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It's so good OH GOD I'm in tears. Ending 8 literally crushed my heart. I'm so glad they have a true end. I wish there was an afterstory coz I love them so much


Also I just found out you made Saccharine. It's one of my first sim dates and I just have to say you're an amazing game dev! Thank you for all your hard work!

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I don't know what I was expecting from ending 9, but that? That was NOT was I was expecting and I love it!!!!  I feel a whirlwind of emotions for Camille... and even Osgoode ;w; Both of them need therapy

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This game is fucked up, I love it

I have been looking for a game that blended otome and horror together for literal years and I finally found it. 11/10

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hey! amiralo! I wonder where I can play your old games?? I'm so so so fascinated by your work

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https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/651306

https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/639242

I made those about 8 years ago, so you would have to install the newground's flash player though haha;;;;;

thank you!!!!! :D

I am floored in the best way possible but also this got me like laughing in pure shock. The first ending I got was #8.

best game ever

its a bit sad though i wanted them to end up together

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Get ending 9 and you will get your wish haha.

how can i get it?

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Holy shit

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yeah

Hi, i was also an old fan of your older games and i am just curious. Would you ever upload your older games on itch io? Like play in browser style? 

Ahhh probably not. Those file are in swf format and not html.

Ok, thank you for answering! I love your art and novels so I'm really happy to find you again. It's honestly amazing how you're so good at both drawing and writing. Best of luck with everything. 

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Hi, Amiralo! 

First of all, I wanted to say that I downloaded the game last year - it came out right on my birthday, haha. Up to this point, I managed to go through it for the third time and today finally I was ripe for writing a review xd Took me long enough, hahaha

spoilers

I continue to admire how well this novel is written. The way "metamorphoses", thoughts and actions are described - all this looks so... smooth and easy. No unnecessary piling up of details, everything that was told was revealed and explained in one way or another during the game. 

Throughout the game, I constantly empathized with Cami and was able to put myself in her place, which, in my opinion, is very important in VN. She is so... Alive??? Like real person. Since the first playthrough, she has become my favorite main character xd (Her interactions with Osgoode is actually top-tier, I love them so much x3)

I think it's amazing that during the game, when there were basically only two teens on the screen, you managed to give the stories of six people at once! While watching "love" story of Osgoode and Camille, I learned quite a lot about Leon, Charles, Bancroft, Milton... Of course, player only know about them from the perspective of Osgoode and Cami, but the influence of all side chara was clearly imprinted on main chara behavior, which is so impressive! I saw that you mentioned below that a game was planned for Ivy and Joseph, and I'm very happy about this - judging by what happens in the last endings, they have some fun going on :)

Also needed to say that I really like your interpretation of the wendigo.  Such small sweet details like angelic appearance, syrupy smell, pink blood, saliva with "special effects", taste of cotton candy... And those moments of "truth" as with "ugly alien smile".  Amazing. I love it so, so much. 

And! Your art style just captures the atmosphere perfectly. Absolutely beautiful!

Waiting for your new works patiently!💞

P.s. Also I wanted to ask if you interested in Ukrainian+russian translation – I would really like to help with it! Actually, I even created an account just for the sake of expressing my delight and suggesting this ahah- Your games deserve much more attention :(

Omg thanks for the long review! I'm glad you enjoyed Camille and Osgoode and their dysfunctional family haha. And yes I would love a Russian/Ukranian translation. Let me know what I can do to help

this was amazing. it took me about 4 hours to get all endings. worth it

Hello Amiralo! I've been your fan since I was a teenager. I'm pretty old now, but I've played all your previous games.  The game is pretty good, as expected. I've gotten 2 of the endings so far, and eventually I'll try to get the rest. I'm looking forward to seeing what visual novels you have in store for us in the future!

The story and the art is beautiful that i am crying....like in all seriousness i am crying

This game looks really interesting, but my mac hasn't been able to extract(i think that's the correct term) the file. Do you have any possible tips to help?

