:,) Thank you so much! It was such a lovely read and it's so gratifying to hear that you really engaged with the story. It's always so hard to tell when you're writing something if you're giving too much away/too little, etc. That you put so much effort and thought not only in playing the game but writing about it, it's very heartening.
And the critique! All very fair points. Sound was something I struggled to implement, so it may be worth it for me to review it if I go back for any bug fixing. Same goes for the ending: it was a hard balance for me to figure out how much to show vs. what the player wants to fill in for themself, but it's good to know that you wanted more rather than less.
Again, ty so much for the review! An absolute pleasure to read.
Very interesting, and beautiful! It's already been mentioned, but this had that 'seductive but empty' VtM vibe. With the difference being our protagonist's little plot twist~
I'll be honest and say that part of the intrigue for me is that you've listed this as a queer vampire story. I feel like most of the vampire stories I've encountered are predominantly hetero. Which is kind of odd, because vampires have always read to me as having homosexual undertones.
Bringing me to my next question: is the sire's name (Marvella) a reference to Carmilla/ Mircalla, or is it just a coincidence?
I have even more questions, because this short demo has really caught my interest! But I'll leave it at that (for now). Good work/ be proud of your demo. It's very intriguing.
I have.... a confession.. to make. I haven't ever actually played VtM. It's on my list, I swear!
Yeah I'm really excited about the rest of the game getting done, since that's where the queer themes come in stronger. It's not a romance story or really a particularly hopeful one... but I do hope it comes across.
As for Marvella's name, a coincidence in the fact I thought it sounded suitably vampire-y (so probably!)
insanely gorgeous, fills the VtM shaped hole in my heart, short but sweet, art is amazing!
I'm not sure if this is a bug, but when i play in browser everything is fine, but when i download and run it the text seems to be not aligned/overflowing the dialogue box?
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This was an absolute blast to play through. Felt more like a sexy queer vampire comic book, I see what you were going for ;)
I enjoyed the game so much I wrote a review on it! Check it out here: https://open.substack.com/pub/beanstalkorigins/p/game-review-the-ruby-court?r=1i...
:,) Thank you so much! It was such a lovely read and it's so gratifying to hear that you really engaged with the story. It's always so hard to tell when you're writing something if you're giving too much away/too little, etc. That you put so much effort and thought not only in playing the game but writing about it, it's very heartening.
And the critique! All very fair points. Sound was something I struggled to implement, so it may be worth it for me to review it if I go back for any bug fixing. Same goes for the ending: it was a hard balance for me to figure out how much to show vs. what the player wants to fill in for themself, but it's good to know that you wanted more rather than less.
Again, ty so much for the review! An absolute pleasure to read.
this is such a great demo! It's short and sweet and hits all the right points <3
Very interesting, and beautiful! It's already been mentioned, but this had that 'seductive but empty' VtM vibe. With the difference being our protagonist's little plot twist~
I'll be honest and say that part of the intrigue for me is that you've listed this as a queer vampire story. I feel like most of the vampire stories I've encountered are predominantly hetero. Which is kind of odd, because vampires have always read to me as having homosexual undertones.
Bringing me to my next question: is the sire's name (Marvella) a reference to Carmilla/ Mircalla, or is it just a coincidence?
I have even more questions, because this short demo has really caught my interest! But I'll leave it at that (for now). Good work/ be proud of your demo. It's very intriguing.
<3
Thank you so much for your comment!
I have.... a confession.. to make. I haven't ever actually played VtM. It's on my list, I swear!
Yeah I'm really excited about the rest of the game getting done, since that's where the queer themes come in stronger. It's not a romance story or really a particularly hopeful one... but I do hope it comes across.
As for Marvella's name, a coincidence in the fact I thought it sounded suitably vampire-y (so probably!)
Again, thank you <3
insanely gorgeous, fills the VtM shaped hole in my heart, short but sweet, art is amazing!
I'm not sure if this is a bug, but when i play in browser everything is fine, but when i download and run it the text seems to be not aligned/overflowing the dialogue box?
incredible work, so stoked to see more!
thank you so much for playing!
and thanks for bringing up the text issue -- I'll take a look at it over the weekend :)
I love this taste (haha) of the game--looking forward to the full version!
Short demo, but certainly gets one's attention!