Q: a couple months ago while browsing on itch.io, i stumbled upon your game ommatophilia and played it. it was lovely, i really enjoyed what you made. i swear i saw you on some kind of social media a short while after, too; now today, while browsing neocities, i happened upon your site. it's kinda, like, some tiny bit of fate that i keep finding you.. wow!! keep up the great work, i hope you're having a good day.
A: hello! sorry i took so long for me to answer this (i see this was received the 2nd and now it's the 7th). i try to answer questions promptly, but well, a lot happened but here i am now!!
i'm happy you enjoyed ommatophilia.. i'm working on making a large update for it, but it'll take some time T_T perhaps i'll try to upload it to steam with all of this additional work haha. >br>
i should probably make my itchio and socials a bit more visible, but i'm a bit silly! i just appear and disappear a lot. people sometimes don't realize i "Mala" am the same as "ophanimkei" or other usernames i go by because i am in and out of various communities haha!
i appreciate you hoping i'm having a good day. life is admittedly very difficult lately, but today was nice. i started catching up on my commission work and have been working on a new programming project! i've got games i wanna work on too, but i've just been tired haha! getting kicked out of your housing and the job market will you that to you! i stay silly.
i'm happy you enjoyed ommatophilia.. i'm working on making a large update for it, but it'll take some time T_T perhaps i'll try to upload it to steam with all of this additional work haha. >br>
i should probably make my itchio and socials a bit more visible, but i'm a bit silly! i just appear and disappear a lot. people sometimes don't realize i "Mala" am the same as "ophanimkei" or other usernames i go by because i am in and out of various communities haha!
i appreciate you hoping i'm having a good day. life is admittedly very difficult lately, but today was nice. i started catching up on my commission work and have been working on a new programming project! i've got games i wanna work on too, but i've just been tired haha! getting kicked out of your housing and the job market will you that to you! i stay silly.
Q: Hiii I loved Ommatophilia and I wanted to know... does Blue get to be happy once they leave 🥺?
A: They experience many emotions! Generally, they're happy they're gone, but sometimes the pain of being an independent adult is too much to bare. But at least.. Love!
Q: Is the story in Devil's Food related to Ommatophila at all? I have re-used characters in different stories myself and going off of Ommatophila, it seems uncharacteristic for Angel Cakes to be as malicious as she is Devil's Food, haha. But if they are related I'd be curious as to how.
A: Hello! Yes Devil's Food is related.. I imagine Devil's Food is just Charlotte and Angel goofing off in some random location. They're probably not thinking entirely straight and just want to feel autonomous. They can kind of do whatever they want due to ~divine power~.
Regarding Angel's maliciousness, Angel doesn't view any form of life as very valuable outside of if a person entertains her or if she cares about them. as in, she doesn't think most people have value in the universe, but they can be special to her emotionally even if she thinks their death would not change anything overall. she kind of just enjoys being mean/exercising power over others when she views it as a consequence free activity as it's something she's usually actively rewarded for doing throughout her life, especially post Ommatophilia.
For more context, Devil's Food takes place in a location Charlotte and Angel will never return too again, so they're basically treating their surroundings as a giant dollhouse until they leave haha (as I said earlier, primarily to exercise autonomy but also just to blow off some stress)... But um, although they view their random outings as consequences free, they aren't actually haha! I hope to explore this in future works someday.
There are some other reasons Angel behaves this way in Devil's Food that have to do with Angel culture haha ^w^ But Angel is a bit of an extreme example compared to other angels due to all she went through and continues to experience haha.
Regarding Angel's maliciousness, Angel doesn't view any form of life as very valuable outside of if a person entertains her or if she cares about them. as in, she doesn't think most people have value in the universe, but they can be special to her emotionally even if she thinks their death would not change anything overall. she kind of just enjoys being mean/exercising power over others when she views it as a consequence free activity as it's something she's usually actively rewarded for doing throughout her life, especially post Ommatophilia.
For more context, Devil's Food takes place in a location Charlotte and Angel will never return too again, so they're basically treating their surroundings as a giant dollhouse until they leave haha (as I said earlier, primarily to exercise autonomy but also just to blow off some stress)... But um, although they view their random outings as consequences free, they aren't actually haha! I hope to explore this in future works someday.
There are some other reasons Angel behaves this way in Devil's Food that have to do with Angel culture haha ^w^ But Angel is a bit of an extreme example compared to other angels due to all she went through and continues to experience haha.
Q: I just played Ommatophilia and I loved it!!!!!!! It really meant alot to me. I look forward to playing your other games! What is/was your favorite part of Ommatophilia?
A: I'm really happy you loved Ommatophilia. It means a lot to me that you'd share this with me. It's a struggle to choose my favorite moment- a lot of moments I really loved became exhausting to me over time as I was forced to playtest over and over and constantly bug fix...
But.. Some parts I still look at with fondness. When Angel and Blue sit outside together because Blue is overstimulated and they talk with the periods of silence.. I'm really fond of that. I also really enjoy going through the Nightshade computer. It's a moment that I still remember working on, and it's probably has some of my favorite bits of writing in the game. Thank you so much for asking!
But.. Some parts I still look at with fondness. When Angel and Blue sit outside together because Blue is overstimulated and they talk with the periods of silence.. I'm really fond of that. I also really enjoy going through the Nightshade computer. It's a moment that I still remember working on, and it's probably has some of my favorite bits of writing in the game. Thank you so much for asking!