Loved the game to the fullest! yet the ending was unsatisfactory for me, if there were multiple-- like for example we eat something at the dance to regain our energy and dont convince Jaxter to lay of his duty , we could be able to fight back and see Jaxter helping us but nah!, loved the secert ending of the moth person-- honestly loved them so much i wish there was more of them! I hope there is some sort of sequel to this! ----- Over-all
Overall I super enjoyed this game and the characters- they are all well written and the mystery going on kept me engaged with trying to figure out the secrets of what was going on
As for spoilers for the final chapters
I liked that there were sort of hints that vanilla/Nova wasn't 100% innocent with their intentions. They acted a bit strange which had my mind racing thinking about what could be going on- I enjoyed the twist a lot!!
However the actual ending was a bit boring? None of our choices in the final chapters matter and the sudden shift in tone leads up to nothing. I was almost excited to see people's hearts breaks or see the protag have a change of heart of just something that would make a satisfying conclusion however we just kinda... Leave the school instead of dealing with anything
Overall fantastic visuals and characters and for the most part I enjoyed the story
Breaking people's hearts. Wish there were more endings where we didn't have to be an asshole to people. Vanilla seems to be able to survive fine without food so I doubt "Eating" is so needed, and it feels like the twist had too much against it beforehand to make any logical sense. Overall, great game 8/10, I'll just pretend that it doesn't have an ending
i honestly thought if we ate something hefty like a cupcake and/or cake it'll give us energy to fight back, or choose the option to let Jaxter find us if we didn't convince him to stop his duty, that would've been awesome.
AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH I loved playing this!!!!!!!!!!
SPOILER WARNING
SO! Romancing people wasnt the point of this game, and we couldnt do that, but I wouldve loved to go to the dance with Theo, until we found out that we had to break our friends' HEARTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Like, I was hoping we couldve had a chance to rethink things through and decide not to break their hearts, even tho we couldnt even break hearts at all in the end. Even tho it wouldnt be realistic bc we would... starve if we dont break hearts.
I love the concept that is mc's species. Like, mc is probably unsensitized to the concept of love, like that explains why they barely reacted to meeting their MOM. Like, I thought they wouldve thought that their dad was rude af, but no.
Also, was the name revealed at the end the same for everyone?
I knew myself this game's gonna more of friendism, than romanticism, but man.....
[spolier below]
THE ENDING IS NOT SATISFIED AT ALL !!!! in a good way. I rly need a sequel, pls. Our MC and Twyla's relationship is so interesting, and I want to dig more into it, no matter it was romance or not. They're just so thrilling OTL
and srly, I've come for Theo, my boy. Even though I knew he is not the one for MC.
My final thought, I rly love MC's mom, wished to see her more ;_; MC's specie made themselves can't express normal love, and all they can do just seeing their mom become depressed...
Can't believe I managed to find this game JUST as the final chapters came out, that timings almost supernatural. I've made an account just so I could comment on this game because... wow. I'll keep it spoiler free at first, the entire experience was enjoyable. It's clearly character driven so it's a good thing the characters are loveable (minus one imo) and the story progression was fun. I'm glad I found it after everything was released cause every chapter left me wanting to know more. The game itself is amazing, my only complaint being that some of the characters' color palettes are walking embodiments of their pride flags as opposed to feeling like a natural wardrobe. I would have loved to see more subtle badges as opposed to reducing a character's looks to their orientation (A good example is Crowven's wrist band) but the characters are still cute. Other then "It's Not Me, It's My Basement" I'm new to arcadekitten's games but I do know the characters have ties to outside just this game, which may affect some of the experience I had playing the game.
*Slight Spoilers Now*
I'll admit I feel kind of empty at the ending, it was a touch unsatisfying cause I don't know where to go from here. There is a deeper story, I think, but just playing this game leaves you with tons of questions and zero answers. Like what happened to our character, what's with our dad, how does their species work? Did Twyla really just get away with her BS? What is going on! It's a great game but I'm wanting more because I feel lost. I'd still tell people to play it, but not to expect a satisfying conclusion.
