A fictitious nature documentary about whales on an alien planet not dissimilar from Earth, told through a series of beautiful images. I thought the art was really good and the narrative of the documentary (including the various asides) was believable and compelling in a way that sci-fi often fails to be without being clinical and boring.

What let South Scrimshaw down a little for me is the AI narration. At points it was glaringly obvious, different voices having different pronunciations of the same word and the main narrator slipped from a British accent into an Australian one on a few rare occasions that made it clear I was not listening to a human. I feel like it shouldn't have been that hard to find people willing to lend their voices to this.

A nature documentary visual novel with beautiful art and music that evokes a keen sense of place, firmly submerging you in its aquatic alien world. Following a new-born whale over the course of it's childhood years, the narrative is both touching and informative. The world building here is excellent, offering just enough intricacies and tangential information without overwhelming or distracting from the core tale.

The entire run-time is about an hour, and crazily it's also free, so I would strongly recommend anyone gives it a try. One of the most engrossing pieces of video game world-building I've experienced, and certainly the most I've connected with a visual novel. I can't wait to see our whale calf mature into adulthood in Part 2.