Here's my review on this game. WARNING - IT CONTAINS SPOILERS. If you want to play the game spoiler-free then don't read this review.
Good points
The game is gorgeous. I love the aesthetic and the atmosphere. And on top of it, it remains consistent throughout the whole game. The low poly pixelart is so cozy in this game.
I also like the way text is displayed.
Sounds are amazing. Like, freaklishly amazing.
Feels good to be played.
Bad points
English grammar mistakes throw me off
No Mouse Sensitivity option
I’m not peculiarly a fan of text moving on it’s own during cutscenes, because sometimes I’m not able to read everything.
Neutral Observations/Thoughts
I noticed in the beginning of the game that when you touch the handrail of the balcony it triggers the sound of the sliding door closing, without it actually closing. You can bump multiple times into it while looking at the door not opening nor closing but regardless it triggers the sound of the door closing. I assume this to be something not intended by the developer.
When I receive the cookies from Claire (from Noir’s Bakary), the item is presented in the center of the screen, which is fine, but there is not a lot of contrast with the background (aside from the flashy tones of red). I would personally try to add a soft blur (instead of pixelized blur because the game is already pixelart) so the bag is in focus, opposed to what is in the background.
It’s just a shame the story feels like it’s rushing. From the beginning of the game until meeting Claire for the first time it feels like it is in a normal pacing. However the character develops too fast. Also the protagonist mentions not knowing for how long and how many times the cycle has been repeated (of either dying or killing Claire). However, from a players perspective it doesn’t feel like the cycle has repeated itself that many times. I am aware this game was made for a game jam, at least initially, so it is normal that the scope needs to be restricted.
Endings I got
Hopeless
Murderer
Snow is White
Conclusion
I’d definitively invite some of my friends to play this game as the good points I mentioned previously overshadow the bad aspects, even though I imagine it wouldn’t be too hard to get rid of them. The game just begs for a little bit more story and a few tweaks in the way the story is presented to the player. I would actually love to jam with JADE if the feeling is mutual. I normally like developing concepts of games. Not gonna lie but the though of creating a narrative based game does make my brain go happy.
Thank you for your time to provided me this informative/valuable insight!
I have to admit that the game was rushed and original scripts got a lot of improvisation done on the fly. It's the first time I've write short story in English from start to finished. And it's really shown.
The Dof blur and post-screen effect on lowpoly/pixel style is something I'd love to experiment too! as long as it not required much more powerful machine to run it.
No problem! Anything to help. I know your English will get better with time. I'm also not a native speaker, so I know a non-native language is hard to grasp. But what I really liked was the visuals and atmosphere of the game. The sounds and music are also on point, like 95% of the time. I'd actually love to jam with you if there is ever an opportunity to and a mutual interest. But I'm still jamming with other people first to get more confident first! 😀
But I'd definitively like to fill the position of Games Designer and Narrative Designer. ❤️
Thank you so much for creating 'The Snow is Red'! I'm Italian and I absolutely loved playing it live on Twitch with my audience! It's astonishing to me that no one in Italy had brought it to YouTube or Twitch before me, so I'm trying to introduce it to other Italians.
This game wasn’t quite scary to me and the dialogue/grammar issues took me out of the immersion a bit, but I do find it fun and interesting. I’m excited to see how it develops with further installments.
Thank you for playing and a nice video on the game! good news is now the game's script and texts got proofread (thanks to my friend https://timbojay.itch.io/) And we're going to have translation update really soon! (Chinese, Spanish)
Really love the blame poster though. its like right by the desk and I completely missed it the first time but it is really cool to see a blame reference
BLAME! poster was added. Because of the comic inspired me to get back into indie dev again. I was tried to create a game with the same aesthetic and world building a couple years ago. But the project got too big and complicate for me to handle. Snow is Red is somewhat the continuum of it, not that they're related or anything. But how's the momentum goes for me on making game. :)
all I'm gonna say is that the grammar has a lot to be desired. It kinda feels like when I stayed up all night writing an essay only to look back at it and see everywhere I screwed up. I like the style but I'm really that the grammar gets fixed in the full game
It's actually like that 'stayed up all night and write' feels on this one for me (since it's made while / for the game jam!) Recently the game eng script/text has been proofread and updated Big thanks to https://timbojay.itch.io/ And it's likely we're going to team up again on the next story's writing to prevent me from writing with bad grammars again XD
Thank you for playing and please stay tune for our next story!
