This is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ amazing game. I recommend it highly to anyone wanting a serious and well written story about loneliness and inner growth. Most of the review will be spoilers, and I highly recommend you don't read it until you've actually played it.

I divide it in 4 parts, Sunny, parents, boyfriend and self. Sunny was imo the best part, and the least open ended. It was all about listening more, and while it felt a lil heavy handed at times (I cant imagine anyone actually not starting to listen when someone says stuff like that, but it conveys a general point which means a lot more than the story in and of itself).

The parents were also great. At the beginning though, I got the sinking feeling that the father was abusive though, but eventually it was more about the past and how to let go. And the father, while angry, wasn't really abusive, they just fought a lot.

The part with the boyfriend is where I started to see a few problems. The wolf with darkness under it was obviously a stand-in for someone seeming good but being very abusive. It was actually really well written. The little girl excusing his actions was great, an amazing peak into the mind of a victim. The subtle hints into his abuse when he compliments her "backpack", really showing that he's mostly interested in her vulnerability and insecurity. And the fact that the protagonist wants to fix the relationship the same way her parents fixed theirs is amazing.

It fell apart a bit for me when the wolf started being portrayed as anxious. I felt the game was making strong connections between real life anxiety (the disease) and his abuse. My personal headcannon is that the wolf represented her idea of her boyfriend, and not actually her boyfriend. Which is why him "dumping" her is really just her realising she needs to leave him. It just didn't quite sit right with me that they don't make very clear that what he does is abuse and that she needs to leave.

The breakdown of self after that was great, seeing how a victim suffers from losing their abuser, even if its self-realised. The feeling of being "alone", rediscovering friends. All of it was great. I didn't quite understand what the weird fish-creature and shy-shell creatured stood for metaphorically. My best guess is that they are anxiety and that the fact that they weren't destroyed by the end is a nod to the fact that a mental illness like that never really leaves. I didn't quite understand the hug at the end, that might be her accepting her condition? Maybe I'm reading into it too much xD. Anyway, great game.

This is a god damn amazing game. I recommend it highly to anyone wanting a serious and well written story about loneliness and inner growth. Most of the review will be spoilers, and I highly recommend you don't read it until you've actually played it. [spoiler] I divide it in 4 parts, Sunny, parents, boyfriend and self. Sunny was imo the best part, and the least open ended. It was all about listening more, and while it felt a lil heavy handed at times (I cant imagine anyone actually not starting to listen when someone says stuff like that, but it conveys a general point which means a lot more than the story in and of itself). The parents were also great. At the beginning though, I got the sinking feeling that the father was abusive though, but eventually it was more about the past and how to let go. And the father, while angry, wasn't really abusive, they just fought a lot. The part with the boyfriend is where I started to see a few problems. The wolf with darkness under it was obviously a stand-in for someone seeming good but being very abusive. It was actually really well written. The little girl excusing his actions was great, an amazing peak into the mind of a victim. The subtle hints into his abuse when he compliments her "backpack", really showing that he's mostly interested in her vulnerability and insecurity. And the fact that the protagonist wants to fix the relationship the same way her parents fixed theirs is amazing. It fell apart a bit for me when the wolf started being portrayed as anxious. I felt the game was making strong connections between real life anxiety (the disease) and his abuse. My personal headcannon is that the wolf represented her idea of her boyfriend, and not actually her boyfriend. Which is why him "dumping" her is really just her realising she needs to leave him. It just didn't quite sit right with me that they don't make very clear that what he does is abuse and that she needs to leave. The breakdown of self after that was great, seeing how a victim suffers from losing their abuser, even if its self-realised. The feeling of being "alone", rediscovering friends. All of it was great. I didn't quite understand what the weird fish-creature and shy-shell creatured stood for metaphorically. My best guess is that they are anxiety and that the fact that they weren't destroyed by the end is a nod to the fact that a mental illness like that never really leaves. I didn't quite understand the hug at the end, that might be her accepting her condition? Maybe I'm reading into it too much xD. Anyway, great game. [/spoiler]