Hi! Oh my gosh, thank you so much for your incredible comment. You made my whole day— your comment was such a delight to read and it means so much that Seraphim Slum resonated with you deeply.
I’m so happy that you liked Seraphim Slum’s game design! I really wanted to cultivate that feeling of Ezekiel’s desperation which leaps out in her all-consuming attempt to become exactly what each girl wants of her. Thank you for your compliments of my writing style too: Seraphim Slum wasn’t an easy game to write with its prose style, but it was a joy figure out! I’m glad that you loved the characters, too, and am glad that the way we get to know them feels natural; it really is a little different, getting to know them so deeply, so quickly. Partly it’s because of their state in the slum— stagnating at their rock-bottom, and Ezekiel is the one to pull them out of their listlessness.
“God is barely in the game, but he feels like such a life-ruining ex to all” is a beyond apt (and hilarious) description of what God did to the angels— I couldn’t have put it better myself! And the way you describe the angels’ falls are so lovely. It’s true that it isn’t really “doing them a favor”; but it is giving them a finality, as you’ve so beautifully described.
Thank you for the note on the Autonomous/Ideal Ending too! I’m glad that you worked it out in the end, and you’re right that it’s not quite intuitive. I just released “A Seraphim’s Guide To The Slum” which explains that Ending and the others with regards to its design.
Also! I don’t know if you’ve seen, but Seraphim Slum: Definitive Edition is out for free on Steam :D This version of the game has a CG gallery, an extended Free Roam route, extra tracks, and more; I think you’d like playing it, seeing how much you’ve enjoyed this version of Seraphim Slum ❤️
If you want to chat more about the game, I have a Discord server and I’d love to talk more there! If that’s not so much your thing, I have a mailing list too if you’d like to keep up with my works! c: Thank you so much for your incredible comment, I’ll be thinking about it for days!