The Radiants

Edit: I appreciate that the dev gave such a positive response to a negative review, and I appreciate even more that they actually updated the game. I did play it when I saw there was a new update, I just forgot to update my review. Now that I remembered, I came back to do so. The new romance option was a funny experience because, in every interaction, I kept thinking, "Look at the age gap!" But there are a lot players with different tastes, and it’s addressed in-game. Their ending also makes sense. Some of my old criticisms still stand (like the weekly and skills/talents systems), but like I said, I can see the goodwill behind the updates. Looking forward to your next game (if you plan to make one). Old review: A rare case of me buying a game basically at launch and getting disappointed. Good art alone can't sustain a game. It launched with a game-breaking bug at the ending, and because I felt no connection to the characters, I didn't even bother trying to play it again after the patches. Unfortunately, this game feels hollow, and the weekly and skills/talents system doesn't improve it. Not only does it lack content, but the developers also failed to fulfill their promises. They said in August 2023 that there would be a big update by March 2024, but that never happened. It's a shame that such good art was used in a game with nothing meaningful to offer. I'm only writing the review now because I forgot the game existed and noticed that the updates were never released. I can accept mediocre writing and bad mechanics if they come from someone who truly tried their best. But it feels like the developers didn’t even care to fulfill their promises after the game didn’t succeed. You could have tried to fulfill your promises, as that would help you learn from your successes and mistakes for future games. But by not doing so, it shows a certain lack of character, and that's something that doesn't improve over years of game development.

Quite a lovely game! Although some of the recurring events (for the classes) can be a bit repetitive, as they so often are in games with this sort of stat-raising system, the gorgeous art, lively characters, and really quite compelling story more than make up for the inherent limitations of the mechanics. Plus, I've always been a lover of any sort of "magical school" setting~

A nice fantasy romance novel. Strengths: - beautiful character sprites and backgrounds - interesting LIs and fun secret romances - the world is intriguing (although the worldbuilding doesn't go that deep, I widh there was more) - the MC can hold her own and is not a bag of potatos to be tossed around by romantic partners - multiple endings and nice epilogues with your significant other Weaknesses: - the main plot is a bit predictable - encoutnered a few bugs, but nothing game-breaking

10/10

WOW

Fantastic game and the story is really interesting so far!

Too short but cute. I enjoyed getting to know each character and I even enjoyed the side/extra characters. I kinda wish there had been less shadow shapes and more drawn people in hallways or other backgrounds but it was still nice. I think learning certain traits or classroom abilities could have been a bit more rewarding or at least interacting with more classmates... I feel interacting with more classmates would have made it feel more immersive such as when you try out for the sports team.