Visual and music are strunning, very impressive result

I'm not a fan of novels, but I wanted to play the game because of the art style, it's wonderful

very very cute!

What a beauty about Moldova! Like is REQUIRED!

Art is fire!

Woah the art is stunning. What tool did you use to draw?
I'm not a fan of visual novels but I had to try anyway because I wanted to see more of it <3 Well done!

@laywelin TY!!!!! I used a brush called "h) Chalk Grainy" in Krita! I hope I understood your question correctly!!

@daniela @rita-shvets @suno @anekich @ulziton thank you very much for your feedback!!!! <3

Majestic and authentic! Art style is so amazing imho. Btw r u from ro/md?

@haro ty! i'm not, but my friend @evghenia yes! That's why we took this ballad

@evghenia She is from USM/UTM?

@haro I am from UTM, thank you for playing and your feedback!!

@evghenia Oh, that's nice, I'm from USM. Maybe one day we can get together for a jam ahahaha, good luck

@haro Thank you!! You too <3

stunning art, majestic sound, i enjoyed every second

I love that most lines have their own musical phrase that fits the mood, lovely work

Yes! That's what I love in ludum dare games: beautiful original and evocative little things. We made a [little interactive story](https://chocolat-endive.itch.io/wellofpast) for this event years ago, but it was really not as good as yours.

The art is magnificient, and the story is really nice. Who does'nt sheep, wool and flute? By the way, since you've opted out of the audio category, I guess that's because you used some external assets for the music. Do you mind sharing where you found the flute recordings?

Good job for your first ludum dare game!

Beautiful visuals and music!

The art is incredible, as is the sound design. A fantastic visual novel entry, congrats!

Incredibly beautiful art, great job!

Woooaah, absolutely stunning work! <3

Amazing paintings and art overall! Music was lovely as well.
Very touching work. Congratulations!

yoooo the visuals are gorgeous, so expressive and so painterly! The soundscape and soundtrack have a very dreamy quality to them. Congrats! :smile:

Lovely job on the art. I was not sure which choice would do what, and the character insults could be varied if you want the characters to seem smarter, however I think the pleasant nature of the story works even without full knowledge of the character decisions. I like how the layers of story unfold and the introduction of talking characters to contrast with the abstract fluffy fields.

The story was well executed and beautifully written! I love the mood of the art as well :)

Art that writes a story itself, but the written story was marvelous too, gorgeous little jam game indeed!

The art in this game is so unique and gorgeous! I also enjoyed the story a lot. Nice job :)

I wanted to check out the game because the title and art caught my attention. I am familiar with this ballad as it's originating from my country. It's super cool to see some Romanian representation, very unique and fun take on the theme.

I really like the artstyle and presentation, it is very stand out and pretty. simple but really charming entry, I rlly liked it

I love this art style! And the story gave me warmth in my heart

Wow, I really enjoyed this art style and the narrative. The storyline is quite engaging and the characters are captivating and felt really unique 🐑😊
I enjoyed the background music too; it makes you want to watch the scenes calmly, in that cozy vibe.

Я просто в восторге от арт-стиля ! Каждая деталь визуала уникальна и прекрасно проработана. Не могу не отметить, как великолепно передана атмосфера, которая сразу же погружает в игру. Музыка также потрясающая, она дополняет атмосферу и создает неповторимое ощущение погружения. Сюжетная линия проста, но очень трогательная. Она действительно задевает за живое и заставляет задуматься о важных вещах. Мне особенно понравилось, как плавно развиваются персонажи и как каждый из них добавляет свой штрих в общую картину.
Это отличный пример того, как можно создать что-то красивое и запоминающееся за короткое время.

Продолжайте в том же духе! 💕

I absolutely love the style and visuals of this game!!!

I love, love, love the visuals. That said, the sheep could use a slight more clarity versus the other strokes of your scenery especially in that ending scene.

I did finally play that other ending, and that really does more directly allude to that story you based this off from. It's kind of bittersweet. Thank you for making this game. :)

Miorița... a wave of school memories. I’m glad to see other participants from Moldovan universities. As for the game, I really love the visual style. I even showed it to my classmate! I applaud you, and I hope to see your future games!

Ain't gonna lie , this game is 🔥🇲🇩

@chocolat-endive hi!! sorry for the waiting. i were using royalty free music from sound clound and aimusicfactory for the menu theme

@sviborg Спасибо большое за добрые слова!! Вы не представляете, как мы рады слышать это всё <3

I'm not a big fan of visual novels, but this game is very beautiful, warm and pleasant. Feels like hot pastries or tea with honey. Technically everything works great, in terms of the plot everything is simple. A simple short story, nothing more. Good job and stay safe!

@ostqv @shamiya @skbadger @m1fex @ecaterina @vsha-s-kovralina @velvetlobster @foshchu @tetracold @emmagsmith @svenerik @theresa @nbumgardner @mavvy @andruid @nikolas-van-rus @daria-toni

do not consider it rude that I answer you all with one comment, it's just more convenient.

thank you very much!! THANK YOU FOR APPRECIATING MY DRAWINGS!! I really didn't expect such a reaction because I was drawing landscapes for the first time and didn't really try to make them very elaborate.. but I am very very grateful for your words and I hope that if someone wants to support my work further (just as drawings or game development where I will participate), we will definitely meet again!!

I would like to ask everyone where it is better to post pictures, because I am not an English-speaking user. where do you most often follow artists? I use a translator in this text because I don't know the grammar, but I understand you without translation :)

I would also like to rate your games very much in response, so expect my comment when I have a free minute <3 thank you again!

@rincs

thank you very much, I am very grateful for your rating and I am really very pleased!! you have wonderful works and I am very happy that thanks to this place I have met another artist who will be my motivation to move on! I will be glad if in the future we will meet again here!

(I might be able to correct my grammar by then and be able to talk to you without an interpreter, hehehe)

((beetles go!!))

@sockenpuppe

To be honest, I didn't expect to see you under our game. during these three days, I periodically saw posts from you in the feed and did not think that such a wonderful artist would pay attention to our game!! I really look forward to playing your game in my schedule and thank you so much for your feedback

You're welcome. Artstation, IG, Behance are the places I follow most artists, @gudkova-ds

@gudkova-ds I use Twitter the most, that's where I post and follow artists

Very interesting and cute drawing, you did a great job.

Very creative, especially the images. The ending with the letter is a surprise twist, and a nice bit of poetry. The sound-track adds to the ambiance. A solid entry.

what a beautiful and sad story! and the art is fantastic, makes you feel teleported to these pastoral lands. now i want to know more about the original ballad :)

i liked everything, my only comment would be that the characters' names look a bit out of place cause there are only first letters (to me it reminds of James Bond a bit :D). It would probably feel more natural to have full names or some other descriptions of the characters. but maybe it was the same in the original story?

had lots of fun, thank you!

@gamayun-games thank you for your comment! I would like to answer your question about names. the original story doesn't have them. and instead of names, nationalities are used, so we left out the first letters of the names of nationalities in order to avoid any negative colors. after all, this is a game and a story more about the philosophical perception of inevitable death than about the fact that some countries or people living in them are bad and envious

beautifullllllll art im so in love