im really really mad not saying at who because spoilers but, the last plot twist was very unexpected- i thought abt it before but wow. The art plus the story writing and music very so beatiful, im glad ive got to play this. Def would recommend. I love yuri!
I got this vn in the Palestinian Relief Bundle, and I loved it! I know you said the characters weren't technically the focus, but I still loved all of them, even the more minor ones that didn't have sprites like Mrs. Leigh. The atmosphere and art were incredible too, and honestly I found myself bobbing my head to a lot of the songs, too. Also, while there was a lot of good foreshadowing given to some of the twists (so I saw them coming (pos)), that last one hit me like a damn truck.
Ah thank you so much! That's very kind of you! It's been a while since I wrote Rituals, but I remember putting more focus on the descriptive passages (mostly all of the dust in Mrs Leigh's old home) than I did the developing relationship between the two leads. This story was more a vehicle for me to write lovingly about decay, but I'm glad you still enjoyed the relationship presented here! I really like the OST of this VN in particular too, I had a very particular sound I wanted and I think the composer nailed it. It's really pretty!
Excellent atmosphere, along with quality art, writing, and of course music. The ending was both sweet and surprising, serving as a clever second twist on an expected first one. So yeah, great stuff as always!
Deeep huuge bow to you, Ebi-hime-sama, for this beautifull piece.
I had enormous pleasure reading it.
Besides english isnt my native language, and recently for some particular reasons i had a large share of reading gruesome engRish texts, and after this your RitD was like a breath af fresh mountain air after a ride at the bottom of an overstuffed dump-truck (i bet, you didnt expect mentioning dumptrucks in a praising comment hehe:-D).
Seriously, thank you for your (as always) astonishing, atmospheric and soul-filled work.
Oh, and give my best regards to Mr Darksin for his amazing artwork (really, what a cuties :3)
Ah thank you very much! I'm glad you liked it! I spent a lot of time editing and rewriting the dialogue so it would all flow naturally, I'm glad it paid off! >_<
Dont know about the others, but for uneducated non-native me it definitely paid off.
And btw if you dont mind clarify some thing that haunts me in the nights - whats the story with "outside.png", "outside2" and warp-connected houses? :-D
Aspen and Mrs Leigh's homes are described as semi-detached in the story, but the background artist didn't draw it correctly (he drew them as two separate houses), and I didn't notice the mistake when I first received the BG. While coding the story 2 years later, I finally noticed the mistake in the BG. However, since the BGs were done so long ago, I didn't want to bother the artist about it, so I decided to edit it myself. The edit isn't done very smoothly, but I figured it wouldn't be too noticeable in-game because sprites are always layered on top of this BG. I forgot to delete the first outside.png image, so it's still in the BG folder, but it never gets used in the story because it doesn't match the text. outside2.png is the more 'accurate' version.
Oh, this looks a lot better than the very jank version I made! Thank you very much, that was kind of you! If you don't mind, I'll replace the bg in the current build with this much improved version. I appreciate it a lot! >_<
Absolutely stunning! I haven't had the pleasure to finish it YET but I will for sure devore it when I get a chance. I love the characters and setup. Uuuhg I can't wait to see what happens!
I did buy the steam version because achievements but figured here could use a review too lol. I also made a video
Thank you! I'm glad you like it so far! I tried to put a lot of emphasis on the general ~atmosphere~ (maybe at the expense of the plot and the characters hahaha), so I hope it pays off!
*Sees Ebi has a new relaese*buys without hesitation*is not disapointed*
A nice story about growing up and relationships, with a slightly spooky atmosphere. Nice twist at the end. Now I want to know what happens with them after!
Thank you very much! I'm glad you liked it! >_< I'm sure they'll have a relatively happy relationship, even if one party has a bit of a sadistic streak haha ;;
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If I could, I would give this a sixth star, because it's the only visual novel I've read that mentions Wotsits.
Thank you so much! I'm glad you appreciate all of the British-ishms haha
im really really mad not saying at who because spoilers but, the last plot twist was very unexpected- i thought abt it before but wow. The art plus the story writing and music very so beatiful, im glad ive got to play this. Def would recommend. I love yuri!
