Beautiful as usual! The inclusivity was just a nice added touch to the basic aspects hetnorm games include. I feel like how you weave it in as so normal is exactly an approach the gaming community could benefit from!
The STORY omg, I had some gut feelings tell me where things were headed but you still made me shudder when they occurred. LOVE what you consistently bring to the table!!! <3
very cute game, ik the trans stuff was small but things like that is really cute to see and makes me happy, the minigames were very basic but I didn't mind them and parts of the game actually made me anxious about if I should leave the room/hiding spot yet! I also love the mc and art and the charachters feel like they have personalitys
Normally cook with other titles but this one was pretty mid tbh. Artstyle is hella cute as usual and I adore the designs, Enide is standout, perfect vibes. Adore the minigames coming back to play later on. Also props for having a Spanish ver, always nice to have stuff like that.
Writing-wise though just...
Allie's hearing aid being mentioned at the start and all yet not being brought up more feels like a waste. And normally I'd give merit for something like that, having a character with a condition or trait that isn't focused upon as something defining but something that just is- But with a horror-themed game like this, it feels like a waste to not use it in some form. Especially with Enide's laugh and all, I feel there could've been something clever done with it.
Then the whole Pincer/Clawdi thing. It feels tacked on just for extra points or to brag about having some LGBTQ rep in the game. It does feel like there was no build-up, and it just, happened for no reason. "Pincer bullied their friend, who also teased them back, during a stressful time for a teen and played a female character, totally an egg!" and it happening after their father died feels a bit, sour on my tongue. I just think character-wise it felt, out of left field.
Then the true ending twist doesn't help. It just feels like a downer ending for the sake of being a downer. "Yeah, your sister who just suddenly left you and completely altered your life in doing so? She fucking died and there's nothing you can do!" Like... Nothing Tabby did made her deserve it, nor does it tie to the idea of the game overall beyond just making you hate Enide or feel like shit over Allie being pushed into silence.
you do realize that there’s a whole part where you can go talk to pincer while he’s in his yard playing the game and he is playing as the female character under the name “clawdi” (definitely not foreshadowing or build up)
I mean, the fact that his/her father disappearing possibly played a role in it, and yes it did feel like a weird excuse to mark the game having a lgbtq rep, a sad excuse of a rep honestly, its more like it was sudden with no more time to show of her personality nor focus to check in on her development, so in a sense, Clawdi was a bucket list rather then a rep, would have been better if her father wasn't a victim (instead a stranger) more screen time on pincer, and how clawdi is now, that's what I call a rep, but that's just wishful thinking.
making it seem that in order for someone to be trans, they gotta have their parents removed from the equation, sends a bad message as a rep, if people actually think clawdi is considered a rep, then NO FUCKING WONDER THE "DAD GOES TO BUY MILK AT 3 AM (GONE WRONG) (GONE MISSING)" WAS POPULAR.
BUT THEN AGAAAAAAAAAAAIN, crabs are able to change their gender by the fly, it's called protandry, so in actuality clawdi isn't transgender, shes bigender, or is it, they bigender. up to the developers to decided
the game is awesome I loved the characters I want to give my opinion on three specific characters
(spoilers )
I don't understand how people say that the representation came so naturally?!
I feel that Pencer was wasted. He could have been a bully who learned from his mistakes . His transformation came out of nowhere. his character before transforming is different than before transforming like he's a different character, Just because the young man likes to choose a female character in video games doesn't indicate that he wants to transform. Nor does his behavior and bullying of neighborhood girls suggest that either, I felt that this part was just there to gain some points, also
Allie kept bullying him and criticizing his mustache is that why he wanted to switch gender?
What I understood from his transformation is that you cannot be a good person unless you transform to be a girl?? But if you are a teenage male, are you a bully filled with testosterone?
also I wanted to say that Tabby and her mother are very selfish
The mother left the father and did not ask about her daughters or try to communicate with them despite their young age
Tabby ran away from home, but not before causing a psychological complex for her little sister, who began carrying an old doll everywhere just so she would remember her sister, and she did not give her any way to communicate with her and did not even think about visiting and seeing her.
the trans thingy, it could be this: He is bullying girls bc hes jealous He gets angry of the mustache because he doesnt want one He bullies ally since the first reason.
