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Thanks! funnily enough i've been feeling kinda bad abt my art lately tbh

The code thing is basically messages hidden in what looks like Keysmash, you put that text in a caesar cypher code translator and its actual sentences (i'm actually kinda sad people haven't been able to translate all, specially on the pictures, i hope eventually an lpp fan does it because i poured feelings on that one)

The Best Friend doesn't has an specific gender and it's more like a self insert, a window for the actual person to spend time with Dulce. But, there is an actual character that parallels it, referred to as "The symphony" (who is nb) , who used to be Dulce's best friend but also friends with other characters paralleling Barbarella and Jaice IRL (which, as you can guess, ended badly) I actually have a few (or at least one) drawing of him on tumblr. He (just like other IRL characters) won't appear on the game but most likely just be referenced.

You mean in the dialogue?

It's caesar cipher !!

THANKS A LOT!!!

YAY IM GLAD

im months late cos i forgot to comment (horrible memory) so i do it now

thnx for the updateeeee also ASHINO FANART MENTIONED!!! THATS ME!! THATS ME ! THATS!! THATS ME!!! IM ONE OF THE (if not The) ASHINO FANART MAKERSSSS YAY !!!!  If ashino has 100 fans im one of them, if ashino has 5 fans im one of them, if ashino has 1 fan thats me, if ashino has 0 fans im dead.

OMG WE'RE SO BACK this kinda feels like when a lost media u had been curious for years and that u only saw a few pics of before is found (i know you uploaded gameplay months ago but whatever XD) before you posted that video i knew the game existed because of some pics on DA (i think) but I thought we could be never able to play it again.

AWWW THANK YOU! Also the ending made you cry... Thats very meaningful... Good to kno... But sorry!!!

also ur username is cool.

IM HAPPY that YOURE HAPPY!!! i hope hes happy too one day

AWESOME! and thanks :)

OK SO, I finished it and, it was very nice!

The art and GUI looks quite clean, I like the color palette (brown and green are two of my favorite colors >:))  and I like Zechariah's design too, although I don't know what to think about him yet, he seems nice but a little suspicious, I dunno. Even though it's short it was enjoyable and the sound was relaxing too... I also noticed the Ashton easter egg! . The concept of sonder is pretty cool as well, I liked that it was used in such thing as a photography proyect, about different people and stuff,  it is fitting and somewhat beautiful.

 I'm intrigued about your next game and wish you the best, I will, of course, play it too. ^_^

HECK YEAHHH he looks adorable.

Thank u! :)

Thank you for the nice comment! I hope I can make a good game.

Of course i will

damn then idk what to do maybe watch gameplay? there's like 3 on yt

i'll see what can i do later 

Eggcelent

Thanks, I honestly kinda rushed some character sprites (gotta update them so they look better and update the desings too) and the 2 endings a bit since I made these last minute but I think the rest is good enough so far... Seeing people think this early demo is good is a relief because sometimes I feel Ehh about it since it's in early development. But yeah thank you, glad u enjoyed ^-^

thank u !

Thank you! I do have a twitter and a tumblr account linked to my profile ( @ deathernoia ) Though I am also planning to make a tumblr blog specifically for the game as I am a multifandom person, and not everyone who wants to know about the game cares much about my other interests and vice-versa. 

The blog is @ lovelypecanpie, I haven't posted anything there yet but I will probably do soon, I am not as good at promoting myself and the stuff I do as much as other devs as I'm awkward even on the internet, but I will try for Dulce's sake lol.

I'm glad you liked this little demo ^-^ I hope I can get to know more what people think about it so I can improve and make it the best possible in the future.

Thanks buddy. Also, if it was for me I would make him happy ASAP, but it's just doesn't works like that unfortunately. I am more to him like an "messenger" or whatever, telling the story of what already has happened to him, how he feels and wishes to be,  but I cannot control it myself.  "Everything in its time", as they say.

Oh, and the worst hasn't even happened yet! So far this is really mild, just very little of his suffering is showed here and with not much context, so look foward WORSE!

I'm glad you get the way he feels! He also needs someone who understands.

It will most likely focus more on him, I'll keep progressing on making it the best I can ^_^

I have news for you buddy, that's the whole point of the story.

I can't wait either until people decipher these, I don't really remember what specifically said on that one image since I encrypted the text it almost a month ago and I also made many texts like these (which is kinda like vent writing from Dulce, some are less obvious and shorter like the one of the poster but others are more explicit and longer) and I plan to add more, one of the reasons the diary is there.

I'm glad at least a few people so far like him, my brother even kinda pressures me reminding me everyday to work in the game which can be a bit annoying but at least I know he cares haha. Actually one of the reasons I do want to do this stuff is not only to have my own outlet and feel like I am actually doing something, but to also find people who like the same kind of stuff I like and can know their opinion about what I make, these are probably the best fuel.

I hope (since I have other art projects apart from this one) I can put out more content around the end of the year and finish the whole game the next one, thanks for the kindness and interest.

The 'poem' on that poster does has to do with things Dulce went through when he was younger, I will add much more about that in the future (since it is actually one of the two main things the story is actually about) like I said before, there is not only that one poster but also the secret messages on the "keysmashing" (because it means actual stuff and it is not just random) and in some images with it it might be hard to see well/kinda long which is kinda on purpose since it has some darker stuff, the poster is more mild compared to these but it's about the same trauma.

I'm glad you are fond of him! It is true he needs some love, though I don't know how well I could answer that question without spoiling much, he is practically the main character of the game so you will see much more of him and get to have a much deeper bond, probably much better than just "romancing".

Dulce is literally translated to "Sweet" (sometimes even "Candy") in spanish (he is mexican) and is more commonly a girls given name, but the word itself is masculine, so I think it fits him well. He is also called Salvador which translates to "Savior" and is a last name and given name for boys (so he'd be "Sweet Savior" which is a bit ironic, thinking about his backstory he'd be more of a bitter victim) though I didn't include that in the game so far and is only in one single file, just a fun fact.

Right now it has two (one for each character) but there will be more, this is just kinda like a playable enough introduction to the characters and concept. I also think, even if there's not many endings right now, there's other little details to dig in (the caesar cipher for example, it adds a bit more context) but I plan to update it at least once before I complete the game so the demo has more stuff, including endings and better sprites because I'm not satisfied with these lol. But thank you for playing it on it's first phase, nice username btw.

Thank you so much! For now this demo only has two endings, but I already have many ideas for more endings in the future (I'll probably update the demo at least once before the full game), maybe Dulce could be happy some day somehow in one of them...

EXCELLENT. i'm almost jumping!

Oh...that's kinda sad. I hope one day you have the opportunity. Either way, wishing you the best for you and your game ( i know it can be hard to make one specially when having procrastination problems ) , it has been a good experience as a player as well, thank you for making it!

// spoilers ( kinda )

It's a very good game, ( i love it and have "brainworms" ) i've been invested in the story, characters and i find Vincent's and Kadsey's routes specially fun, i think i've done/seen almost everything possible ( so far since it's not the full game yet ) but, i have a question... 

I've seen people talk about the secret green Ashton part, i read the hints txt, ( i'm a mac user unfortunately ) and since the first game isn't on mac i tried to make That One File, and put it along with the other game files. So far this doesn't work ( i've been trying for 2 days ) so i wonder if it's because that "function" only works on windows, or it's just something that hasn't been added on the mac version, or maybe there's another different way to get the green Ashton on mac? i'm not sure, sorry if it's a dumb question, and also sorry if this sounds weird, english is not my first language.