my computer is really bad. Like no game runs well on it. But for some reason this is the only game that has movement and are able to walk around that actually runs on my computer. This is great
I'm glad that the game did run on it :D I used to have a decade+ old laptop for doing everything too. (still do even now, but up the game to decade+ old desktop)
Thank you for playing the game! will make sure everything we'll make in the future will be not so demanding on hardware so everyone can enjoy it! :)
I am not usually a fan of visual novels especially for horror games, but I really liked this game. The way you are able to move around, the aesthetic, the moving environment, and story just gripped me. So much I kept going for the endings. I look forward to what follows as I realize it's a prologue.
THe only caveat is some grammar errors or at least peculiar ways of writing, but it's not enough to really change how I feel. Suffice to say I'm pleasantly impressed. Very good job 👍. Everyone should definitely give it a try.
Hi Thank you for playing and make a wonderful video on the game :) About grammar errors. I've just got a big help from my friend timbojay https://timbojay.itch.io/ improving the script and its overall flow. :)
For the continuation of the story. please staytune while we're working on it.
Amazing! Honestly the grammar jokes were only in jest. The game is amazing, and I'm keeping my eyes glued for the continuation. Such a great concept. Love :)
Thank you, ChocolaVanilla. ;) please staytune for update. Or if you want to get spammed with project's gif and screenshot from me. Consider follow my twitter! :D https://twitter.com/gumustdo
OMG, Thanks for kind words and the Rating! The full game, next chapter is now in development! For the closer look of it (screenshots) plese consider follow my twitter :) https://twitter.com/gumustdo
Thank you for kind words, Mattamint! Glad to hear someone wants more from this prologue! I am currently (well, slowly too) working on the next installment. Which will be post here when there’s an update going on.
The pc port and Macos port all feature the same patches, however the macos port's particles feel minorly laggy, and on both ports. There yet is still some grammer to fix, however it is not as fatal as you can still see the comedy. + Some funny alternatives in the new final patch update.
You can talk about furries to a blood sucking vampire gurl!
Or talk about Doki Doki Architecture club to a blood sucking vampire gurl who likes furries =D
For this turning out to be a prologue, I would love to see how things would go between the player, Vampy Gurl, Noir, and the other fellow :3
The only thing I did not really like, was the fact that Claire's nose was just a dot. Idk, it just did not feel right to have a small speck of a dot for a nose. But I really liked her multiple phases of her going whack. My fav one was this one xD, it just looks so adorable. I don't even see the terror, its just. Cute
The game's really solid and I enjoyed the story. I just wish Claire didn't stab me every time I said hi. (XD) Besides that, really good game especially with the movement in a VN. I'll definitely keep an eye out for your game.
Maybe proposing to a girl I just met wasn't the best division I've made for my health so far not the worst mind you but not the best.
Great game normally I don't care for vn type games but I genuinely loved this one and hope to see more in the future, Noir may have told me to show you no mercy in the comment section but I've got nothing >.<
Hi, Snake75055! Thank you for playing and making video covering the game!
And if you have time please try the current version (Prologue) it's more refined experience overall with original soundtrack and improved dialog and many additional contents :)
this game is fascinating, both aesthetically and in relation to the dialogues, I really want to know about future updates and things about the lore of this game
Thank you, thoth! :) I'm now working on the continuation of the story (But still in super early state) Will show you more when there's an update. Please stay-tuned.
Great job on Snow is Red: Prologue, JADE! The multiple endings and eerie story set in a mysterious town kept me fully engaged. I love the horror and visual novel elements. Keep up the good work.
This was a FANTASTIC game. I love the aesthetic and the art style is perfect! However, this game needs some SERIOUS work on the dialogue!! It spends the first 5 minutes boasting about the grammatical errors being fixed and yet, this game is littered with horrific English. I had so much trouble reading what should've been a simple sentences. I will work for free to help fix this simply so others do not have to suffer the same fate!!
Thank you :D, I really need to find proof readers and editorial next time. But thank you that you tolerated the game's grammatical hell and still enjoying it!
the game is very interesting and I enjoyed playing it, the only issue I see is some grammar errors, other than that the game and it's aesthetic are great!
