Left me Feeling a Bit Confused (Spoilers)

[gaurdianAQ]

So just finished the game, not sure what choices I would have made differently to get other endings. The game ended with me having to destroy Frontier or something.

So I get the idea of the concious gems, though I'm not 100% sure I understand how that relates to the main cast, they implied Dr. Adam killed Aaron for... some reason? Maybe that's explained in chapter 0 if you know whatever code is needed to open that door?

Given how the story is all over the place and you need to piece it together, I feel like some sort of system to keep track of important details you've learned would be useful. I know near the end it gave me a recap of the first 3 reports, but I don't know if I missed it or if they didn't spawn but I was expecting to be able to read the other 4 near the end.

Also I'm confused about how they ended up back in this VR system, were they called back, were they there all this time? If I'm understanding correctly Amber was blackmailing/threatening them somehow? Like she got Thomas to go into the system by saying that she'd kill Audrey?

I do like a lot of the ideas, but I found it difficult to follow.

[A.Marx]

Hey, thank you for reviewing the game. Gonna explain everything step by step:
1. You can get "OFF" ending by deciding to end the frontier as Aaron inside the system. There's also "Dead Dreams" ending which you'll get if you reject all the gems and "INstrumentality" if you accept them and don't touch the switch.

2.Dr. Adam wanted to kill all four friends to integrate them into the system. Basically, after the explosion, all the gems have been damaged and they refused to operate as individuals, Amber's friends but as an entity "Nirvan".

3.Hmm... You're probably right. I should include all the recaps.

4.Yeah. Thomas and Audrey got blackmailed. Liam was attacked by Dr. Adma himself.

I mean, you're right. The story is all over the place and requires a lot form the player. It's my first game and sometimes it shows. I might end up adding more details\vusial storytelling elements that could clarify some of your doughts. Let me know if you have any ideas for how it could be fixed :) Fixing is great, but I am trying to concentrate more on my new games.

Anyways, thank you for writing down your thoughts again! I love to see thoughtful people among my players!

[gaurdianAQ]

Ya a lot of the gaming community can be extremely rude and unhelpful with feedback. I think you nailed things like the atmosphere and such really well and I definitely think a way to automatically keep track of important details would help a lot.

Didn't realize it was Dr. Adam that attacked Liam.

I'll be curious to check out your next game when it's ready, what engine did you build this in? RPG Maker?

So integrating the 4 friends into the system would help with generating the narratives for the therapy programs? Or was there another motive that I've forgotten about (it's been a bit since I've finished the game)

[A.Marx]

Originally posted by gaurdianAQ:

I'll be curious to check out your next game when it's ready, what engine did you build this in? RPG Maker?

So integrating the 4 friends into the system would help with generating the narratives for the therapy programs? Or was there another motive that I've forgotten about (it's been a bit since I've finished the game)

Sorry for the late response!
Indeed I'm using RPG Maker MV and I've already released two more games: Gurobu and Hedera.
"So integrating the 4 friends into the system would help with generating the narratives for the therapy programs?" Nailed it :D