Im not joking when i say this is one of the best horror games i've played,im not joking because I MEAN IT. The plot twist is absolutely amazing and the chapters are always so interesting,the characters,the plot,the ending,the writing,EVERYTHING was so well done that it makes you want to keep on playing and playing. I simply- LOVED it,and if you ever make a part 2 i would love to play it. My most sincere congratulations,really,keep up the great work
(SPOILERS AHEAD FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T FINISHED THE GAME)
Ah, so I just made a whole account just to ramble about this game!
Okay, so I actually hadn't touched this until today because I didn't want to play it until it was complete, and I have to say that I think it was worth the wait. I had so much fun getting to know all of the characters, and I'm really hope that I can see more of them in your future projects (especially Jaxter and Ollie, they're my favorites)
I wasn't expecting the murder to be brought up so early. I thought it would remain mysterious until like partway through the game. I think it was a pretty well-done mystery, too, although I have to say that I missed all the clues.
I have to say that I did suspect that the player character wasn't on the up-and-up from the beginning, and I was not disappointed by their motivations. And the part where it changed from Here For Sweethearts to Here to Eat Hearts was great (I'm always a sucker for title screen changes like that)
I liked the dance chapter, too, although I have to say that I was constantly vacillating between 'wow, it's so nice that I've made all these friends' and 'Yeeeessss, let's break all their hearts'. Although I guess it didn't end up mattering in the end. Friggin' Twyla.
I have not gotten that secret chapter yet, but you bet that I'll be hunting for it. I could probably ramble about all your games, since I love them so much, but I don't want this to get too long.
i really like this game, and i can't wait for more!
the whole "whodunit" premise of the story is amazing. i have a penchant for games that are thought-provoking and lets the players solve the mystery in the end + bonus points if they come with a shocking plot twist, so this story was an automatic yes for me.
the characters i love the most are theo and crowven. especially the way they interact with one another. they give off HUGE kiss-the-homies goodnight energy and i love that for them.
lastly, i think the best thing that this game offers is how you can present yourself the way you want to, because that's what really got me into the game. i see so little representation for androgynous folks in visual novels (pronouns aside) since most just let us pick between masculine and feminine body types. the dev(s) really nailed this one, so props to you guys :) and the way each character has a subtle way of telling us their sexuality based on their design is nice, too.
i just hope that if this gets ever fully finished, we get to see the MC themselves in the game.
i'm looking forward for more eps. thank you for making this game! kudos <3
spoilers for pretty much the whole plot . . . . . . . . . . . .
I can say with confidence that Twyla was the one who killed Reginald's roommate, just think about it for a second warm hair has glasses, dressed very proper the only people who fit this description are Reginald and Twyla currently on the day of the incident, she told Reginald to be with gunter so she could get into the dorm and kill them without anyone seeing and also so she could blame it on Reginald probably Reginald got a spare key made for mary so she could get into their dorm, but she lost her key before the incident mary is dormmates with Twyla so if she didn't drop it or stuff Twyla could've very well have taken the key and that explains the "entered the dorm very easily" part when ollie spoke to the ghost and also h ow the hell did she know where the murder weapon was when there's no way shed know because they locked the dorm for a long time
i think i'm in love with crowven and theo,, the art is super cute and i love how much personality the characters have !! i was so sad to part with the frog though - he was our little buddy :[ and the librarian!! i really wasn't expecting what happened omg- anyways! i can't see what more this game has to offer, i'm really looking forward to future updates <3
It won't let me go back and change my appearance,,, I've deleted the game and redownloaded it and I didn't even save my progress but it refuses to let me restart the game,, I can't play when they're gonna address me as a girl 😭 I picked it just cuz she was prettier then regretted it but I can't go back 💀
this game is so good! like the fact how characters get their own chapter to get to know them, but they still show up in different chapters too! the dad part did freak me out a lil bit but the rest of the game is AMAZINGGGGG!
oh my god the whole section with mary and reginald made me so happy they are so sweet together i cant express how cute it is listening to them ramble about one another
Woah, I literally just finished playing Cemetery Mary yesterday, and then I quickly played every route up til Reginald, and then about four hours later, the next two people came in the update!! Anyway, this game is really cute and fun and my theories about Mary and Reginald are all over the place now. Also nice to see ace rep!!
