Kissing Snow-White

Aww, that was so cute. I love that the focal point really was about True Love, just the expectations of the whole world and the True Love of the people involved. I love how the Prince paid homage to different forms of love that aren't immediately seen as romantic to other people, because I agree that love is so complex and only understood by the people involved in it.

I also like how the Prince really shows his love in comparison to say, Disney's version, because as you go through the story you really do understand that the Prince loves Snow more than anything in the world, but he also respect their relationship in a way that might seem annoying to other people (like the kiss portion) but is so important to the two of them.

I just find it really sweet and really says a lot about how a kiss sometimes feels like a performative act to others, especially through media and film.

The writing here was so incredibly moving. The way the two different endings coincided with the narrative really pushed the message home, and the music absolutely heightened the overall experience.

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PLAY THIS GAME, PLAY THIS GAME! It's the best 10 minutes I've had! Do yourself a favor today and play and don't forget to rate!

(SPOILERS)

This is such a smart story omggggg, like you had me questioning how I view romance? Like??? There's got to be kiss scenes right? Not for everyone, and they are no less in love! I'm so glad I played both this and Katekyo's first date close to one another, I feel enlightened? (do a degree) like, I am so inspired to write my asexual characters and ace romance. You were able to say so much in so little time is a testament to your strength as a writer and I was already a fan of you, because we are friends and you're funny and your art is so cute and unique, but like- you are a SO TALENTED, never forget how you make people feel with your stories, I think every indie dev can take a page out of your book! Incredible, I love this game so much, the presentation is spot. on!

Max blew me away man! It's like unfair af, he is just too good! He was the perfect prince goddddddd. The art is so pretty, Snow is so cute, and it's just so magical! I adore this game, how many more times can i say it? Well watch my playthrough of it to see ;)

(I wish I could write a long and detailed review to express how much I liked this game but words fail me more often than not so I'll try my best with what I have.)

GODDAMMIT??????????? THIS GAME???????????????????????????????????????? It encapsulates the ace/aro conflict SO WELL???????????? LIKE???????????????? *hits table* AND THE VOICE ACTING??????????? OUCH????????????????????????? IT HURT SO MUCH?????????????????????? REALLY!!!!!!!!!!! (in a good way!!!!!!!!!!!)

it really sucks when you experience love in ways that aren't the mainstream because people often say that it's not 'love' at all. but when he said "There is so much more love in one of these flowers than in any kiss we could share." i really felt that. 

seeing the prince experience so much torment questioning if their love was even valid though it didn't match society's expectation was incredibly relatable and hit too much close to home. but i'm glad that he stayed true to himself (at least in one of the endings) and in the end... that's what true love is all about, isn't? respecting oneself and the other. respecting the kind of bond they created, and the boundaries that come with it.

and all of this in a game that's so short!!!!! like!!!! society couldn't do it in years and years of existence!!!!!!!! shame on them!!!!!!!!! /j

great work, chime. i'm really glad this game exists!

This was really good! I've actually thought about this theme a lot myself, as a writer who loves romances. When I showed my stories around, I got a lot of responses that they weren't very "romantic" because there weren't many expressions of physical intimacy. It disheartened me and made me wonder if I should add more kisses, hugs, and fades to black...and yet that always felt very unnatural, since I never thought that those things were the most "romantic" to me. I'm always disappointed when romances in media are portrayed as exclusively physical partnerships. I do think that there is an inherent expectation that the "end goal" of a relationship is physical intimacy (followed oftentimes by marriage), and sometimes when that doesn't happen it's "disappointing." I really empathize with the prince here, and I think that his monologue was very well-written and insightful, as well!

Overall really well-done entry! The music is great and very atmospheric. I love the storybook-like visuals (Snow White is gorgeous!) and the little particle effects! The voice acting is so wonderful and conveys so much emotion as well! 

A perfect entry for the amare festival, in my opinion! 

ohhh... while reading this I felt so moved by the Prince and Snow White's dilemma... and the flower ending made me so happy!! their love is so sweet... I care them, your honor!! I also really liked the design for Snow White, her dress and her hair loose on her pillow... This was really fun to play and sweetly sad to read!! (and plain sweet when it was talking about their relationship previous to her sleep/at the end hahah) i hope these two can continue their love their own way, happily, henceforth ;w;

I loved this story so much, you captured this feeling so well. The ending felt just ...right. Love has so many facets, and its so nice that you have shared this one with us all. Thank you.

This story reflects something I have thought for a little while, how the ways we show love aren't the same for everyone, and yet the world expects a specific kind of love no matter what. I can understand the struggle of the prince, and I feel deeply for him even in such a short period of time. The writing was beautiful, the way the prince expressed his thoughts, I could really feel his emotions. Of course, the wonderful voice acting added so much to it. He truly captured that pain caused by the uncertainty of what he must do, his voice breaking when he thinks he may be betraying their own way of loving if he kissed her... Just excellent! I also loved the ending, how in the end he did not have to kiss her for the curse to be broken, what was needed was his own way of showing his true love.