I love this game, especially the Nice BGM, kawaii girls, horrible sound, and supernatural things. But what is the "ending"? Is ending defined as goto game's home page, or just show the logo of "The Snow is Red"? The final "ending" is only Noir give MC a big white snow droplet or still have any other one(I wish Claire could be my girlfriend)?
More interesting things, are you REALLY experienced a girl that causing Laptop BSOD or other type of GUI crash? I have seen my preview-girl friend causing Win10 laptop & iPad crash(Win10 BSOD, iPad BlackScreen with iOS continue running) multiple times! So you may would like to PM me at my GitHub (UEFI-code) for more horrible & Hentai Ideas!
Additionally, I think the Bathroom similar as the Japanese "Ju-on"(I like this movie much), Kayako & Toshio action that make blood water and mirror ghost shape. Claire might also have ability like Sadako in "Ringu" that can control TV or electronic's current? I'm interested in your novel, maybe available to download?
By the way, maybe the game application logo on the macOS can be more cute, and changing at runtime, as some type of metagame.
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soooo when is the next part?
Soon :) we still working on it.
Here's my review on this game. WARNING - IT CONTAINS SPOILERS. If you want to play the game spoiler-free then don't read this review.
Good points
Bad points
Neutral Observations/Thoughts
Endings I got
Conclusion
I’d definitively invite some of my friends to play this game as the good points I mentioned previously overshadow the bad aspects, even though I imagine it wouldn’t be too hard to get rid of them. The game just begs for a little bit more story and a few tweaks in the way the story is presented to the player. I would actually love to jam with JADE if the feeling is mutual. I normally like developing concepts of games. Not gonna lie but the though of creating a narrative based game does make my brain go happy.
Thank you for your time to provided me this informative/valuable insight!
I have to admit that the game was rushed and original scripts got a lot of improvisation done on the fly. It's the first time I've write short story in English from start to finished. And it's really shown.
The Dof blur and post-screen effect on lowpoly/pixel style is something I'd love to experiment too! as long as it not required much more powerful machine to run it.
No problem! Anything to help. I know your English will get better with time. I'm also not a native speaker, so I know a non-native language is hard to grasp. But what I really liked was the visuals and atmosphere of the game. The sounds and music are also on point, like 95% of the time. I'd actually love to jam with you if there is ever an opportunity to and a mutual interest. But I'm still jamming with other people first to get more confident first! 😀
But I'd definitively like to fill the position of Games Designer and Narrative Designer. ❤️
Thank you so much for creating 'The Snow is Red'! I'm Italian and I absolutely loved playing it live on Twitch with my audience! It's astonishing to me that no one in Italy had brought it to YouTube or Twitch before me, so I'm trying to introduce it to other Italians.
Thank you for playing! and an effort to cast it in your language! I'd consider making Italian translation for the new story for sure! :)
This game wasn’t quite scary to me and the dialogue/grammar issues took me out of the immersion a bit, but I do find it fun and interesting. I’m excited to see how it develops with further installments.
Thank you for playing and a nice video on the game!
good news is now the game's script and texts got proofread (thanks to my friend https://timbojay.itch.io/) And we're going to have translation update really soon! (Chinese, Spanish)
Really love the blame poster though. its like right by the desk and I completely missed it the first time but it is really cool to see a blame reference
BLAME! poster was added. Because of the comic inspired me to get back into indie dev again. I was tried to create a game with the same aesthetic and world building a couple years ago. But the project got too big and complicate for me to handle. Snow is Red is somewhat the continuum of it, not that they're related or anything. But how's the momentum goes for me on making game. :)
all I'm gonna say is that the grammar has a lot to be desired. It kinda feels like when I stayed up all night writing an essay only to look back at it and see everywhere I screwed up. I like the style but I'm really that the grammar gets fixed in the full game
It's actually like that 'stayed up all night and write' feels on this one for me (since it's made while / for the game jam!) Recently the game eng script/text has been proofread and updated Big thanks to https://timbojay.itch.io/ And it's likely we're going to team up again on the next story's writing to prevent me from writing with bad grammars again XD
Thank you for playing and please stay tune for our next story!
my computer is really bad. Like no game runs well on it. But for some reason this is the only game that has movement and are able to walk around that actually runs on my computer. This is great
I'm glad that the game did run on it :D
I used to have a decade+ old laptop for doing everything too. (still do even now, but up the game to decade+ old desktop)
Thank you for playing the game! will make sure everything we'll make in the future will be not so demanding on hardware so everyone can enjoy it! :)
I am not usually a fan of visual novels especially for horror games, but I really liked this game. The way you are able to move around, the aesthetic, the moving environment, and story just gripped me. So much I kept going for the endings. I look forward to what follows as I realize it's a prologue.
