Burning Academia

The more I think about it and the night path with how the description of this game is that it's the "villain" path, and now that I've mostly finished Chapter 3, to me I kinda want this to go down the god damn XGaster route like in Xtale with shit going on. How sick wouldn't that be? It would be sick.

Regardless, I look forward to Chapter 4 while I loathe that all the IF games I like aren't close to completion and in early stages. Why world? Why?

But yes, this is a great story. Very grounded. Very reasonable.

I look forward to it. Just ignore my Undertale fandom of 10 years experience rambling at the top of this comment.

Sincerely,

J.

just finished chapter 2 (AND FUCKING LOVED IT BTW. OH MY GOD. i'm so hooked, i spent my full 8 hour shift just like rotating the game in my head) and i felt like ranking the love interests so here's my completely arbitrary opinion on their dateability (NOT how well they're written, they're all fascinating characters):

6 - Lars. cop energy. i'm glad i tried to punch him in the face

5 - Rhea. i actually really like her as a person and can't wait to learn more about her but she is simply not my type

4 - Beck. sweet but i've spent enough of my real life pining after tortured prettyboys

3 - Zoe. delightful, but too much like me to be attractive. this town ain't big enough for two they/thems with horrific anxiety disorders

2 - Rook. when he was first introduced i was like "oh, you want me to have a crush on the hot childhood friend who's never let me get too close? what kind of pathetic gay idiot do you think i am?" unfortunately, "pathetic gay idiot" is an extremely accurate assessment of me as a person. well played.

1 - The Voice. oh my god. i need him. i must not have any self-preservation instincts to speak of because it only took him about two pages to win me over completely. i WILL be following that beautiful, long-haired, potentially dead man down a dark path from which i may never return, and none of you can stop me

HOLY CRAP THIS WAS PEAK

New hyperfixation acquired!! I can not overstate how much I fucking love this game
I'm starting my second playthrough tonight and trying to put a few friends onto it too

Actually, I found this quiz on Uquiz before I played the game, so I was pleasantly surprised to discover this

THIS IS SO GOOD I'M JUMPING WITH JOY (figuratively, I cannot do that #Ihaveaphysicaldisabilty) I LOVE THE OPTION TO BE TRANS AND THE ABILITY TO NOT CARE ABT PASSINGGGGGG (even tho I pride myself on passing lol) THIS GAME IS EPICSAUCE I CANT WAIT FOR THE NEXT UPDATE!!!! I'd give you my wallet if I wasn't broke and in poverty ^^

I love this! Are there any plans to add a poly route with ??? and Lars? If not, absolutely understandable, but I thought of it and now I can't rest easy without asking

No pressure whatsoever, and I love the game <3

Ah this is wonderful! And s/o to your lil quiz I got Beck and the blurb made me cry <3.

so good, the story is so good. I am looking forward for more, but take your time, I loved all RO

In My Little Pony standards... Luck Magicians are Earth Ponies :p lol at least before the new generation!

currently upset at how i never found this IF faster and now only just found it because its literally amazing ♥

i love all the ROs so much im gonna BWBHUJBGBHBHW  (though beck and ??? WILL be eaten by me, sorry not sorry everyone 😻)  

i cannot wait for more! :D (No rush ofc!)

I am still on prologue, but enjoying it a lot... I hope you do not mind if I suggest you to put the physical descrption with the characthers in the characthers' description...

So im obsessed but jw if our personality stats r supposed change? I see almost no changes...

Finally had time to catch up on the story. Thank you for this update!

Just finished the update and I loved it! I am so excited for more!

Yayyy thanks for the update ❤

It feels badass to punch Lars 🤣 My MC says thanks for adding that option. 

??? is my beloved, I like him already🫶

Splendid, well-written IF! I liked intriguing plot of the game and enjoyed how the story branches in the second chapter. It was interesting to replay and find new unexpected outcomes of my choices. Looking forward for the next updates!

Bug 1. When choosing wallet for ghost touched objects, the options to tell or force Lars to stop doesn't work. They all just lead to "watch in silence".

Bug 2. If you choose "you don't turn down a free meal" and choose "tell the truth" when Lars asks why, it doesn't let you tell the truth. It just says "You only shrug, deciding on a non-answer."

Bug 3. "He hadn't been surprised when they'd refused to take hold of one of the death-touch items." This didn't happen.

I think I might have noticed a bug? I agreed to join Lars and Nevio for lunch and then asked Zoe to join, and then when we left it cut to my character giving someone a non-answer but I was never asked a question. I went and redid the choice, this time not asking Zoe to go with, and that page had the question I was supposed to answer. Not sure if it's an actual bug or not but thought I'd say something just in case! The story is very interesting and I'm having fun playing!

Wow... I like al the mysteries and characters. And MC suffering and not getting a break. Please more :)

I wound up enjoying this a lot more than I was expecting to and I'm looking forward to the next update.

There's a bug. I chose the reason to go along with free food was "free food is free food". But when I choose "be honest" it says "you pissed me off and I thought agreeing would piss you off back".

I noticed a small issue with the friendship point system. When you're first talking with Rhea in your dorm room and asking her questions, because the questions aren't removed after they're asked, you can keep asking her about herself over and over. You get two friendship points with her every time you do that, and you can keep doing it as long as you want. I don't know exactly how the point system works, so I don't know what effect this can have, if any, but I doubt it's intentional behavior.

I'm surprised with how much I liked it! The emotional moments are well written, and I'm curious for what's to come.

This is interesting! I'm down with the Night path.

Btw, the typo of "then" instead of "than" kinda irk me although I'm not a grammarnazi lol.

Not me reading the contents and IMMEDIATELY going for the night path playing this  (For Rook and ??? 🙏 I HAVEN’T EVEN PLAY IT YET)

Has a unique story that got me hooked.

Oh how I love playing the hot headed former delinquent mc. Punching Lars was glorious. Cant wait for the next update. “???” SUPREMACY

Loved the update!  Cannot wait to see where this goes!

chapter 2 is pretty great, love the character interactions can't wait to see what comes next and wish you the best