Totally unbiased when I say that I super super enjoyed this! Thank you for tearing my heart directly out of my chest and hitting me with swords, Arcade-
Great game! I really enjoyed the hiding minigame, definitely added a bit of tension to our attempts to escape. I was partially expecting one of the endings to be us becoming Enide's apprentice, that true ending would have caused a lot of issues in that case!
I loved the representation, it comes so natural which is something I don't see many people being able to do. The gameplay was fun too, I aced jacks and later it was important! Thank you for making this game!
can i just say how effective all the name drops are?
(spoilers incoming, duh.)
i'll skip over Clawdi because that one's rather light compared to the other two.
now, for the most obvious, Tabby, i have to say, it's kind of like flowey in undertale, sure, at first, she's important, but as you progress, you kind of... forget about her. so to bring her back as a victim was honestly very cool.
now, for the one i really didn't expect, Reginald. she has a link with Reginald, and unless arcade's pulling a sneaky one on us, it's Reginald Tetra. first i was happy to see that his name was there, then instant dread as i remember what kind of things he does. being linked with him made it rather obvious Enidne wasn't nice.
so, all and all, great game, as always might i add, but also, i' bet we'll see in her wishmaker.
also what's with characters that can't love unless they consume what they love?
I loved the end so much omg... but i kinda saw it coming but that was the thrill seeing it come true. i loved the reference i think? with the red panda to fias night out. Man i wanna know what happened to enid... i like her. and what happened to the mom and why were dad and sister fighting? we´ll never know
I'm kind of assuming that the father was strict on Tabby since the mom left which made him more overprotective. The absence of the mom plus the dad being overprotective was probably Tabby's breaking point. I think that the mom is meant to be more vague she just left for the plot
Created an account just to comment this!! LOVELY GAME omg this actually got a few jumps and gasps out of me, which doesn't happen often when i play videogames! especially when I got the true ending!!!! :] I LOVE the little arrow key moments like I was just expecting them to just be a silly little extra thing at the start of the game but it made my heart race when I was suddenly supposed to do them to control the breathing.
I know she did horrible things but. Enide is a lovely lady :3
Okay this one is BANGER, avoiding any spoiler don't read any further.
SPOILER I WARNED YOU
LOOK AWAY
SKELETON DEMONIC DIVINE BLAST
Okay anyway Enide as a character ABSOLUTELY wipe the floor clean on this one, love her.
The endings are quite something, especially the True Ending. Bold decision to basically says yeah your sister who has a rough life died lol and there's nothing you can do about it. Making Clawdi an orphan?! A little bit unexpected! But in a good way!!!
The story in a way kind of remind of the work of Junji Ito especially Tomie with you know cough cannibalistic lover that everyone's likes. I also feel like with the naming sense too, plotwise there's a reminder of Hello Neighbor, especially with the traumatic time skip~
Also love Clawdi trans rep the first time I saw Clawdi I was like *THE ROCK EYEBROW GIF* because I can sense it...
There are a few LORE questions left behind, but we shall see how it unfold later...
Hey thanks for making this game! It was really cute and downright horrifying! Best of luck on future games! I'd definitely pay for your games at this point lol
I really liked this game! recently, I was reading a book about a girl who her mother abandoned her when she was a baby, this was a big coincident! I really love your games, never fail to entertain and intrigue me.
another amazing game from arcadekitten! that minigame took me wayyy too long to figure out lol. absolutely love the dynamics all the characters have, they're all so loveable. however, i still can't figure out how to get the other ending! anyway, super cute and super fun <3
That's kinda the plush more than Tabby (and I also forgot that she did get the plush back, mb), I meant more so that Tabby is a cool character I'm missing out on.
Oh cool, thanks for telling me! I feel like in most endings the plot should be good (and you can do that while hiding reveals for other endings) so having a major character hidden under a bed is eh. Also, Tabby being killed (? just because it's a past lover doesn't mean she's dead) is kinda thrown in there with no lead up, points for surprising me I guess.
