hi!

the project is still alive, but it’s taken a back burner in my life just because… i have more important things going on? i’m not sure if that’s the right wording, but yeah. i’ve just been busy.

and also realized this was a MASSIVE project to take on for two people with little to no coding experience, lol.

i moved states, my dog got sick, we got a house, i got sick, my dad got COVID, i started working. the usual.

i’m thinking about just going ahead and posting a demo of what we currently have for our one year on this blog? it’s not a lot, just the prologue and part of chapter one, but i think it’d be fun. if anyone’s around and still interested!

i think my sister and i will start with a smaller game for practice, because we desperately need it, haha. thanks for your patience! it’s also very appreciated.

xue is easily the most jealous. the others aren’t really, but if i had to rank the rest from most to least: mika, lyra mae = evren, orion

second question answered here !

answered here :)

they’re all glaringly flawed characters and i think you’ll be able to see them in-game, but i cannot shut the fuck up so i have to answer this. slightly (?) spoilers under cut!

you can 😁 in regards to this ask.

evren: thinks they can handle it. their entire job—their purpose—is to keep you safe. they’ve failed once and refuse to do so again. except the silence is deafening and they can hear their blood roaring and they take a quick glance without thinking about it. regret makes them nauseous as they realize what they’ve done. reaches out for you even after you’re gone.

mika: thinks they can take a look over their shoulder without getting caught. it’s stupid—foolish—and they want to force time to rewind because it’s so fucking stupid. why did they turn? why would they risk you like that? refuses to watch you disappear forever, and closes their eyes instead. can’t stomach seeing your face, not when you know it’s their fault you’re not getting your second chance.

xue: gets too excited. they’re nervous walking out, hate silences, and want to see you. so they turn, take a glance, only to see you slip away. they chase you, try to grab you, but there’s nothing left. doesn’t have time to process what happened. thinks they’ll get another chance and tries to beg for one. pleads on their knees in vain. spends the rest of their life trying to get you back for nothing.

orion: doesn’t trust that you’re there. doesn’t trust you—whatever god he bargained with—himself. there’s so much riding on his shoulders it makes him break. whatever false confidence he pretends he has crumbles. you’re there when he turns around and he wishes you weren’t. it would be easier on him if you hadn’t been standing there. and then you’re gone and he’s alone. 

lyra mae: she trusts you with everything she is. you’re there, she reminds herself, you have to be. you’ve always been with her and she’s sure nothing had changed. stares at her feet the entire way, one foot in front of the other. doesn’t turn around even when she’s out because she’s still scared you’ll vanish. the minute you touch her, though, her arms are around you and she’s crying.

50 years late to the party but

turns around:

evren, orion, xue, mika

doesn’t turn around:

lyra mae

hi! it’s mainly because this is my first time writing a game and my sister’s first time coding something this big. mika and lyra mae would be a really cool route, but i didn’t want to put too much pressure on us for our first time. thanks for asking!