I LOVE THIS SO MUCH, i could not stop smiling all the way through. it's such a cute friendship and romance story but it also tells many truths and UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH i just love it, i love you, thank you so much for making this <3
I loved this game so much! It's so sweet and just fantastically funny, I laughed so hard I cried; it was amazing and cathartic and beautiful. I love all the characters, but Min seo's story resonated with me the most. I was so happy to see that post-credits scene. Thank you so much for making this!
Such a delightfully fun and random game, I had to play it in three sittings because I don't smile too often but this game wouldn't let me not do it and it caused serious muscle soarness.
One of the best games/VNs on all of itch.io. Love the diversity, dialogue, art, and narrative. This was an absolute delightto play - thank you so, so much for making it!!
FIRST TIME I COMMENT HERE HEHE
OMG DID I REALLY SPEND 4 HOURS OF PLAYING ? THE DIVERSITY WAS SO NICE THO, ALL THE ANIME REFERENCES, THE FACT THAN NOELLE IS CALLED "FRENCHMAN" (as a french girl I REALLY appreciated it, it was so fun !) AND THE SARANGHE (dunno how to write it sorry)
JUST ONE OF MY FAVORITE VN FOR INSTANCE, SHALL WE SPEAK ABOUT THE CUTE CHARACTERS ? THE JOKES ABOUT PEE WHICH WERE HILARIOUS ?
I WILL LOOKING FOR YOUR OTHERS VN FOR SURE
i just LOVE this game!! i teared up so much and oh my gosh i just love it with the bottom of my heart, and the fact that this, in a way, is a prequel of pom gets wi-fi is what i love most!! i love pom gets wi-fi! and i am jumpin with joy at the fact pom and shibe's owners are wonderful lesbians!! i just love this game so much and the fact that it isn't some perfect diary teen story and that it goes through the struggles of different teens is so interesting! i love this game to death and inspires me more for my ambition as a game dev, keep up the good work! my fave was DEFINITELY min-seo! i relate a lot to akarsha tho, but i love them all but min has a special place in my heart. mainly because i fall for korean girls, im too gay for them. the dialogue and music was wonderful and perfect, too! every character is unique and distinct, i just love them all!
I can't thank you enough for creating this game. It was beautifully written and resonated with my inner 14 year old. I almost never see girls like me in any media, so it means a lot to me to have this amazing game exist now.
THIS!!!! THIS IS WHERE LESBIANS GO WHEN THEY DIE!!!! THIS SO BEAUTIFUL!!!! My favorite character is Diya, she's such a innocent cinnamon bun and I love her! <3
this was amazing ;-; i definitely teared up at the end gjhjghj... and i found that the backstories hit pretty close to home. i loooved the characters and the art was great, and that KISS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ah! im getting all weepy thinking about butterfly soup again. came back to buy the pdf :)
I must say that this game is one of best things that has ever happened to me.Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart for making this wonderful game!I
am very glad that I have found this game as I have yet to discover who I
really am,even though I am 19...I find myself struggling lately like
the girls in the story.Now to the review,the protagonists
are so relatable it is scary;I have never expected to see so much of
myself on each one of them,especially Noelle and Diya.The secondary characters(my favourite secondary character is Ju-Seo) were relatable and likeable,too.The dialogue is so cute,so funny and brings me back to my high school days.The story
is very well-written and I like that the game touches upon serious
subjects like: gender,school,parenthood,abuse,sexism,racism,society and
sexuality.The music choices are perfect for each
scene(when the titanic flute fail music started playing over in the
scenes where Min-Seo and Akarsha did skateboard or that other time when
they became friends,I literally couldn't stop laughing and now that I am
writing this review I giggle.Furthermore,the artwork is very beautiful and pleasant to look at.Most importantly though what really stood out to me was the overall message
of the game;That you should be yourself and that you should not be
afraid for who you are.This optimistic message is what made me adore
this game.Once more,thank you alot for this game.I wish you the very best in your life. :)
hello !!! i found this game via tumblr and i rly love this and it was genuinely funny (as in waking up my sister at 3am due to laughter funny) and it's just! really soft! and well written!
i'm an queer asian teen girl myself and i'm also kind of delving into my orientations and seeing this kind of representation makes me !!! :D!!! and i get all kinds of warm inside and. yes. thank you so much
Just finished it, that was so fun! Don't know what to say more than : I'm really curious about what you'll do next, because I had a real pleasure to go throuth the entire story! Thanks for that!
I rarely ever comment on anything due to shyness,but damn,I just felt compelled to tell you that I loved this game. I loved how nicely written it was, loved the plot and the characters(who were depicted really well,amazing representation).I often play video games and visual novels, but there is hardly enough stories about lesbians out there, let alone stories I can really connect with,so thank you so much for this game,it`s really neat and it made my week and I`m definitely replaying it .