I love this! You've created another delightfully creepy experience that was so much fun to go through.
The story is so simple but so effective, it's always astounding to me just how much you're able to do in such a short space of time. I love Allie, she's such a fun protagonist and did not deserve to see any of that. Also very fond of Clawdi (her reveal made me grin like an idiot). Enide was extremely fun, it's easy to see how Allie grew so attached to her and just her nonchalance over what she does is freaky but entertaining.
Must admit the mini game caught me off guard and took a few goes to get the hang of, but it's cool seeing you explore new game mechanics and objectives in your games. The music and art are gorgeous as always, I will never get sick of these character designs or the Noiresverse in general.
Love it, love it, love it! Thank you for continuing to make such wonderful games for us all to play.
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This is the first arcadekitten game I've ever played, and I absolutely love it! Great Job!
idk why but I was hoping Enide would go after Allie’s dad, but still a good game overall :3
psycho
Beautiful as usual! The inclusivity was just a nice added touch to the basic aspects hetnorm games include. I feel like how you weave it in as so normal is exactly an approach the gaming community could benefit from!
The STORY omg, I had some gut feelings tell me where things were headed but you still made me shudder when they occurred. LOVE what you consistently bring to the table!!! <3
🤍ALL ENDINGS🖤
So many RPG-maker games. You need to learn to code miss.
Okay! Are you going to pay for my coding classes? And financially support me through the time it takes to learn code?
I work in the engines I enjoy using. No one is forcing you to play RPGMaker games if you don't like RPGMaker games. Thank you for understanding.
I am really curious to hear about what games you've developed that have half the fascinating plots AK's have.
Why do you care so much?? Just don't play the game if you have some weird vendetta against RPG maker.
I love the game and Clawdi side story i loved it i really related to her whole story wish i got more from her
very cute game, ik the trans stuff was small but things like that is really cute to see and makes me happy, the minigames were very basic but I didn't mind them and parts of the game actually made me anxious about if I should leave the room/hiding spot yet! I also love the mc and art and the charachters feel like they have personalitys
Normally cook with other titles but this one was pretty mid tbh. Artstyle is hella cute as usual and I adore the designs, Enide is standout, perfect vibes. Adore the minigames coming back to play later on. Also props for having a Spanish ver, always nice to have stuff like that.
Writing-wise though just...
Allie's hearing aid being mentioned at the start and all yet not being brought up more feels like a waste. And normally I'd give merit for something like that, having a character with a condition or trait that isn't focused upon as something defining but something that just is- But with a horror-themed game like this, it feels like a waste to not use it in some form. Especially with Enide's laugh and all, I feel there could've been something clever done with it.
Then the whole Pincer/Clawdi thing. It feels tacked on just for extra points or to brag about having some LGBTQ rep in the game. It does feel like there was no build-up, and it just, happened for no reason. "Pincer bullied their friend, who also teased them back, during a stressful time for a teen and played a female character, totally an egg!" and it happening after their father died feels a bit, sour on my tongue. I just think character-wise it felt, out of left field.
Then the true ending twist doesn't help. It just feels like a downer ending for the sake of being a downer. "Yeah, your sister who just suddenly left you and completely altered your life in doing so? She fucking died and there's nothing you can do!" Like... Nothing Tabby did made her deserve it, nor does it tie to the idea of the game overall beyond just making you hate Enide or feel like shit over Allie being pushed into silence.
you do realize that there’s a whole part where you can go talk to pincer while he’s in his yard playing the game and he is playing as the female character under the name “clawdi” (definitely not foreshadowing or build up)
I mean, the fact that his/her father disappearing possibly played a role in it, and yes it did feel like a weird excuse to mark the game having a lgbtq rep, a sad excuse of a rep honestly, its more like it was sudden with no more time to show of her personality nor focus to check in on her development, so in a sense, Clawdi was a bucket list rather then a rep, would have been better if her father wasn't a victim (instead a stranger) more screen time on pincer, and how clawdi is now, that's what I call a rep, but that's just wishful thinking.
making it seem that in order for someone to be trans, they gotta have their parents removed from the equation, sends a bad message as a rep, if people actually think clawdi is considered a rep, then NO FUCKING WONDER THE "DAD GOES TO BUY MILK AT 3 AM (GONE WRONG) (GONE MISSING)" WAS POPULAR.