I am absolutely in LOVE with the art, the writing is beatiful too
I will give rest of my feedback as soon as im done playing👽goodness gracious
how do i turn on auto..
bit of playing around but i found it
I got this vn in the Palestinian Relief Bundle, and I loved it! I know you said the characters weren't technically the focus, but I still loved all of them, even the more minor ones that didn't have sprites like Mrs. Leigh. The atmosphere and art were incredible too, and honestly I found myself bobbing my head to a lot of the songs, too. Also, while there was a lot of good foreshadowing given to some of the twists (so I saw them coming (pos)), that last one hit me like a damn truck.
You always do good stuff ebi-hime :3
Ah thank you so much! That's very kind of you!
It's been a while since I wrote Rituals, but I remember putting more focus on the descriptive passages (mostly all of the dust in Mrs Leigh's old home) than I did the developing relationship between the two leads. This story was more a vehicle for me to write lovingly about decay, but I'm glad you still enjoyed the relationship presented here!
I really like the OST of this VN in particular too, I had a very particular sound I wanted and I think the composer nailed it. It's really pretty!
I adore the visuals in this!
The art is very pretty! The artist did a really good job! <3
Excellent atmosphere, along with quality art, writing, and of course music. The ending was both sweet and surprising, serving as a clever second twist on an expected first one. So yeah, great stuff as always!
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Deeep huuge bow to you, Ebi-hime-sama, for this beautifull piece.
I had enormous pleasure reading it.
Besides english isnt my native language, and recently for some particular reasons i had a large share of reading gruesome engRish texts, and after this your RitD was like a breath af fresh mountain air after a ride at the bottom of an overstuffed dump-truck (i bet, you didnt expect mentioning dumptrucks in a praising comment hehe:-D).
Seriously, thank you for your (as always) astonishing, atmospheric and soul-filled work.
Oh, and give my best regards to Mr Darksin for his amazing artwork (really, what a cuties :3)
Ah thank you very much! I'm glad you liked it!
I spent a lot of time editing and rewriting the dialogue so it would all flow naturally, I'm glad it paid off! >_<
Dont know about the others, but for uneducated non-native me it definitely paid off.
And btw if you dont mind clarify some thing that haunts me in the nights - whats the story with "outside.png", "outside2" and warp-connected houses? :-D
Aspen and Mrs Leigh's homes are described as semi-detached in the story, but the background artist didn't draw it correctly (he drew them as two separate houses), and I didn't notice the mistake when I first received the BG.
While coding the story 2 years later, I finally noticed the mistake in the BG. However, since the BGs were done so long ago, I didn't want to bother the artist about it, so I decided to edit it myself. The edit isn't done very smoothly, but I figured it wouldn't be too noticeable in-game because sprites are always layered on top of this BG.
I forgot to delete the first outside.png image, so it's still in the BG folder, but it never gets used in the story because it doesn't match the text. outside2.png is the more 'accurate' version.
Well, here, if you still need it
https://icedrive.net/0/92gKU22bKK
Its also some photoshop-scribbles, but maaaybe you'll find it a liiiitle more seamless😁
Oh, this looks a lot better than the very jank version I made! Thank you very much, that was kind of you!
If you don't mind, I'll replace the bg in the current build with this much improved version. I appreciate it a lot! >_<
Absolutely stunning! I haven't had the pleasure to finish it YET but I will for sure devore it when I get a chance. I love the characters and setup. Uuuhg I can't wait to see what happens!
I did buy the steam version because achievements but figured here could use a review too lol. I also made a video
😚
Thank you! I'm glad you like it so far! I tried to put a lot of emphasis on the general ~atmosphere~
(maybe at the expense of the plot and the characters hahaha), so I hope it pays off!*Sees Ebi has a new relaese*buys without hesitation*is not disapointed*
A nice story about growing up and relationships, with a slightly spooky atmosphere. Nice twist at the end. Now I want to know what happens with them after!
Thank you very much! I'm glad you liked it! >_<
I'm sure they'll have a relatively happy relationship, even if one party has a bit of a sadistic streak haha ;;
Awesome artsytle!
The art is by:
https://twitter.com/_SinSystem_
https://twitter.com/renmiou
I think they did a great job!
I'd love to know who did the music too?
The music is by
https://twitter.com/horupe_