Nothing beats the powerful connection, intimacy, and surprise of those first six months when everyone I knew was playing this game and couldn't do anything else

I enjoyed meeting the characters and the art! I I definitely was thinking about how I want to build my own dating skills. The characters feel genuine and so does the reflection of community!

However, the game sort of lacks what I consider typically visual novel/dating structure ( you don't play one character the whole time or really make very many choices), and I don't think the game provides enough framing on how it's structuring these little dates.
I think if you go in knowing that they are bunch of little date episodes you may still have a great time though!

the writing
the atmosphere
the responsiveness
the partnership

the way shivers is like my own brain
the hole in the world

totally reinvigorated my excitement about the concept of little essays

2021

I'm really struggling with how slowly the character moves

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A fun and playful werewolf romp through the woods! I thought this had an incredibly strong first half, but not so strong in the back half. Possibly a byproduct of a large cast?

what a powerful & completely integrated stylistic vision

a hit of extra mindfulness and presence to my walking routine.
no point, just flowers

A fun little game! what a delight to play as a villain

so fun to zoom around with your little bugs

a very cartoony monster hunter

the post on cohost on the history of magic the gathering led to me downloading this

for whatever reason this game just completely vibes with me - when I am farming in another farming sim I think wistfully of my beautiful farm over in this game

I"m torn between 2.5 and 3 on this game!

I love doing weird dressup based on my style and the prompts from other players and characters! I love the global trends sweeping the cocoons. the online does make me feel in the world of the cocoons.
It's also a delight to basically be able to add any clothes you like to the closet. It's simple, it''s not Style Savvy, but there is something compelling about just going deep on avatars! A very soothing game to play in little bits.

I'm bored by the arbitrary gender restrictions, and the fact that the only body sizer variation is the height slider.
- I also wish the designer/creator features felt more realized, and less like an influencer doing drop shipping. Real designing isn't just recoloring existing outfits.

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delightful
I liked experiencing the glimmers and shimmers of each sage's version of the game
although the actual game play was strongest in act 1

the meta wrapping plot didn't end in a satisfying way imo

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I loved learning about all the people on the eye
I think my personal canonical ending is merging with the hive in the greenway