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WHAT SECRET CHAPTER IM SO CONFUSED SOMEONE HELP
HELLO I READ FROM SOMEONE U BASICALLY GO TO THE LAST TWO CHAPTERS AND CLICK THE MOTH THINGY ON THE WINDOW
OH TYSM
WHAT MOTH THINGY
when you got to the last two chapter there will be a moth in the window click on it that will take you to the secret chapter
- SPOILER ALERT! -
Loved the game to the fullest! yet the ending was unsatisfactory for me, if there were multiple-- like for example we eat something at the dance to regain our energy and dont convince Jaxter to lay of his duty , we could be able to fight back and see Jaxter helping us but nah!, loved the secert ending of the moth person-- honestly loved them so much i wish there was more of them! I hope there is some sort of sequel to this! ----- Over-all
8.5/10!
Overall I super enjoyed this game and the characters- they are all well written and the mystery going on kept me engaged with trying to figure out the secrets of what was going on
As for spoilers for the final chapters
I liked that there were sort of hints that vanilla/Nova wasn't 100% innocent with their intentions. They acted a bit strange which had my mind racing thinking about what could be going on- I enjoyed the twist a lot!!
However the actual ending was a bit boring? None of our choices in the final chapters matter and the sudden shift in tone leads up to nothing. I was almost excited to see people's hearts breaks or see the protag have a change of heart of just something that would make a satisfying conclusion however we just kinda... Leave the school instead of dealing with anything
Overall fantastic visuals and characters and for the most part I enjoyed the story
That... Was... An ending. Honestly wasn't big
Breaking people's hearts. Wish there were more endings where we didn't have to be an asshole to people. Vanilla seems to be able to survive fine without food so I doubt "Eating" is so needed, and it feels like the twist had too much against it beforehand to make any logical sense. Overall, great game 8/10, I'll just pretend that it doesn't have an ending
i honestly thought if we ate something hefty like a cupcake and/or cake it'll give us energy to fight back, or choose the option to let Jaxter find us if we didn't convince him to stop his duty, that would've been awesome.
AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH I loved playing this!!!!!!!!!!
SPOILER WARNING
SO! Romancing people wasnt the point of this game, and we couldnt do that, but I wouldve loved to go to the dance with Theo, until we found out that we had to break our friends' HEARTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Like, I was hoping we couldve had a chance to rethink things through and decide not to break their hearts, even tho we couldnt even break hearts at all in the end. Even tho it wouldnt be realistic bc we would... starve if we dont break hearts.
I love the concept that is mc's species. Like, mc is probably unsensitized to the concept of love, like that explains why they barely reacted to meeting their MOM. Like, I thought they wouldve thought that their dad was rude af, but no.
Also, was the name revealed at the end the same for everyone?
I knew myself this game's gonna more of friendism, than romanticism, but man.....
[spolier below]
THE ENDING IS NOT SATISFIED AT ALL !!!! in a good way. I rly need a sequel, pls. Our MC and Twyla's relationship is so interesting, and I want to dig more into it, no matter it was romance or not. They're just so thrilling OTL
and srly, I've come for Theo, my boy. Even though I knew he is not the one for MC.
My final thought, I rly love MC's mom, wished to see her more ;_; MC's specie made themselves can't express normal love, and all they can do just seeing their mom become depressed...
PLS SOMEONE PROTECT HER, PLS (TOT)
to be honest............ I REALLY WANTED TO DANCE WITH THEO!!!! HE WAS MY BABY BOY
SAME!!!!
I loved everyone's party outfits! ^_^ Thanks for making the game, it was great!