As of now, I haven't figured out a way to successful export for mac. Some players have played it with a windows emulator, but if that doesn't work for you, there's a no commentary let's play on YouTube.


Again,I'm really sorry for the inconvenience.

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I think I've reached all the endings, but I'm a little confused about what happened with Ivy and her boyfriend? Did I miss something? Why was she in that recovery area? 

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Joseph and Ivy were the axed route. I want to save the idea for another future story, so no spoilers

Is there a walkthrough?

It's included in the game. walkthrough.txt

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This was so well written, but also well staged/directed! The atmosphere, how to bring the characters emotions across through art, music and effects from the game itself was really well done. Absolutely looking forward to more games! 

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the art, the music, the glitch effects, perfect

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the writing is impeccable (absolutely a masterpiece), the characters were VERY, VERY well-written, the art is amazing, the story, *chef's kiss*, everything about this game is amazing!!! the writing kept me engaged every second! i literally got attached to them, and i was on a (very high, dangerous, and well-built) roller coaster of emotions. LOVED THE ENDINGS. what a ride! freaking love this game.


Edit: i also wanted to say that my heart aches for Camille. All she ever wanted was someone to pay attention to her IN THE NORMAL WAY. It's just so sad, and i was rooting for her to escape everytime there was a chance. I actually liked Osgoode's character as well, and while i really didn't fall in love with him in most of the endings (just like Camille, lol), ending 9 really just made me want to root for them. Osgoode seemed MUCH, MUCH healthier, and Camille seemed like she needed someone else. :') this story truly is a beautiful tragedy. 

Omg I loved Osgoode's character, I think ending 7 was what it cinched it for me and gosh, he's such a hottie in ending 9. Wish I was a bit more sensible like Camille but sucker for good looks T-T

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What an amazing game!!! Was on the edge of my seat the whole time excited for what happens next. Osgoode was really likeable for me honestly and super cute. Thanks for making such a fantastic game!

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Oh my God it's you!!! You're the one who got me completely addicted to otomes and dating sims! While playing ITYH I felt there was something very familiar about the style and suddenly I had a flashback from YEARS AGO of a game where the character asked the MC to give him his heart and you can make her agree...and let me tell you that I was in shock for days after that scene! That game was yours wasn't it?
At the time I was just discovering the genre and all I had played were a couple of sweet and nice dating sims. And I did liked them. I stumbled upon yours by accident and after playing it (and recovering because I had no idea what I was getting into and I felt both amazed and betrayed XD) I craved for more of that same feeling.
I have never stopped playing dating sims and otomes since then, horror ones or not. But you were the very first one that made me think "Wow, these games can be true art!"
I am so happy to finally have the opportunity to thank you. I didn't know at the time but looking back I understand: thanks to you I realized there was more to dating sims than cutesy generic love stories and that the genre was worthy to explore, that there were true writers and true artists in that field. Thank you SO MUCH for your games and for the doors they unlocked.

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"If you put me in chains again one of us will have to die"

"And if you run away again I will eat your legs,"

Best love story, 11/10, better than the love story actually named love story!

But seriously Am, I need to stop playing your games, been playing since the flash days and not ONCE have I been allowed to leave without my heart in pieces

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This game is great)

OMG U MADE HIM LOOK SO PRETTY! Thanks again ahhahahah

lol, glad you like it  :D

I LOVE IT !! THIS GAME IS SO GOOD, TOO GOOD !! 😵‍💫❤️❤️

Is there a walk through to get all the endings??? 

Yes! There should be a walkthrough included in the game. It's called walkthrough.txt

Thank you so much! I love the artstyle btw! Amazing story too. 

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Yeah so I don't really have anything to say other than this was an amazing game-

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I LOVE ENDING 9! Totally worth it. Surprinsingly, the hardest for me was ending 2, cause i thought all i had to do was observe once

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waitt what was ending 2?? I didnt get that and yess ending 9 is my fav tooo

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it s named stalling, when in the car with Osborne, u have to keep pressing the option to look around until u have no other choice

Oh. My. God. I was speechless the whole game. worth a replay and love, love, LOVE this so much! I hope I can make a game as good as this one day!

