: I've never been very fond of existential theories or good at applying them to therapy.

Then my gamer habits took over: I wanted to see if there were a better ending and played 3 more times, trying different options. I didn't mind that the dialogue choices were sometimes hard to gauge. It felt right considering Era's struggle and state of mind. Some of the lines like "I want to visit heaven" were potentially misleading, but maybe they added to the experience after all.
I finally got the good ending on my fourth attempt.

I have to admit that going through the longer scenes again was a bore. A save feature would have helped... but I wonder if you intended for us to play only once and take the experience as it is, or play again and try to "win" the game.
Which of those would strike the best balance between the point of the game and the player's satisfaction, I wonder.

No game will ever please everyone. Even milk chocolate or sex don't.

But there are games out there that can move you in a particularly strong manner, depending on your personal tastes and knowledge of existing games, playing a new one that innovates or shows great design in one or more aspects can feel perfect to you.
For instance, Mega Man X and Super Metroid were groundbreaking gaming experiences to me back in the days and I still enjoy playing them.

Thanks for the review! I'm glad you enjoyed the game overall :)

Before we finished the game I wanted to implement keeping track of the contestants' personality and answers after the contest was over, but the randomness has been received mostly positively so far and convinced me to keep the answers random.

That quote you got in the second screenshot really fits your character and the remaining contestant :P

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed the game!

- Some of the lines repeated while on the same playthrough, was that suppose to happen? It would be better if each line only appeared once per playthrough (even if that's a nightmare to pull off).

- Sometimes the dates say contradicting stuff.

That happens. Making sure none of the lines are repeated would require keeping track of over 60~70 answers, which would be a nightmare to code and probably not worth it.
Increasing the amount of potential answers would be another suitable, although imperfect solution, but we didn't have enough time or inspiration to write more.

- It would be fun to have some sort of short random commercial during the breaks.

I like the idea. Commercials for games hosted on RMN could be a fun experiment.