I happened upon this game by pure coincidence when someone mentioned it on Twitter (cool way to start a story right, involve social media? I'm down with the kids!).
Anyway, I popped over to this page and read through all of the glowing comments, and just had to experience this for myself.
Before I even start, I do have to acknowledge some (probably pretty obvious) things:
1- I'm not a lesbian
2- I'm not even a girl
3- I'm also not asian
4- I don't like baseball
So you know, you may well be wondering what the heck I would see in a game like this. Let me tell you what I saw. Pure amazingness. Excellent humour, fantastic writing, sugary sweet cute characters (even the potentially homicidal ones) and unadulterated bittersweet perfection.
This may well be my favourite visual novel / adventure game of the year. I got totally absorbed in it, found myself playing for hours without realizing it had been that long. And now I'm at the end... and I don't quite know what to do with my life now. It's like I've been living their life all day and I'm not quite ready to stop.
Never stop making games, because we all need this kind of joyous, crazy, wonderful, sappy kinda love in our lives!
I LOVED IT !!! My fav was definitely Akarsha, but I loved all of the characters and got super attached in a really small time! Before I finished the game I checked your profile and saw that you also created Pom gets wifi (which I also loved lol) and I have to say the ending HAD ME SHOOKETH!!! Anyways great game! :)
I loved this game! The writing was amazing, especially the characters! They all felt so real and I want to know more about them! (I also enjoyed the artbook and thought it was really funny!)
Thank you for creating this. I look forward to your future works, and will help spread the word about this game!
I finally decided to play this game after seeing it about a dozen times on Tumblr and boy am I glad I did. The only thing better than the memes is the excellent cast of characters. I know this is the kind of thing that I will end up playing far more than once.
I played this game multiple times already, and I love the characters. They are all so unique and fun, and I love the POV shifts that allow you to flesh out the characters even more.
THIS GAME IS THE CUTEST SHIT??? ITS HELLA GAY AND IM GONNA FUCKIGN CRY ITS BEAUTIFUL AAJKJDBFDJN
But for real haha. This game is a masterpiece;;; I friggin love it. The chats are hilarious, they always made me laugh (and they still do whenever i look back on screenshots), and the game in general is hilarious, but also really adorable?? they're all so damn gay and i love it. I love how the characters really do seem like real people, their friendship and them crushing on each other aaaaAAAA AA its so cuteeee---- also the art is amazing??
honestly, i just adore this game. It's gay, its adorable, the characters are lovely, the story is beautiful, and??? i could go on forever. just – this is now one of my favorite games and i may or may not have made some doodle fan art already,,,
this game should bless even more people in the world
I literally made an account just to comment on here about this fabulous game. Like for real man, from start to finish = 11/10 IGN rated, hehe. I think you're humour was beyond hilarious; I died at literally everything. The art and just general aesthetic was my life?? I loved it from the pastel colours to friggin' Akarsha's damn jacket (which fyi I couldn't stop dying over; I'm gonna find a replica and buy one irl). And don't even get me started on the damn writing. That shit was stellar, you jus-...AMAZING! You held account for everything, from memes to not dead jokes to the little details like when Diya has to stand slightly to the right because of her ear! I loved that! So cute :D ESPECIALLY THE CHARACTERS, BROOOOOO. ARE THEY BASED OFF REAL PEOPLE? BECAUSE I LITERALLY WANT TO MEET THEM. Fuck me, they were just so relatable and so modernised. Although, I was really rooting for Arkarsha and Noelle to get together, I thought they would've been hella cute. Could've sworn I got the vibe of "I find you annoying af but really I wanna fuck you". Ohhh welll, guess I'll have to deal with my daydream fantasies instead *sigh* All in all, this game, interactive novel, masterpiece will always be my fav! Fantastic job and can I dare to ask for ...
A really great game! I love the characters a lot. The art has the right feel.
The silly banter was absolutly the right thing at the right time. Had a shitty day and your story made it great.
As a GameDev thingy myself I do have some observations:
I run across a few skips/bugs espacially in the baseball scenes. Mostly related to Min throwing. Both in uniform and in casual wear.
The writing for the flashbacks/childhood szenes feels a bit off sometimes. Especially the scene with min and her brother. Maybe I am off in how old they are, as I am not from the US.
The baseball game against the other teams does stretch a bit. The pacing is a bit weaker than the rest. It could gain a lot from more custom illsutrations. (I know, I know) Also are there ome of the head pop ups missing when they speak?
Some of the backgrounds are looking to much like thier photo references. But others look great. I like especially the school courtyard.
That sounds negative its not! I really adore the whole thing and it made me very happy. Thank you making it.
