Making a Monster

An interesting reflection on queer expectation, body positivity, and doubt of one's ability. <3

Hello! Is there a way to play the web version using mobile by any chance? Because when I do so, the GUI is slightly buggy and some of the font used for the dummy's lines is missing even when I restart the game. 

No pressure of course, just wondering because I like reading VN on my phone. 😊

I love how the dummy's voice changes based on your feelings--a powerful illustration of how much self-talk matters! The prose did a very good job of communicating your message.

There were some nice visual effects in this game, but I thought the art was too busy--things tended to vanish into the background, and the distorted text was hard to read. Overall nice work though!

Just dropping by to say that if I had the power to manifest my anxieties and self-hating thoughts into a physical monster, I'd probably burn that into the ground too. I was probably a cruel person for choosing the 'bad' options first, but it was all worth it when I went back to redo my choices. I really like that this visual novel shows that fighting against your negative selftalk can make a difference in the long run despite how bad it can get, and I can relate to Loupe.

This was such a good game about self-confidence and self-doubt! I enjoyed helping Loupe get healthy working habits thanks to the choices, haha!

Also, I love the colour scheme of this game: it is so vibrant yet consistent? It feels very magical (which is the point, haha)!!! The animations and transitions were very great too, and what a clever way to work around the one sprite rule!! Congrats on the game!

Ahhhhhhh I loved this very much!!! The colors and textures of the art is simply amazing??? I want to lose myself in this world... There's just something very warm to me about it. The BG is so beautiful, and I loved how you created a GUI that felt completely integrated into the world itself too. Everything about it felt so immersive and cohesive.

And the animations!! In love not only with what you did with the magic because WOAHHH. But also the way you used all the text animations!! The combination of the wonky text with the unnerving flow really made those self-deprecating internal thoughts feel that much more haunting and visceral. Godddddd... I feel like so many of us can relate to those thoughts that we aren't good enough, we'll never be good enough. And I know I can personally relate to so many of those gender thoughts, too... It really hit home in a lot of ways. While also acting as an encouraging message that there are still ways past those thoughts. There are still ways to "rework things" even if it doesn't always seem that way (well at least in the first ending I got lakdjfasd)

At any rate, just a really wonderful experience that's not only beautiful to look at but hard-hitting on the heart in all the right ways. A fantastic job 😭💕

I loved this, so so so much. The way you utilized the hud effects and the magic circle scene transformation was so impressive! I was a bit shocked at how actually cruel the protags intrusive thoughts were but in a way it was a bit… I don’t know, refreshing? Like a lot of the times writers will try to either go Way Edgy or Too Soft but these felt like authentic in a way that truly hurt and made me feel for the protag. They deserve the world and this was such a compelling story. Great job!

tried to play in browser but for some reason it doesn’t want to load? It just has the ‘renpy loading’ screen :( I’ll try to play it downloaded when I get to my computer but figured it was worth mentioning 

Damn I really felt this. Self-doubt really is a monster!!!

The bg was beautiful and as usual I loved the ambience of the game! Loved this and loved exploring the different endings! 

Felt. Self-doubt is a monster we create ourselves and it may well destroy us if we don't stand up to it 🥲

(also, loved the bg and the magic-circle-wipe-thing)

Yet another really interesting short project from you! I feel a tiny bit nauseous from the wavy text but that's alright, really. I LOVE the whole making a monster thing that comes with all the doubts, I love Loupe, I'm amazed by the fact that you could give us 4 endings in such a short game. We all have the Doubt Monster, we just don't have magic to personify it. Great job!

i dig it! (i'll admit that tho the wavy text is a cool effect, i didn't love how it clipped the words sometimes when it expanded to it's full size, but i loved the effect otherwise!) tbh it's very impressive for the limitations involved & it succeeds in telling a story/making a point in such a succinct, but satisfying way!