AHHHHHHHH I HAVEN'T EVEN PLAYED THE LAST CHAPTERS BUT I AM SO EXCITED
(EDIT + SPOLIER
AHHHHHHHHH ARCADE KITTEN WHY MUST YOU HURT ME!?)
Can't believe I managed to find this game JUST as the final chapters came out, that timings almost supernatural. I've made an account just so I could comment on this game because... wow. I'll keep it spoiler free at first, the entire experience was enjoyable. It's clearly character driven so it's a good thing the characters are loveable (minus one imo) and the story progression was fun. I'm glad I found it after everything was released cause every chapter left me wanting to know more. The game itself is amazing, my only complaint being that some of the characters' color palettes are walking embodiments of their pride flags as opposed to feeling like a natural wardrobe. I would have loved to see more subtle badges as opposed to reducing a character's looks to their orientation (A good example is Crowven's wrist band) but the characters are still cute. Other then "It's Not Me, It's My Basement" I'm new to arcadekitten's games but I do know the characters have ties to outside just this game, which may affect some of the experience I had playing the game.
*Slight Spoilers Now*
I'll admit I feel kind of empty at the ending, it was a touch unsatisfying cause I don't know where to go from here. There is a deeper story, I think, but just playing this game leaves you with tons of questions and zero answers. Like what happened to our character, what's with our dad, how does their species work? Did Twyla really just get away with her BS? What is going on! It's a great game but I'm wanting more because I feel lost. I'd still tell people to play it, but not to expect a satisfying conclusion.
Im not joking when i say this is one of the best horror games i've played,im not joking because I MEAN IT. The plot twist is absolutely amazing and the chapters are always so interesting,the characters,the plot,the ending,the writing,EVERYTHING was so well done that it makes you want to keep on playing and playing. I simply- LOVED it,and if you ever make a part 2 i would love to play it. My most sincere congratulations,really,keep up the great work
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It's funny because it was what i thought when first saw this game XD "seems so pink and vanilla"
(SPOILERS AHEAD FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T FINISHED THE GAME)
Ah, so I just made a whole account just to ramble about this game!
Okay, so I actually hadn't touched this until today because I didn't want to play it until it was complete, and I have to say that I think it was worth the wait. I had so much fun getting to know all of the characters, and I'm really hope that I can see more of them in your future projects (especially Jaxter and Ollie, they're my favorites)
I wasn't expecting the murder to be brought up so early. I thought it would remain mysterious until like partway through the game. I think it was a pretty well-done mystery, too, although I have to say that I missed all the clues.
I have to say that I did suspect that the player character wasn't on the up-and-up from the beginning, and I was not disappointed by their motivations. And the part where it changed from Here For Sweethearts to Here to Eat Hearts was great (I'm always a sucker for title screen changes like that)
I liked the dance chapter, too, although I have to say that I was constantly vacillating between 'wow, it's so nice that I've made all these friends' and 'Yeeeessss, let's break all their hearts'. Although I guess it didn't end up mattering in the end. Friggin' Twyla.
I have not gotten that secret chapter yet, but you bet that I'll be hunting for it. I could probably ramble about all your games, since I love them so much, but I don't want this to get too long.
Anyways, I'm looking forward to your next game!
Click the moth
What moth?
NVM I SOMEHOW FOUND IT
pls tell me how and where cause i can NOT for the life of me find it DX
You can find the moth at the window beside the "The night before" route
Okay, just played the new chapter.
...
Wow.