The art, too, feels like straight out of a storybook, which is wonderfully fitting, And the music, gosh, the music just really managed to get me inside this story world even more.

In summation, I really loved this retelling of this scene from Snow White. It made me feel happy and warm inside.

Also, as a side note, I'd love to know how the prince would look, since we don't get to see him. Not important, but knowing he has hair long enough to be braided made me want to see, heh!

I loved the game<3

I loved how you have deepened the relationship between Snow White and the Prince and you have made it 10,000 times more romantic<3<3.

I have loved how you have shown the Prince's anguish between wanting to wake up her beloved Snow White but afraid of failing her in the process for betraying what initially makes their relationship so special for both<3<3<3.

And the ending has been absolutely beautiful, because you have shown a sense of intimacy and consensuality that is always lacking in the end of stories with the "eternal love kiss", when she wakes up for something intimate between them that only both of them know and means so much for them they have shown what true love really is and I applaud you for it<3<3<3<3.

PS: The art is beautiful, and Snow White's eyes upon awakening have felt more beautiful and full of love with the whole environment, and the Prince's voice has my applause (^///^).

P.D: Personally I'm not an ace, but I agree that how society forces things to "how relationships should be" what they actually do is ruin relationships and happiness of people who were initially happy on their own.

As someone who's aroace I felt like I could resonate with a lot of the prince's sentiments?? It's hard to put into words exactly but I felt like you took a lot of what I relate to when it comes to being aroace (the expectation of relationships to be romantic/sexual in natural, in particular) and turned it into a metaphor that's just??? perfect?? not sure how else to put my thoughts and feels into words it just feels that way haha

really enjoyed the viewport (i think it's a viewport?? is that what it's called?? ahhhHHH) of the princess moving with the mouse. I had a lot of fun just watching her move around for the first few seconds of the game because of it (bc i just LOVE when games do that it makes my ADHD brain go wheeee) 

Really enjoyed the ending choice too!! It was really neat to see Snow White's expression shift to displeasure with the first choice and then when the prince puts the flower in her hair the fact that she smiles and opens her eyes after he does so feels really fitting for the message you're trying to tell!

Really loved the game!! Glad you made this and put it out there it makes my aroace feel happy to see <3 <3 <3

also also also! I wanted to say kudos to the VA pick as well!! Max Herzfeld really brought the prince to life and i felt like his voice really added to the emotion of the character and the sentimentalness of the story as a whole!!

Very sweet game!

OH GOSH I LOVED THIS VERY VERY MUCH.

I downloaded it to make sure I wouldn't have any glitches heheh. But what absolutely lovely story GOD. I felt it very deep within my heart. I'm in love with the way you push the story back -- to question what so much of the story has instilled into our heads as "the right way for love to happen" even since we were kids. That somehow a "kiss" is the ultimately and sole way that we can show love to someone else (and then of course to go even further, some would then say that sex and creating a family is the continuation of that love and how things should be, too).

The prince's confused soliloquy was so well done. I really enjoyed how much conflict you could hear behind his words -- the fact that he does love her so much, and he believes that there's only one way to wake her up, but he can't give that to her without sacrificing so much for both of them?? It packed a lot of punches into each line and was so poetic and well written. And absolutely fantastically voice acted GOD!! I was really moved by the performance of some of the lines, particularly when the prince got very emotional. It was incredibly poignant and lovely.

The art fit and GUI fit so well with the tone -- a storybook/fairy tale ambience, yet, the prince is feeling pressured to do something that's not HIS fairy tale. That's not HIS happily ever after. Despite what the environment would have you think. And the music was gorgeous!! Both beautiful but melancholy, the same as the game itself.

Of course I chose not to kiss her at the end and was very pleasantly rewarded (perhaps not surprised -- maybe a part of me did hope that's what would happen, but I also wasn't entirely sure that's what WOULD happen ldakfjdl). It was such a nice ending to everything and I felt really... I don't know... at peace?? Once it was over??

Just wonderfully done. I really really enjoyed this!!! 🥰💕

First off, I'll admit that I don't understand the Prince's struggle. It is just a kiss to me. 😅

But! You summed up their love so beautifully through the other things they shared. They didn't need the 'socially acceptable expressions of love' to be happy. And so, in the end, I decided not to kiss her because I felt that was the right thing to do. ^^ (despite those juicy, juicy lips…) A true love's confession doesn't have to be a kiss and I just love that idea. 💕

Very nice job overall! The voice acting was a nice addition, too. 👌