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Thirding this, since we did find it gone after all.

There’s no need to apologise. It’s completely understandable that you might have other commitments, or be lacking energy, or might not be in the right mindframe to think about drafting replies, etc… Anyway, as you can perhaps tell, I’m no good at replying to messages in a timely fashion either. XD

I distinctly remember Dawn of the Damned having an option to play the OST from the menu, as you suspected. And I think it’s better for that option to exist in a VN than not, even though it definitely isn’t the most convenient way to listen. Honestly, it’s a charming little feature I associate with indie games such as the Narcissu series, Your Turn to Die, and Touhou. But, yeah, even when the option’s there, I still prefer to listen online for convenience.

I didn’t realise it would require so much work to upload your OSTs, although I suppose that I could definitely have inferred as much from the fact that you had uploaded some but not all of your music. If you’re willing to upload your music, I’d be happy to have it easily available, but I’d completely understand if you decided it was too much of a hassle in the end, so please don’t feel that you have any kind of obligation to do so now that someone’s asked you. And if you are going to upload it, take all the time you need. I definitely don’t want to stress you out further when you’re already stressed and tired, by the sounds of it.

Thanks very much for the well wishes. I ended up having a pretty uneventful and quiet Christmas and New Year’s, but that’s perfectly fine with me. I hope that you were able to enjoy the end of December with less stress and that the new year’s going well for you so far.

Also, congratulations on the release of your latest game! I haven’t played it (or any of the other entries to the Winter VN Jam) yet, but it seems intriguing.

I hope things are looking a bit less hectic now that it’s been released, and that you can find time to relax after all your hard work.

Have a nice day!

Melancholy Marionette: I wonder whether you'd consider uploading Dawn of the Damned's OST to your Youtube account? I saw that some of your OSTs can be heard there, but this one is absent, which I think is a shame because it's so atmospheric and eerie. A few of the pieces in this OST are still rattling around in my head more than a year after first hearing them, and I'd love to have access to them in a more convenient and accessible form than listening in game* (but of course only if that was alright with you). I definitely wouldn't say no to seeing your other compositions uploaded there either, even when I haven't played the games they're from. Thanks for reading, and thanks for making such memorable and fascinating little VNs.

* Although, to be honest I've actually only watched a playthrough of Dawn of the Damned on Youtube, and haven't played it myself yet, so I don't actually know whether the music itself is included as separate files, in which case my request must seem somewhat redundant. But I would imagine that probably isn't the case based on what I've seen in other VNs I did find the energy to download and play in the past...