THe only caveat is some grammar errors or at least peculiar ways of writing, but it's not enough to really change how I feel. Suffice to say I'm pleasantly impressed. Very good job 👍. Everyone should definitely give it a try.
Hi Thank you for playing and make a wonderful video on the game :) About grammar errors. I've just got a big help from my friend timbojay https://timbojay.itch.io/ improving the script and its overall flow. :)
For the continuation of the story. please staytune while we're working on it.
Amazing! Honestly the grammar jokes were only in jest. The game is amazing, and I'm keeping my eyes glued for the continuation. Such a great concept. Love :)
I like it! Thank you.
Looking forward to the follow-up content
Thank you, ChocolaVanilla. ;) please staytune for update. Or if you want to get spammed with project's gif and screenshot from me. Consider follow my twitter! :D
https://twitter.com/gumustdo
This game looks amazing your art style is so unique and amazing 🤩
Thank you so much, Mike :D
This is a massive 10/10 can't wait for the full game!!!🔥
OMG, Thanks for kind words and the Rating! The full game, next chapter is now in development! For the closer look of it (screenshots) plese consider follow my twitter :) https://twitter.com/gumustdo
Really creepy game. Great work!
Thank you very much for playing and making video for the game!
I dont play enough visual novel games . This one was really well done and I THINK I got all the endings.
You got them all endings yey! Thank you so much for playing and for making the video!
yay :) I always try to get all the endings! Great game, Thanks for taking the time and watching my video !
really loved this:)
thank you for playing!
very cool!! excited for the full game :D
Thank you for kind words, Mattamint! Glad to hear someone wants more from this prologue! I am currently (well, slowly too) working on the next installment. Which will be post here when there’s an update going on.
Loved the visual style! Please. More.
Thank you <3 The full game is in development now ;)
Had a chance to play it after the update loved it :)
Oww, Thank you for follow-up :)
MY review for the Pc and Macos Ports:
The pc port and Macos port all feature the same patches, however the macos port's particles feel minorly laggy, and on both ports. There yet is still some grammer to fix, however it is not as fatal as you can still see the comedy. + Some funny alternatives in the new final patch update.
You can talk about furries to a blood sucking vampire gurl!
Or talk about Doki Doki Architecture club to a blood sucking vampire gurl who likes furries =D
For this turning out to be a prologue, I would love to see how things would go between the player, Vampy Gurl, Noir, and the other fellow :3
Thank you for detailed review! And the effort to play through both platforms!
No problamb ^^
The only thing I did not really like, was the fact that Claire's nose was just a dot. Idk, it just did not feel right to have a small speck of a dot for a nose. But I really liked her multiple phases of her going whack. My fav one was this one xD, it just looks so adorable.
I don't even see the terror, its just. CuteCannot wait to play the new Mac Os intel port while at school :D
Thank you for downloading ☺️☺️ (if the teacher caught you please let him/her play it too!)
The game's really solid and I enjoyed the story. I just wish Claire didn't stab me every time I said hi. (XD) Besides that, really good game especially with the movement in a VN. I'll definitely keep an eye out for your game.
Here's my channel for other games I have played. https://www.youtube.com/@Levont
Thanks so much for covering the game, Levont!
bro games like these are always so cool ngl
Thank you, Kim ☺️☺️😻
Maybe proposing to a girl I just met wasn't the best division I've made for my health so far not the worst mind you but not the best.
Great game normally I don't care for vn type games but I genuinely loved this one and hope to see more in the future, Noir may have told me to show you no mercy in the comment section but I've got nothing >.<
Hi, Snake75055! Thank you for playing and making video covering the game!
And if you have time please try the current version (Prologue) it's more refined experience overall with original soundtrack and improved dialog and many additional contents :)
Will do :D
Well, it`s quite raw, but it is interesting and atmosperic. Like it.
