Mirror Thoughts

I related to this game perhaps a bit too much 💦 This made it a bit hard to play through and read at moments. Seeing thoughts I'd had many times before now displayed on a screen at coming at me, in a way. But at the same time, despite the heart ache, it was a way to like... look at them in a different light, too. To see the choices we have when we have such thoughts given to us on a screen, almost like some kind of question of logic. Like. Mmm. Like when I played it I wanted to answer positively as much as possible to the MC. To make them feel as though things can get better. That they can do something. And as I'm making these choices, it then forced me to think about such situations in my own life -- would I make those same choices for myself? Would I actively try to help myself? Which led to a strange feeling of targeting myself in a way LOL It's hard to describe. Like if we could turn our own lives into a visual novel, wouldn't we want the best for ourselves? So then why in RL don't we also try to want the best for ourselves? But it's so much harder when it's ourself.

Just.

Lots of back-and-forth feelings of conflict in the ol' noggin.

So??? Thank you??? For this experience???? I imagine this was very difficult to make and write. It was very beautifully done, though. I love the way you set up the art and scene with the reflection in the mirror. And the sprite is very cute and I love them very dearly and I want them to be happy despite the thoughts plaguing their mind. I really wanted to reach through the mirror and give them a hug. I also enjoyed the purple aesthetic of everything, from the UI, to the purple palette of the BG. It brings the sprite more into focus on top while also really binding the whole experience into this kinda... sad melancholy purple feeling. The way you handled the choices, too, was really well done. Particularly the time we're only given one answer but see it twice. Because how often does it feel like there's only one choice in our lives? Despite everything we've tried to do?

Just overall a really moving experience that cut to the core of me and made me ask myself a lot of my own questions, as well. Thank you so much for making this, it was really beautiful 💜