I am in pain.
im just here waiting for the dance chapter what comes out today
i really like this game, and i can't wait for more!
the whole "whodunit" premise of the story is amazing. i have a penchant for games that are thought-provoking and lets the players solve the mystery in the end + bonus points if they come with a shocking plot twist, so this story was an automatic yes for me.
the characters i love the most are theo and crowven. especially the way they interact with one another. they give off HUGE kiss-the-homies goodnight energy and i love that for them.
lastly, i think the best thing that this game offers is how you can present yourself the way you want to, because that's what really got me into the game. i see so little representation for androgynous folks in visual novels (pronouns aside) since most just let us pick between masculine and feminine body types. the dev(s) really nailed this one, so props to you guys :) and the way each character has a subtle way of telling us their sexuality based on their design is nice, too.
i just hope that if this gets ever fully finished, we get to see the MC themselves in the game.
i'm looking forward for more eps. thank you for making this game! kudos <3
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I can say with confidence that Twyla was the one who killed Reginald's roommate, just think about it for a second
warm hair has glasses, dressed very proper
the only people who fit this description are Reginald and Twyla currently
on the day of the incident, she told Reginald to be with gunter so she could get into the dorm and kill them without anyone seeing and also so she could blame it on Reginald probably
Reginald got a spare key made for mary so she could get into their dorm, but she lost her key before the incident
mary is dormmates with Twyla so if she didn't drop it or stuff Twyla could've very well have taken the key and that explains the "entered the dorm very easily" part when ollie spoke to the ghost
and also h ow the hell did she know where the murder weapon was when there's no way shed know because they locked the dorm for a long time
That is actually a good point good thinking
ok but real talk the part where theo pretended to be crowvens dad.. IS JUST PERFECT
JAXTER>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
i love the rest of the but JAXTER.
I love this game and all the characters (excluding Twyla and Netina) and the Crowven's Father scene was funny!
Also Reginald looks like Byakuya Togami and when I first saw Gunter I immediately thought of Gonta Gokuhara!
I would protect all these characters (minus the previously mentioned) with my life
i love jaxter sm omgg
SAME
losing my mind rn trying to figure out where i recognize mitzi from... maybe im mistaking her for someone else but i swear i remember her specifically
i think i'm in love with crowven and theo,, the art is super cute and i love how much personality the characters have !! i was so sad to part with the frog though - he was our little buddy :[ and the librarian!! i really wasn't expecting what happened omg- anyways! i can't see what more this game has to offer, i'm really looking forward to future updates <3
I wish we could name the frog I would've named it puppy :C
I love the game tho the art is so cute
It won't let me go back and change my appearance,,, I've deleted the game and redownloaded it and I didn't even save my progress but it refuses to let me restart the game,, I can't play when they're gonna address me as a girl 😭 I picked it just cuz she was prettier then regretted it but I can't go back 💀
If you want to do that, you have to delete your persistent data. You can find info about how to do that by reading through this forum here!: https://steamcommunity.com/app/429300/discussions/0/458605613403306861/
This game is my heart-stopper
TRY AND CHANGE MY MIND
Literally love this game so much omfg. when I went home from school i would always check for updates sob sob
this game is so good! like the fact how characters get their own chapter to get to know them, but they still show up in different chapters too! the dad part did freak me out a lil bit but the rest of the game is AMAZINGGGGG!
oh my god the whole section with mary and reginald made me so happy they are so sweet together i cant express how cute it is listening to them ramble about one another
hello! Does anyone know why I can't play the game on iPad? won't even let me open the file and it's pretty frustrating :(
idk why but i cant get the crowven route completed succesfully, i triend everything, can someone help me?
sadly I think the only way to complete it is through being very very gracious and self-sacrificing.... (u need to take the blame on you and only u)
YEAH, im finally done with his route
Oh no here she comes!!! THE SMUGGEST GIRL IN TOWN!!!
ALERT THE SMUGNESS IS OVERWHELMING ARRGHHHH
Hello. This is Jaxter. He's overworked. Please be kind to him. Don't run away from-
And they run away. Awesome.
That's it. I'm gonna marry Jaxter
Hi! Could I find out how to restart the save entirely? I want to have a clean run after not playing it for a few months
enjoyed it sm omg (mary and crowven are my favs)
Woah, I literally just finished playing Cemetery Mary yesterday, and then I quickly played every route up til Reginald, and then about four hours later, the next two people came in the update!! Anyway, this game is really cute and fun and my theories about Mary and Reginald are all over the place now. Also nice to see ace rep!!