Reposting my thoughts from the community discord:

"What a fun experience and I could tell there was a lot of heart and work put into everything.

My thoughts are a jumbled mess right now, but I did want to jot down a few things I thought about while playing:

The pixel art on the environments and overworld sprites are just AMAZING. I couldn't get enough of them. The character portraits sometimes looked a little wonky to me (Rachel surprised face, anyone?) but as the game went on I noticed it bothering me less and less

Great music (made me buy the soundtrack!) especially the title screen and battle themes. Bangers abound
I would love to see more quiet moments of bonding between the main cast. It feels like so often in the game, characters are afraid to say how they feel (which is fine sometimes, ofc!). The hot spring scene is of course a standout in this regard. I guess what I'm getting at is I'd love to see more on how Johan comes to terms with his very complicated feelings about/for Zach and Aiden.

Dialogue! So many ellipses! I get that they're for dramatic effect, and many times they did help me as the reader to do "line reads" in my head in the way I think they were intended. But that, along with the use of "You ♥♥♥♥" as a regular insult, took me out sometimes. I guess I'm just constrained by the trappings of medieval-style language used in other games. But all in all, there were so many lovely little lines here and there that just GOT me, you know?

Gameplay/battles were a lot of fun, especially when I started getting more upgrades. I do wish it was more, I dunno, telegraphed? Who's turn it is when multiple characters have their ACT bars full. I found myself often checking the spell list quick to be like, "Oh yeah okay it's Lance's turn" or whatever. But that said! It was so satisfying to get faster and faster and just overwhelm foes. Really felt weighty and many times I felt like I was in an awesome flow in longer battles. Tempo/rhythm are so important in turn based rpg fights and this game does a great job of it.

Zach and Aiden should have met and/or fought (AND/OR KISSED??? maybe not) just so the two of them could clear the air and maybe get to understand one another more. But I think any Zach issues can and should be withheld until the update!
The limited "gory" moments were excellent. The one near the end got an audible gasp out of me 🙂

All in all, this was a really great and fulfilling experience for me, quibbles aside. I am glad I set aside the time to play this and will never be normal about these dumb gay boys lol"

In any case, please check this game out if you are a fan of the genre and want to support indie creators. Cannot wait to see what else this team comes out with in the future.