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AMAZING. INCREDIBLE. SPECTACULAR. SHOW-STOPPING. NEVER THE SAME-

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amiralo i've been your fan for years, literally played all of your games <3 this one was amazing, i was genuinely so shocked by the plot twist, and i fell in love with the characters... i think camille is my favorite protag of yours so far! 

a quick q - you said that you write, as in not just for games, but like stories and stuff? where can we read ;-;

love you and wish you all the best!

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Hi! Thank you for your kind words and for remembering me after all these years ahahhaha. Glad you liked Camille.

I'm actually currently in the brainstorming phase for another otome haha. A demo should be out in March

Forgive me for giving you notifications, I'm just checking the page because I love reading other people's thoughts on one of my fave visual novels but OMGGGGGG ANOTHER OTOME IM DED EXCITED

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FINALLY! I managed to play it (I had to get a software to play it on my Mac, haha).

So worth it. I'm so in love with the characters (especially Osgoode) and I really liked Camille. The endings really made me feel so many things and I loved Ending 9.

I've always loved your games!! Hopefully I'll see more of you.

Hi! What emulator did you use for your mac? I do have a (very, very old) Windows pc but I'd rather enjoy the game on my new macbook ;-; It'd be great if you could let me know the software!

Hi! I used CrossOver :) You can look for how to use it on Youtube.

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What a great game! I sincerely loved it. Very well written and the interactions between Camille and Osgoode felt really realistic. I have two question, though. 1- Can you please tell me the names of the games you've made in the past? I have the feeling i already played some of your games. And 2-


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How Joseph caused the apocalypse in ending 9 ???? It will be explaned sometime? 

Anyway, THANK YOU  for the amazing game!!

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Hi! Thank you for your kind words. My other games include Reverie, an odd sim date and Saccharine a misleading sim date.

Joseph's route was axed, but I might recycle it in the future, so no spoilers for now ahhahaha.

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I enjoyed this game so much! While I was playing, I thought the art style seemed familiar, as well as the haunting atmosphere and the exploration of the relationship dynamics, until I was scrolling through the comments and found that you were the same person who created Sacharrine??? One of my favourite otomes since I first played it many years ago now??

Goodness! You always had such an enthralling way of telling beautifully dark stories through the archetypes of a dating simulator, and this definitely did not disappoint! I loved exploring the story through the eyes of Camille, as well as where Osgoode fit into her life! (I'd say more, but spoilers, lol.)

I'm so happy I found I Take Your Hand, and re-founded you as well! For years, you've always been one of my favourite developers, and this game was so exciting to play!

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You know, I've been playing indie OELVNs since the dawn of time and I'd kind of grown tired of seeing the same things over and over again. You reignited my passion for this genre, and I am so happy I actually gave this game a chance. The progression of the story was so wild and at the same time kind of realistic. I could honestly relate to Camille and her thought process quite well. I also absolutely loved the final final ending and if you ever make something else set in this world I will be the first to play it. Thank you for such a great game! 

P.S. I had to laugh out loud when Osgoode started on those questions to make strangers fall in love because I've answered those with someone before and recognised them immediately

I love this game , i'm having trouble finding the walkthrough because I been only able to get one ending of the game :(

there's a text file called walkthrough in the game haha. If you need more help with a specific ending, let me know

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oh wow , i feel so silly :( lmao regardless this game had me up all hours of the night , i'm heavily in love with this game , it isn't a typical fantasy romance, it's  like a dark fairytale , it reminds me of something gulliermo del toro would make into a movie <3 i hope you make more in the future!

Entirely taken by this VN from the moment shit hits the fan, so to speak. Was a lovely, gripping and bittersweet read. Horror otome feels very rare, so I'm genuinely thankful to have found this by chance. I can't wait to recommend it to friends with similar tastes.

