Depiction of Pleasure

Is this VN choice based or linear?

I played the game after translation into Chinese, but my understanding of the story is not deep enough. Maybe in different cultural backgrounds, this story will have different connotations. Generally speaking, it is a very fantastic literary work. The illustrations are exquisite, the music and sound effects are also very good. The story is too literary, which is not easy for me to understand. Thank you for your efforts and sincerely hope that you can make better games!

I'm a player from China and I'd like to share some thoughts in chinese.I will make a summary（in Chinese language） and try to make other Chinese players know more about this game. Because game is a bit difficult for me to understand,but it is still a wonderful game for me to enjoy！

如果要理解这是怎样一个故事，首先需要理解：

1.猫头鹰用火炬制造幻象来表达情绪和叙事

2.沙子是一种有成瘾性质的神秘物质

3.过量吸入沙子会自燃，最后被烧死

4.火炬可以用来传达和投射情绪和图像

故事中的主要角色有：有沙子成瘾症的，渴望被蝙蝠蹂躏和惩罚的变色龙、有沙子成瘾症的，气味控的狼、图像分析能力很差的沙漠城主蝙蝠和神秘的，不会说话，用火炬制造幻象表达情绪和叙事的猫头鹰

以下内容涉及剧透，纯属个人理解，可能存在偏差，因为故事有些抽象和断裂，难以理解

大概故事就是猫头鹰来到城主蝙蝠的地方画画，随后蝙蝠想让猫头鹰画画——火甲虫为众人带来终结的画作。狼想要战争和闻味道，最后被城主蝙蝠赶走，在沙漠中的剑冢找到了可以变换身形的火炬，装作神明满足自己闻味道的癖好。随后，狼假装神明吸引信徒，对城主蝙蝠的统治造成威胁。之后，变色龙无法克制对沙子的渴望，被沙子烧伤。猫头鹰想用火炬帮助变色龙伪装成没有烧伤的样子，而变色龙在这时疑惑猫头鹰为什么对自己这么好。之后城门因为沙子成瘾者自焚而失火，蝙蝠和变色龙出城门试图安定。这时变色龙对沙子的瘾无法克制。第一条路是选择解放对沙子的渴望。变色龙因为吸入沙子被烧死，之后猫头鹰扑在尸体上哭泣，蝙蝠揭露狼的伪装，猫头鹰夺走火炬。蝙蝠最后解释自己从小对图像处理能力很差，只能以文字形式看见形象的事物。这个结局里出现了cam和cham两个人，我不理解这两个人是不是同一个。最终，所有人都迎来了蝙蝠预言中，火甲虫允诺的终结。第二条路是选择压制对沙子的渴望。变色龙询问猫头鹰为什么对自己这么好，猫头鹰讲述自己小时候通过凿出沙子点燃火炬的故事。有天火炬熄灭，坏人用神秘物质使沙子不断涌出。沙子杀死了猫头鹰的父母，把世界变成了充满沙子的沙漠。变色龙因为沙子瘾无法控制愤怒，把猫头鹰打伤。结局是狼的伪装没有被揭露，他真正意义上成为了这个沙漠城邦的神明。随后是个开放式结局，狼在眺望沙漠时发现了未知的东西，故事结束

这个游戏的故事非常奇幻，难以理解。它需要你理解和串联不同的故事和世界观，我游玩了翻译汉化后的游戏，对于故事的理解不够深入。可能在不同的文化背景下，这个故事会有不同的内涵。总体是一部非常奇幻的文学作品，插画比较精致，音乐和音效也很不错，故事过于文学性，我不太好理解。感谢作者们的付出，衷心希望你们能制作出更好的游戏！

Is the promised July 1st version out already? If not, when will it be?

This is an absolutely wild and unhinged ride that manages to pack a ludicrous amount of well-considered ideas, gripping visuals, and brilliant comedic timing into a tight, fast-paced hour of IntrigueThrillThrillGlory.

I cannot wait to see what you’ve got in store for the polished-up final cut and whatever you end up working on in the future.

Heads up. The hyperlink that's supposed to lead to A Role to Play leads to Echo

Mwah mwah, your art is gorgeous as always, and there’s an intense and very appreciated level of effort in depicting things visually in this VN. The setting is interesting, and I would’ve loved to learn more about it than what could be explored in a jam entry.

On that note, the scope of the story also seems to have been far too ambitious for the limitations of the jam. There’s good exploration and built up intrigue of things such as the lord’s relationship with Cam, the mechanics of the owl’s whole shtick, and both Cam’s and the wolf’s addictions. But for that screen time, seemingly important things like the other monks of the castle, the owl, and the workings of the apocalyptic scenario falls to the wayside.

The crunch in both real development time and in-universe time (It takes place in about 4 or 5 days I think?) made the latter half of the story rather dissonant. I find the climax to be weightless and lacking in cohesion with the narrative that was built up thus far, which is a shame because the prose and execution of a lot of individual scenes can be thrilling. The connective tissue just isn’t sturdy enough to bring it all together.