Inside the Box

the voice acting and art are superb!!!

Oh my, a sequel

Decent VN, good job!

I left a slightly longer review for you, as well.

This was such an IMPECCABLE experience. From the very beginning there is an incredibly eerie atmosphere, with the BGM and the textured backgrounds and the WONDERFUL voice acting. The choice to narrate the narrator is an excellent one and creates such a fantastical, almost "fable"-like atmosphere (I really love the use of second-person present tense for this reason as well). It's incredibly immersive. The background effects are really neat and really created this sense of being "suffocated" by the darkness, and I enjoyed the design of the Creature - how he almost blends into the darkness. (The variant of his sprite where he was shrouded in darkness, with only his eyes and fangs visible - was absolutely spine-tingling!) The writing is wonderfully poetic, enhanced by the VA! The sound design is PERFECT, and I especially loved all of the different voice effects you used for the different characters (I would never have guessed there were only 2 VAs here without looking at the credits!) 

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I came out of this with a few more questions than I had answers, but on the whole I was very intrigued...I think that the story does an excellent job of setting up a lot of different plot points while still giving the player a cohesive, "full" experience. I'm guessing that "The Creature" is the entity that haunts the box, while "The Man who isn't there" is the man whose body that the creature stole (at first I thought that he was the Crooked Man, but then the Crooked Man appeared later, so hm...maybe it's someone else?) The entire game put me on edge from the start as I navigated this encounter with this strange entity, evading his questions while also making sure not to anger him (it reminded me a bit of a Rumpelstiltskin-esque fairy tale, where the protagonist needs to outsmart a mystical creature in order to make it out alive). I found the Creature to be both scary and oddly charming...I think there's a lot more to this creature's backstory than what was revealed here, and I'm more than a bit curious to see how he relates to the Crooked Man...

In the "Freedom" end, I won't lie I was disappointed that the Crooked Man was kicking us out already - I JUST BECAME YOUR APPRENTICE IN THE LAST GAME, I didn't even learn anything yet!! Please take me back!!! 

I'm looking forward to the continuation, fantastic job!! :) 

i love this game sm :D i got all the endings and i really loved ending 4! im just really curious on who the creature is tbh. Great game :>

Ahsjkdkd help, I can't get Ending 2-- Tried everything I could think of! Is it important enough to the game that I should play it before telling you my thoughts? 😭🤲🏻

Edit: Oh! You have a walkthrough! I'll check that out soon then 😂👌🏻

Edit 2: Huh-- I guess I've already got all the endings?? Must've seen the numbers wrong then 😂😂👉🏻👈🏻

Anyways, my thoughts! I really like how mysterious everything is, but we still get answers in the end from show don't tell alone! The writing is great 😌👌🏻✨💞 

The art direction is even more impeccable than the prequel! I love the patterns for the background and the fog and the text effects! They're so cool! Not to mention the creature fading away with a smirk on the title screen! Really sets the mood! Overall, I could go and on about the art! 😤🤲🏻✨💞

The sound direction is awesome as well! The music and VA really sucked me in! I didn't even realize there were only 2 VAs until I peeked at the credits! They're so good 😂😂👌🏻✨

But yeah, other than minor typos here and there and Ending 4 feeling a bit abrupt for my taste ( I'd like to stick around The Crooked Man and learned more stuff. Maybe a route where he allows us to stay, seeing he was already quite hesitant about it. ) Overall a really good short game tho! I enjoyed it a lot 😁 I'm guessing there's gonna be more? Ending 4 feels quite open ended~ 👀👀💞

P.S. You probs don't mind, but sorry for getting back late even after I promised "tomorrow". I should really stop saying that since my schedule can be quite unpredictable ahskls-- But yeh! Glad I could come back and had this blast of a run! 😌🤲🏻✨💞

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First of all, it was a fantastic sequel to Do You Like Sweets? 
I was thrilled to see more of this universe and of the Crooked Man's apprentice (as well as the man himself, because I have missed that sharp-toothed grin so much) and I love knowing that the apprentice gets their self into some fairly sticky situations such as this one.

This was honestly such an interesting premise, though. If one didn't play the other games in the Folklore series, this would serve as a very fun introduction to this universe. (Although I do highly recommend that other folks at least play Do You Like Sweets, since it introduces the Crooked Man at the very least.)

Besides enjoying a chance to see more of this particular universe, it was a lot of fun to get more backstory (mostly in the 4th end) and it was delightful to meet the creature! 
The creature was so intimidating, and yet strangely alluring. I like him a lot as an antagonist and as a character in general. 

Of course, my favorite part was finally escaping and seeing the Crooked Man again. I was surprised that he has such a normal name. It was nice to see a more human side to him, too. Even through his frustration, it was very obvious he cared.
I definitely hope we get to see more of him and his familiars.

Besides loving the story, the voice acting was phenomenal and the art was lovely as always!

Overall, Inside The Box was a fantastic experience. It was a little spooky, a little mysterious, and a whole lot of fun!

Cant get ending 2 😩

Good game

The voice acting was perfect, really created a calm yet sinister feeling to the Creature. You did a really great job on this game! 

Loved it! I got all the endings. I loved the art style! Great work<3

Will there be android soon??