I was so, so happy when I found out that one of my favorite creators from when I was younger was still making content! Your games just hit in a way nothing else manages to. I loved Saccharine, Where Adabanas Grow, and Reverie so much that during the Flash purge, I downloaded them and an old build of Flash to make sure that I could still play them. Those three files are seriously some of my most prized possessions. My only regret is that I wasn't able to grab your series about the time traveler... I'd really love to play it someday, especially since it links to Where Adabanas Grow.


Ah... Where to even start with this one. ITYH has seriously given Saccharine a run for its money in terms of my favorite Amiralo game. It's objectively your best yet, and something I would've happily paid money for. It is genuinely crazy how much your art and writing has improved over the years, and I really do think you should consider releasing some commercial games or creating a Patreon if you haven't! You fill a niche that no one else can, or at least not nearly as well as you.


I don't want to force you to read a wall of text, but I do want to list some of the things I loved about ITYH. Osgoode is probably your best love interest yet, even if Joker and the guardsman from Saccharine are still my personal favorites. He has so, so much depth, and I was shocked at how much I felt for him. I really understood what Camille saw in him. Speaking of Camille, she's just another example of your prowess in creating unique heroines that you can root for despite their issues. That's something you never see in otome games, unfortunately. The protagonists are always so pure and kind, but Camille is a person with flaws and desires and I love her for it. I really do mean it when I say that you have several industry veterans beat in several different regards.


The narrative is wonderfully cohesive, too. Every detail ties back into another, and I liked how Ivy's situation ended up paralleling Camille's, or at least that's what I gathered from the story. I just don't know how to put it all into words, but you have truly outdone yourself. The idea of hating this person, but still loving them, and you know you really shouldn't, but you just can't help it, and then you're finally free from them, but you can't stop thinking about how you'll never find someone like them; you'll never experience what you had with them again, even if what you had was horrible and rotten. It's just such a beautiful piece on obsession and desire and love and falling in love with the "right" (heavy emphasis on the quotations, but I did enjoy Ending 9) person at the wrong time. I will definitely be recommending this to everyone I know.


I think I've said enough, so sorry for all the word vomit! I'll be following your future projects with great interest, and I sincerely hope that you'll continue to write and create art. Whether it's a visual novel, book, painting, or literally anything else, I'll always be happy to support your work, because I know that it will always be something truly unique and from the heart.

Hi:) I got all the endings expect for the third one and i tried to follow the guide but i didn't understand where/when i was not supposed to pick up the food?

for the third ending, don't pick up the food and don't say anything to him

I tried to do that, i clicked on the sleep, take shower etc but like i was just stuck on a cyckle until i decided to eat it

Oh not that part.

When Osgoode first shows up with food, choose not to say anything.

When Osgoode wakes u up in the middle of the night and demands that you pick up the food, choose not to pick it up.

OHHH omg my bad! Gomma play now :)

i have no words but i need you to know how enraptured i was in this story. oh w o w. i need to sit down for a while. thank you so much for this game oh my gosh

I can't seem to make it work on Mac :(

I'll try to upload a new build today, but since I don't have a Mac, I can't guarantee it would work.

However, there is a full playthrough of this game here

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im not too great with words here but i just wanted to express how absolutely amazing this was to play...
i was so in love with both camille and osgoode, she reminds me of someone very dear to me and it made the entire game all the more impactful for me, ESPECIALLY when osgoode is the kind of weirdo i fall head over for in stories
the art... gosh the art. osgoode's wendigo iness was so freaking pretty, i cant even begin to describe it. AND THE STYLE FELT PERFECT FOR THE STORY.
this was just the perfect game. i actually cant put it any other way so im giving up while im ahead and simply saying thank you so so much for making this.

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Thanks haha. I'm glad you found Camille real and likable enough (even though she's a mess).

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