Rating: 7.5/10

Nice lil indie, very much in the mold of something like Oxenfree where the majority of the gameplay is just reading dialogue and occasionally picking options. Which I happen to love! It does mix in a bit of platforming too but nothing crazy

I really liked the dialogue in this, obviously what a game like this hinges on and it definitely was the strong point. It had a lot of quirky yet somewhat naturalistic dialogue but now and then would hit you with some moments of profundity out of nowhere

Art direction and music were really great

There was a sequence in this that unironically was the most suspenseful I've played through in a game in some time. And that's WITH the relative lack of gameplay! Just the way they pan the camera, use of lighting, dialogue, etc is so well done, throughout the game really but particularly in that part. Really impressive direction

As for the negatives...the story itself is where the game does falter a bit, it had an intriguing enough setup but never quite came together by the end. Didn't LOVE the resolution to the mysteries it set up, it did feel a bit incongruous to what the rest of the game was about. Almost felt forced in there to keep things more enticing rather than just being based on relationships? But don't think it was entirely needed. Could've just let the mystery be tbh