The screenshots don't do this project justice; it looks incredible in-game! The UI in particular is really smooth and sleek; I love all of the animated effects! The effects on the main menu and the effects whenever you open up the screens look great! I've read a lot of commercial VNs which don't have as much attention paid to the UI; it's really impressive this is free and was made for a jam!
The VN itself is coded really nicely, too. There's a lot of attention paid to the positioning of the sprites, there's a lot of camera effects, and it just looks very nice and polished overall. You all did a great job with this!
The VA is also very clear and crisp, and all of the voices suit the characters. I feel like Micah's voice is maybe a lil whiney, but then... that suits his character 100% haha; the VA did a great job bringing him to life. I love Mari's VA too, she's also very fitting.
The story is well-paced and never drags, and though there's a lot of characters, they're all distinct and easy to tell apart. I got sucked into the story from the beginning and read the whole thing in one go. It ends on such a cliffhanger, though. I'd love to read more; I feel like Micah will have a pretty interesting character arc. A lot of building blocks have been set up to make a satisfying story. Given the large cast and the themes, it looks like it's shaping up to be pretty grand in scale, too!
Some of the best voice work and audio engineering I've heard in VN. Also Anna slayed with the GUI and the implementation of the whole thing. Even though anything mecha or dystopian usually makes me fall asleep, I found the writing super interesting and engaging. Can't wait for more of the UTFS series to come out
Our voice director (Branden Loera) and audio engineer (Eric Sheffield) (as well as the voice actors and all other team members of course!) put so much effort into this project - so I'm glad to see that though the story genre might not be your cup of tea, it was still a great experience for you!
Disclaimer: I'm associated with the project, but this is my first time actually seeing all of the elements come together and actually getting to play it.
I had to write a review, even though I was there for this entire project.
If I had to summarize my experience in one line: "A visual novel that will tear your heart apart even if you know what's going to happen."
GUI: FRESH. Honestly it's so clean, and Anna, you really knocked it out of the park. I love the amount of features you managed to bake into the final product as well.
Story: Absolutely heartbreaking, in many ways. I'd rather not spoil it. Even though I read this script twice over, it just felt so clean and well put together after seeing it come to life in a visual novel. The many twists and turns make for something that could easily end up being a lengthy series of associated visual novels. It was a good story.
Music: Easily considered Triple A videogame music. Beautifully crafted.
Sprites: I've said it once and I'll say it a million more times, Selene's sprites are so beautiful!
Voice Acting: Branden's directing skills were superior, and he really lead the voice actors to where they needed to be. The story was undoubtedly enriched and really came to life with voice acting.
SFX: Honestly, astounding that Anna was able to put as many special effects as she did in this visual novel. It's jam packed full of it!
Backgrounds: What I had imagined while reading the script. Perfect for the visual novel.
And also thank you so much for being part of this project and helping me out with managing the team - as team management isn't my strongest skillset, you made the month of December worthwhile and an amazing dev experience!
I'm so glad that we managed to produce such a good product and the memories we've made during development!
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The screenshots don't do this project justice; it looks incredible in-game! The UI in particular is really smooth and sleek; I love all of the animated effects! The effects on the main menu and the effects whenever you open up the screens look great! I've read a lot of commercial VNs which don't have as much attention paid to the UI; it's really impressive this is free and was made for a jam!
The VN itself is coded really nicely, too. There's a lot of attention paid to the positioning of the sprites, there's a lot of camera effects, and it just looks very nice and polished overall. You all did a great job with this!
The VA is also very clear and crisp, and all of the voices suit the characters. I feel like Micah's voice is maybe a lil whiney, but then... that suits his character 100% haha; the VA did a great job bringing him to life. I love Mari's VA too, she's also very fitting.
The story is well-paced and never drags, and though there's a lot of characters, they're all distinct and easy to tell apart. I got sucked into the story from the beginning and read the whole thing in one go. It ends on such a cliffhanger, though. I'd love to read more; I feel like Micah will have a pretty interesting character arc. A lot of building blocks have been set up to make a satisfying story. Given the large cast and the themes, it looks like it's shaping up to be pretty grand in scale, too!
Thank you so much for enjoying UTFS | Blood:Covered Snow, ebi!
This was my first time completely coding / scripting a Visual Novel, so I'm glad to see I did the project and team justice! ♥️
Everyone has worked so hard on this which I why it makes me happy to see that their hard work seems to have paid off! ✨
Some of the best voice work and audio engineering I've heard in VN. Also Anna slayed with the GUI and the implementation of the whole thing. Even though anything mecha or dystopian usually makes me fall asleep, I found the writing super interesting and engaging. Can't wait for more of the UTFS series to come out
Thank you so much, Dana! ♥️
Our voice director (Branden Loera) and audio engineer (Eric Sheffield) (as well as the voice actors and all other team members of course!) put so much effort into this project - so I'm glad to see that though the story genre might not be your cup of tea, it was still a great experience for you!
Disclaimer: I'm associated with the project, but this is my first time actually seeing all of the elements come together and actually getting to play it.
I had to write a review, even though I was there for this entire project.
If I had to summarize my experience in one line:
"A visual novel that will tear your heart apart even if you know what's going to happen."
GUI: FRESH. Honestly it's so clean, and Anna, you really knocked it out of the park. I love the amount of features you managed to bake into the final product as well.
Story: Absolutely heartbreaking, in many ways. I'd rather not spoil it. Even though I read this script twice over, it just felt so clean and well put together after seeing it come to life in a visual novel. The many twists and turns make for something that could easily end up being a lengthy series of associated visual novels. It was a good story.
Music: Easily considered Triple A videogame music. Beautifully crafted.
Sprites: I've said it once and I'll say it a million more times, Selene's sprites are so beautiful!
Voice Acting: Branden's directing skills were superior, and he really lead the voice actors to where they needed to be. The story was undoubtedly enriched and really came to life with voice acting.
SFX: Honestly, astounding that Anna was able to put as many special effects as she did in this visual novel. It's jam packed full of it! Backgrounds: What I had imagined while reading the script. Perfect for the visual novel.
Thank you so much for your kind words, Jax!
And also thank you so much for being part of this project and helping me out with managing the team - as team management isn't my strongest skillset, you made the month of December worthwhile and an amazing dev experience!
I'm so glad that we managed to produce such a good product and the memories we've made during development!