Thank you that you be more forgiving about its rawness :D I'm so glad you enjoy the game!
The Snow is Red | เพื่อนบ้านที่เเสนดี เราจะเชื่อใจเธอหรือไม่
ขอบคุณที่ทำวีดีโอให้เกมนะครับ ว่างๆ ลองโหลดเวอร์ชั่น Prologue ไปเล่นดูนะครับ ผมได้ปรับปรุงตัวเกมโดยรวม เพิ่มและแก้ไขบทสนทนา ใส่คอนเทนต์ที่ยังไม่ครบ และใส่ original sound track ครับ :)
this game is fascinating, both aesthetically and in relation to the dialogues, I really want to know about future updates and things about the lore of this game
your work is magnificent!!!!
Thank you, thoth! :) I'm now working on the continuation of the story (But still in super early state) Will show you more when there's an update. Please stay-tuned.
Great job on Snow is Red: Prologue, JADE! The multiple endings and eerie story set in a mysterious town kept me fully engaged. I love the horror and visual novel elements. Keep up the good work.
Thank you so much, BBB :) The continuation is on it's way! (but still early to show anything)
Thanks for covering the game!
我也是个游戏作者，我甚至以为打破第四面墙互动是读取玩家计算机信息安排的。
但是，这是作者自己的真情实感，和玩家无关，却达到了同样的效果。
所以特别好评！
我为这个简短版本的游戏制作的故事中有太多自我插入 ^^' 很高兴听到它仍然有效并且令人愉快 顺便说一下，我还是一个初学者。英语不是我的母语。
（也是中文！这个回复是用谷歌翻译的如果听起来很奇怪抱歉^^'）
感谢您玩这个游戏！
loved the game!
such a perfect aesthetic
Thank you <3
Thank you very much, Raebees1122 :D
This was a FANTASTIC game. I love the aesthetic and the art style is perfect! However, this game needs some SERIOUS work on the dialogue!! It spends the first 5 minutes boasting about the grammatical errors being fixed and yet, this game is littered with horrific English. I had so much trouble reading what should've been a simple sentences. I will work for free to help fix this simply so others do not have to suffer the same fate!!
Thank you :D, I really need to find proof readers and editorial next time. But thank you that you tolerated the game's grammatical hell and still enjoying it!
the game is very interesting and I enjoyed playing it, the only issue I see is some grammar errors, other than that the game and it's aesthetic are great!
It was better than I expected. Would love a sequel
Thank you for playing! ☺️☺️🙏
Very well done and I would like to know more about this world.
Thank you for the video😍😻
It's perfect
Hey man, the game was amazing. I love the artstyle :) hope to play the next parts!
Thank you for covering the game, Nico!
hey man if you close the sliding door on you you will fall out of the map
Thank you for a bug report! ☺️☺️🙏
I've tried reproducing it. Pretty rare chance but, could happen!. I will fix it really soon!
W game had fun and shit, scary asf 10/10. Also Noir is bad.
Thank you for covering the game, Steez! :D
I love this game, especially the Nice BGM, kawaii girls, horrible sound, and supernatural things. But what is the "ending"? Is ending defined as goto game's home page, or just show the logo of "The Snow is Red"? The final "ending" is only Noir give MC a big white snow droplet or still have any other one(I wish Claire could be my girlfriend)?
More interesting things, are you REALLY experienced a girl that causing Laptop BSOD or other type of GUI crash? I have seen my preview-girl friend causing Win10 laptop & iPad crash(Win10 BSOD, iPad BlackScreen with iOS continue running) multiple times! So you may would like to PM me at my GitHub (UEFI-code) for more horrible & Hentai Ideas!
Additionally, I think the Bathroom similar as the Japanese "Ju-on"(I like this movie much), Kayako & Toshio action that make blood water and mirror ghost shape. Claire might also have ability like Sadako in "Ringu" that can control TV or electronic's current? I'm interested in your novel, maybe available to download?
By the way, maybe the game application logo on the macOS can be more cute, and changing at runtime, as some type of metagame.
wow 🤩 I am glad you’re enjoy the game and gave back soo much great ideas! Thank you so much.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Kdm6B73QhOU
Fantastic!👍🏾 Would love a full game of this!
Thank you for playing and covering the game! :)
If there's any news on development I will update it here, please stay-tuned