That sounds good; would it be possible to find out a little about the characters themselves, or are you keeping them as surprises until you bring out the demo?
It means daydream, more or less.
This looks very interesting! I am always one for stories about balancing two worlds/lives as long as itās done well and not just cliched like some tend to be or become. For me, I love it when a game allows the MC to grow, create unique bonds with characters and make a difference with their choices. If the NPCs are more than an archtype or defined by only a few (often boring) traits, it can really make or break a story for me. I am looking forward to see where this goes! You seem like you have a few things planned already, so I will be sure to follow its development! 
Hereās the reveal of the actual MCs customization~~ (thereās one more personality base; but Iām not finished with the male yet TwT so just gonna see them when the demo is up~)
Your MCās appearance will be reveal once you have attain your student ID card (complete the prologue and chapter 1) Hope thereās something to your liking 
Even though thereās only 3 personality, your MC can have other sub traits that make them even more different >w< Example; a kind MC and also be cheerful or gloomy depending on your play style. The 3 main personality is just mostly to determine your look and Reverie. (There will be 5 Reverie types.)
And as for the ROs ~ Youāll just have to wait for the demo ;D
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I can enjoy linear characters, itās just harder. It depends on the character itself and how well written it is. Determining the personality is great, as long as it doesnāt end up too restrictive of what actions the player is allowed to choose to do.
These sub traits seem interesting. How are they implemented, will we pick the ones we want or we āhaveā all of them and they increase/decrease according to our choices?
Anyway, if you still need people to test the game Iād be glad to help. 
Will the ROs/NPCs also get their own portraits? It would be really interesting to see this, much better than the short descriptions that most games give you. It wouldnāt be too much work either, unless youāre planning on having a ridiculous amount of ROs.
Have been thinking about it actually whether readers would prefer to imagine their own ROs through the description or get to see my interpretation of the ROs.
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You could do both. Just ask in the beginning of the game whether the player wants to see the images or not, even with the MCs portrait. Iād be interested in seeing your interpretation.
I agree with the people above, an option would be fine. Since youāre already including descriptions of them I donāt think itād be a big leap. Honestly I think it would be a lot more jarring to see a portrait of yourself ingame.
This seems rather interesting.
Iāll keep an eye out.
This seems very interesting and canāt wait
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A little update >w< just tuning up the femaleās part and a short playtest would be release ~
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Can you put up a date for when everyone u give us a update
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The playtest is out~
Thank you for the wait guys >wwwww<
https://dashingdon.com/play/rose/caught-in-a-reverie-/mygame/ Hereās the link to the play test
Do tell me
- If there was any coding errors
- Spelling/grammar errors
- How you find the whole playtest
- Was it immersive?
- ETC
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Loved the beginning of the story. Cannot wait to see what happens next.
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I was slightly worried when all of the characters seemed to be female, especially when my MC starts thinking of them as ācuteā. Hopefully heāll be able to romance Touya, though. 
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He will have a RO whoās not bisexual or āgenderbentā >www< I personally donāt really like it when a characterās sexuality is always at the playerās convenience. And theyāre almost, usually bisexual xāD. I do understand that it makes writing a lot smoother and less chaotic is a way. But itās one of the essential part of a characterās personality~~~
But this way it would limit the ROs T^T
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I really enjoyed what you have so far It reminds me of persona 3
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This was really good i like wat u did with it i cant wait to try out more of this
There are a lot of typos, even just on the first page I noticed several, and the game seems to constantly switch between present and past tense. Other than that, the story seems solid. And I agree, I dislike characters who get genderswapped to fit the playerās preferences. You lose a lot of the characterās personality when they have to be written as both a male and a female. I prefer having fewer, but better ROs to having everyone be romance able but they all have bland, generic personalities
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