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crying because Diya is a madrasi and I'm what you call a mallu
cries cause i'm gay too
Playing this was the best decision I made in 2017.
simple human words cannot describe how much i loved this game thank you so much i loved this so so much the fluff levels are off the charts
I LOVE THIS SO MUCH, i could not stop smiling all the way through. it's such a cute friendship and romance story but it also tells many truths and UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH i just love it, i love you, thank you so much for making this <3
i love this so much!! i'd really love to learn how to make visual novels like this. my favorite game in the entire world. ;;
the best game i've ever played
I really loved this game, I could not stop smiling during and after playing this. Thank you for making such an amazing game.
Hey, I did a YouTube video on this game! This game is so funny and entertaining! I love It!
I loved this game so much! It's so sweet and just fantastically funny, I laughed so hard I cried; it was amazing and cathartic and beautiful. I love all the characters, but Min seo's story resonated with me the most. I was so happy to see that post-credits scene. Thank you so much for making this!
I have a video series where I talk about movies, games, books, etc. This week: Butterfly Soup!
Such a delightfully fun and random game, I had to play it in three sittings because I don't smile too often but this game wouldn't let me not do it and it caused serious muscle soarness.
i don't have the vocabulary to express how much i loved this
One of the best games/VNs on all of itch.io. Love the diversity, dialogue, art, and narrative. This was an absolute delight to play - thank you so, so much for making it!!
BEST. GAME. EVER
LOVE IT. WOULD RECOMMEND
hmmmmmm
i just LOVE this game!! i teared up so much and oh my gosh i just love it with the bottom of my heart, and the fact that this, in a way, is a prequel of pom gets wi-fi is what i love most!! i love pom gets wi-fi! and i am jumpin with joy at the fact pom and shibe's owners are wonderful lesbians!! i just love this game so much and the fact that it isn't some perfect diary teen story and that it goes through the struggles of different teens is so interesting! i love this game to death and inspires me more for my ambition as a game dev, keep up the good work! my fave was DEFINITELY min-seo! i relate a lot to akarsha tho, but i love them all but min has a special place in my heart. mainly because i fall for korean girls, im too gay for them. the dialogue and music was wonderful and perfect, too! every character is unique and distinct, i just love them all!
I can't thank you enough for creating this game. It was beautifully written and resonated with my inner 14 year old. I almost never see girls like me in any media, so it means a lot to me to have this amazing game exist now.
THIS!!!! THIS IS WHERE LESBIANS GO WHEN THEY DIE!!!! THIS SO BEAUTIFUL!!!! My favorite character is Diya, she's such a innocent cinnamon bun and I love her! <3
this was amazing ;-; i definitely teared up at the end gjhjghj... and i found that the backstories hit pretty close to home. i loooved the characters and the art was great, and that KISS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ah! im getting all weepy thinking about butterfly soup again. came back to buy the pdf :)
I must say that this game is one of best things that has ever happened to me.Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart for making this wonderful game!I am very glad that I have found this game as I have yet to discover who I really am,even though I am 19...I find myself struggling lately like the girls in the story.Now to the review,the protagonists are so relatable it is scary;I have never expected to see so much of myself on each one of them,especially Noelle and Diya.The secondary characters(my favourite secondary character is Ju-Seo) were relatable and likeable,too.The dialogue is so cute,so funny and brings me back to my high school days.The story is very well-written and I like that the game touches upon serious subjects like: gender,school,parenthood,abuse,sexism,racism,society and sexuality.The music choices are perfect for each scene(when the titanic flute fail music started playing over in the scenes where Min-Seo and Akarsha did skateboard or that other time when they became friends,I literally couldn't stop laughing and now that I am writing this review I giggle.Furthermore,the artwork is very beautiful and pleasant to look at.Most importantly though what really stood out to me was the overall message of the game;That you should be yourself and that you should not be afraid for who you are.This optimistic message is what made me adore this game.Once more,thank you alot for this game.I wish you the very best in your life. :)
hello !!! i found this game via tumblr and i rly love this and it was genuinely funny (as in waking up my sister at 3am due to laughter funny) and it's just! really soft! and well written!
i'm an queer asian teen girl myself and i'm also kind of delving into my orientations and seeing this kind of representation makes me !!! :D!!! and i get all kinds of warm inside and. yes. thank you so much
Just finished it, that was so fun! Don't know what to say more than : I'm really curious about what you'll do next, because I had a real pleasure to go throuth the entire story! Thanks for that!
I'm lesbian.
I rarely ever comment on anything due to shyness,but damn,I just felt compelled to tell you that I loved this game. I loved how nicely written it was, loved the plot and the characters(who were depicted really well,amazing representation).I often play video games and visual novels, but there is hardly enough stories about lesbians out there, let alone stories I can really connect with,so thank you so much for this game,it`s really neat and it made my week and I`m definitely replaying it .
P.S. d o g s!
I happened upon this game by pure coincidence when someone mentioned it on Twitter (cool way to start a story right, involve social media? I'm down with the kids!).