BUT THEN AGAAAAAAAAAAAIN, crabs are able to change their gender by the fly, it's called protandry, so in actuality clawdi isn't transgender, shes bigender, or is it, they bigender. up to the developers to decided
thats the thing with horror games, dont you understand??
INNOCENT. CHARACTERS. DIE.
Have you ever played FNaF? with the missing children?
Have you ever watched Scream? with innocent teens getting murdered???
DO yOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HORROR GAMES
the game is awesome I loved the characters I want to give my opinion on three specific characters
(spoilers )
I don't understand how people say that the representation came so naturally?!
I feel that Pencer was wasted. He could have been a bully who learned from his mistakes . His transformation came out of nowhere. his character before transforming is different than before transforming like he's a different character, Just because the young man likes to choose a female character in video games doesn't indicate that he wants to transform. Nor does his behavior and bullying of neighborhood girls suggest that either, I felt that this part was just there to gain some points, also
Allie kept bullying him and criticizing his mustache is that why he wanted to switch gender?
What I understood from his transformation is that you cannot be a good person unless you transform to be a girl?? But if you are a teenage male, are you a bully filled with testosterone?
also I wanted to say that Tabby and her mother are very selfish
The mother left the father and did not ask about her daughters or try to communicate with them despite their young age
Tabby ran away from home, but not before causing a psychological complex for her little sister, who began carrying an old doll everywhere just so she would remember her sister, and she did not give her any way to communicate with her and did not even think about visiting and seeing her.
the trans thingy, it could be this:
He is bullying girls bc hes jealous
He gets angry of the mustache because he doesnt want one
He bullies ally since the first reason.
I would die for Allie.
Totally unbiased when I say that I super super enjoyed this! Thank you for tearing my heart directly out of my chest and hitting me with swords, Arcade-
Damn that ending. Part 2 where She tells her dad and go after her.
Nice game, hope you make a sequel with more rope jumping!
Such an excellent game! Totally called it with Clawdi. And I let out such a loud gasp at the true ending!!
Absolutely wonderful. I loved the Clawdi stuff so much. I did kinda see the true coming, but it was very welcome. Very very. 10/10
I loved the representation, it comes so natural which is something I don't see many people being able to do. The gameplay was fun too, I aced jacks and later it was important! Thank you for making this game!
This is such a good game , and I love how it came together in the end. The graphics are amazing and i love the characters. 😁
Very good game
welp, amazing as always, BUT.
can i just say how effective all the name drops are?
(spoilers incoming, duh.)
i'll skip over Clawdi because that one's rather light compared to the other two.
now, for the most obvious, Tabby, i have to say, it's kind of like flowey in undertale, sure, at first, she's important, but as you progress, you kind of... forget about her. so to bring her back as a victim was honestly very cool.
now, for the one i really didn't expect, Reginald. she has a link with Reginald, and unless arcade's pulling a sneaky one on us, it's Reginald Tetra. first i was happy to see that his name was there, then instant dread as i remember what kind of things he does. being linked with him made it rather obvious Enidne wasn't nice.
so, all and all, great game, as always might i add, but also, i' bet we'll see in her wishmaker.
also what's with characters that can't love unless they consume what they love?Spoiler!Maeby?
I loved the end so much omg... but i kinda saw it coming but that was the thrill seeing it come true. i loved the reference i think? with the red panda to fias night out. Man i wanna know what happened to enid... i like her. and what happened to the mom and why were dad and sister fighting? we´ll never know
I'm kind of assuming that the father was strict on Tabby since the mom left which made him more overprotective. The absence of the mom plus the dad being overprotective was probably Tabby's breaking point. I think that the mom is meant to be more vague she just left for the plot
THATS FUCKED UUUUUP/POS
spoilers below!!!!!!!