Anyway, I popped over to this page and read through all of the glowing comments, and just had to experience this for myself.
Before I even start, I do have to acknowledge some (probably pretty obvious) things:
1- I'm not a lesbian
2- I'm not even a girl
3- I'm also not asian
4- I don't like baseball
So you know, you may well be wondering what the heck I would see in a game like this. Let me tell you what I saw. Pure amazingness. Excellent humour, fantastic writing, sugary sweet cute characters (even the potentially homicidal ones) and unadulterated bittersweet perfection.
This may well be my favourite visual novel / adventure game of the year. I got totally absorbed in it, found myself playing for hours without realizing it had been that long. And now I'm at the end... and I don't quite know what to do with my life now. It's like I've been living their life all day and I'm not quite ready to stop.
Never stop making games, because we all need this kind of joyous, crazy, wonderful, sappy kinda love in our lives!
Came back to donate after playing because this game was so amazing. <3
I LOVED IT !!! My fav was definitely Akarsha, but I loved all of the characters and got super attached in a really small time! Before I finished the game I checked your profile and saw that you also created Pom gets wifi (which I also loved lol) and I have to say the ending HAD ME SHOOKETH!!! Anyways great game! :)
I loved this game! The writing was amazing, especially the characters! They all felt so real and I want to know more about them! (I also enjoyed the artbook and thought it was really funny!)
Thank you for creating this. I look forward to your future works, and will help spread the word about this game!
I finally decided to play this game after seeing it about a dozen times on Tumblr and boy am I glad I did. The only thing better than the memes is the excellent cast of characters. I know this is the kind of thing that I will end up playing far more than once.
I played this game multiple times already, and I love the characters. They are all so unique and fun, and I love the POV shifts that allow you to flesh out the characters even more.
THIS GAME IS THE CUTEST SHIT??? ITS HELLA GAY AND IM GONNA FUCKIGN CRY ITS BEAUTIFUL AAJKJDBFDJN
But for real haha. This game is a masterpiece;;; I friggin love it. The chats are hilarious, they always made me laugh (and they still do whenever i look back on screenshots), and the game in general is hilarious, but also really adorable?? they're all so damn gay and i love it. I love how the characters really do seem like real people, their friendship and them crushing on each other aaaaAAAA AA its so cuteeee---- also the art is amazing??
honestly, i just adore this game. It's gay, its adorable, the characters are lovely, the story is beautiful, and??? i could go on forever. just – this is now one of my favorite games and i may or may not have made some doodle fan art already,,,
this game should bless even more people in the world
I literally made an account just to comment on here about this fabulous game. Like for real man, from start to finish = 11/10 IGN rated, hehe. I think you're humour was beyond hilarious; I died at literally everything. The art and just general aesthetic was my life?? I loved it from the pastel colours to friggin' Akarsha's damn jacket (which fyi I couldn't stop dying over; I'm gonna find a replica and buy one irl). And don't even get me started on the damn writing. That shit was stellar, you jus-...AMAZING! You held account for everything, from memes to not dead jokes to the little details like when Diya has to stand slightly to the right because of her ear! I loved that! So cute :D ESPECIALLY THE CHARACTERS, BROOOOOO. ARE THEY BASED OFF REAL PEOPLE? BECAUSE I LITERALLY WANT TO MEET THEM. Fuck me, they were just so relatable and so modernised. Although, I was really rooting for Arkarsha and Noelle to get together, I thought they would've been hella cute. Could've sworn I got the vibe of "I find you annoying af but really I wanna fuck you". Ohhh welll, guess I'll have to deal with my daydream fantasies instead *sigh* All in all, this game, interactive novel, masterpiece will always be my fav! Fantastic job and can I dare to ask for ...
POTENTIAL SEQUEL?
I loved this game and its characters soo much, thx for creating this wonderful piece of art
Thank you, this game made me very happy while i played it
I JUST GOT THE FINAL SCENE. ITS FROM YOUR OTHER GAME/ IM AN IDIOT.
A really great game! I love the characters a lot. The art has the right feel.
The silly banter was absolutly the right thing at the right time. Had a shitty day and your story made it great.
As a GameDev thingy myself I do have some observations:
I run across a few skips/bugs espacially in the baseball scenes. Mostly related to Min throwing. Both in uniform and in casual wear.
The writing for the flashbacks/childhood szenes feels a bit off sometimes. Especially the scene with min and her brother. Maybe I am off in how old they are, as I am not from the US.
The baseball game against the other teams does stretch a bit. The pacing is a bit weaker than the rest. It could gain a lot from more custom illsutrations. (I know, I know) Also are there ome of the head pop ups missing when they speak?
Some of the backgrounds are looking to much like thier photo references. But others look great. I like especially the school courtyard.
That sounds negative its not! I really adore the whole thing and it made me very happy. Thank you making it.