Created an account just to comment this!! LOVELY GAME omg this actually got a few jumps and gasps out of me, which doesn't happen often when i play videogames! especially when I got the true ending!!!! :] I LOVE the little arrow key moments like I was just expecting them to just be a silly little extra thing at the start of the game but it made my heart race when I was suddenly supposed to do them to control the breathing.
I know she did horrible things but. Enide is a lovely lady :3
OH MY GOD I LOVED THIS GAME SO MUCH??? IT WAS SO GOOD????? I ABSOLUTELY LOVED BOTH ENDINGS OMG
babe wake up new arcade game dropped AND IM NOT LATE THIS TIME!!! WOOHOO
Another great game!
This game is really cool! I hope you keep making great video games like this !
SPOILER I WARNED YOU
LOOK AWAY
SKELETON DEMONIC DIVINE BLAST
Okay anyway Enide as a character ABSOLUTELY wipe the floor clean on this one, love her.
The endings are quite something, especially the True Ending. Bold decision to basically says yeah your sister who has a rough life died lol and there's nothing you can do about it. Making Clawdi an orphan?! A little bit unexpected! But in a good way!!!
The story in a way kind of remind of the work of Junji Ito especially Tomie with you know cough cannibalistic lover that everyone's likes. I also feel like with the naming sense too, plotwise there's a reminder of Hello Neighbor, especially with the traumatic time skip~
Also love Clawdi trans rep the first time I saw Clawdi I was like *THE ROCK EYEBROW GIF* because I can sense it...
There are a few LORE questions left behind, but we shall see how it unfold later...
I really liked this game! recently, I was reading a book about a girl who her mother abandoned her when she was a baby, this was a big coincident! I really love your games, never fail to entertain and intrigue me.
another amazing game from arcadekitten! that minigame took me wayyy too long to figure out lol. absolutely love the dynamics all the characters have, they're all so loveable. however, i still can't figure out how to get the other ending! anyway, super cute and super fun <3
its a good day when arcadekitten makes a new game 🤗
you get the true ending by hiding under the bed btw... skitters off
Thank you, you're a lifesaver
<3
NEW GAME WOOOOO playing it now (for true end I got normal already) and i love it so far!!!
FINALLY GOT THE TRUE ENDING! The little arrows took soo long, but WORTH IT. Another amazing experience from my favorite dev.
Pretty predictable but with good art, wish Clawdi was fleshed out more, and Tabby just kinda disappears and is never brought up again.
you didnt play the whole game! /info
I did play the whole game, at least in the normal ending.
she goes and gets her plush back in the normal ending
That's kinda the plush more than Tabby (and I also forgot that she did get the plush back, mb), I meant more so that Tabby is a cool character I'm missing out on.
you should probably get the true end then ;)
tip: hide under the bed the 2nd time
tabby is brought up again in the true ending! you can get it by hiding under the bed when in enides room :3
Oh cool, thanks for telling me!
I feel like in most endings the plot should be good (and you can do that while hiding reveals for other endings) so having a major character hidden under a bed is eh.
Also, Tabby being killed (? just because it's a past lover doesn't mean she's dead) is kinda thrown in there with no lead up, points for surprising me I guess.
enide my beloved ♡
I can't achive the true ending... Probably there is a correct combination of answers for that...
i found it and i regret it...I love this! You've created another delightfully creepy experience that was so much fun to go through.
The story is so simple but so effective, it's always astounding to me just how much you're able to do in such a short space of time. I love Allie, she's such a fun protagonist and did not deserve to see any of that. Also very fond of Clawdi (her reveal made me grin like an idiot). Enide was extremely fun, it's easy to see how Allie grew so attached to her and just her nonchalance over what she does is freaky but entertaining.
Must admit the mini game caught me off guard and took a few goes to get the hang of, but it's cool seeing you explore new game mechanics and objectives in your games. The music and art are gorgeous as always, I will never get sick of these character designs or the Noiresverse in general.
Love it, love it, love it! Thank you for continuing to make such wonderful games for us all to play.
i cannot wait to play this. its tyoo late right now BUT TOMORROW IM COMING
RAHH SAME I CANT WAIT UNTIL I CAN PLAY
Teehee teehee omg that's my art being featured teehee teehee.....
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