After playing Sweetest Valentines, I decided to check on this game because I got free time from college. And damn even though it was short, it made me cry haha. Where can I get myself a friend like Kai :') That scene where Kai and Ren fought was my favorite. Anyways your art here improved a lot and you did so much more with the coding. The psychological horror aspect is my favorite. I'm looking forward to more of your works in the future!

i rarely ever comment so i might sound cheesy and all, i just want to say, this is an amazing game, it really gave me the feels, the art, music, background and concept feels so dreamy, im grateful to have experienced this and i look forward to more of your works in the future. Thank you

This was such an amazing visual novel I loved playing it! I didn't expect the plot twist,well done and good luck on your next projects!

This was very beautiful and impactful. I felt so bad for Ren and Kai that I had moments where I cried/felt a pit in my stomach, which is a sign of great writing and visuals. I couldn't imagine the pain and trauma associated with seeing your close friend, your crush, die in front of you in such a gruesome manner. Hell, I'd probably fall into a "loop" of psychosis and self-harm just like Ren; just wishing things could be different. This VN is a wonderful example of how one can either be consumed by their past traumas or learn to persevere, try to make the most of what you have, and strive for even more. The trauma may never go away, but its power over us can.

(Wish Amerta could've been saved though...)

This game is incredibly well done, the music, art and story are all very good. There are lots of plot twists that really catch you off guard and the different ways to end the game depending on the choices you make are all interesting. I read the creators note at the end and even if it was difficult making this VN I just want you to know that you are amazing and your hard work was not in vain. I am looking forward to all the other things you will create in the future.

Honesly?? This is extremely original. I was so shocked when I found out that (spoilers for the game)

those were hallucinations?? Like what 😦

Overall it is very nice, everything is drawn very well and it has that cozy atmosphere no matter what is happening (besides of some moments) I really love it!

(OH AND YOU ALSO MADE SWEETEST VALENTINE?? I REALLY LOVED THAT ONE TOO)

I HATE THIS GAME SM FOR PLAYING WITH MY FEELINGS /HJ
but seriously, this game is an emotional whiplash 

i love every single aspect of it! and i hate it of how relatable it is. this game somewhat describes what i experience and i absolutely love this! it invokes so many unidentifiable emotions and man does it brings some memories.

i love the characters as well!! they all have a cute dynamic with one and another, it feels so similar to your typical indonesian outcast highschooler clique. everything about it feels natural!

AND DONT GET ME STARTED ABOUT THE ART.
the art is simply chef kiss!! it still have some room for improvements of course, but for this narrative? it is simply enough. for the delivery of the story and ofc the visualization. 

thanks a lot for making this game, syllphana!!!
can't wait for your newest vn >:D

well i cant make a refrence about this one its actually really good tho 

Can you possibly make an Android port for this game?

This is so much so say about this game, the gameplay, the story, the art, the pacing, etc, so much o say that i don't really have time to write all my thoughts down, i will say that i enjoyed every bit of it and was hooked from the very first CG and i couldnt stop playing, was so amazing, emotional, and more, i loved it all and was easily my favorite VN i played thus far, i did a video on it and after i played it i voiced my thoughts on it right there to show how i truly feel about this novel, keep it up, i enjoyed it all.

Its been about a month since I played the game, and I must say I still have a place for it in my heart. It has changed me to a vast extent. There is only one i feel to say about this game....

TALKS ABOUT DEATH SKIP IF UNCOMFORTABLE

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

[It is relatable to me because I was like Kai ( Amerta is exactly the same as my friend's girlfriend who died the exact same way while crossing a road after leaving the park they spent some time with each other) Except I saw her lose her life in front of my eyes.(May she be remembered for all time)

My friend tried to die 7 times in the following year beacuse he saw her everyday (as a hallucination) with her reminding she is okay. I bailed him everytime. He has a personality similiar to Rendra so fights were common after her death. He'll come to me once per week and say " If she's okay then why did she die?".]

Great game btw really explains what a person after losing someone they love feels like. A trip down my nostalgic part of memory lane. 

I know for a fact that everyone has, had, or will have someone they love taken away them. Nobody can do anything about that. The fact that crying over a loss shows how much you cared about them, Paying them the respect they deserve and praying for them also shows how much you care about them. I know that "Grief is like Fear... The Fear of forgetting their smiles...Fear that their life wont have mattered..." Just want to say that As long as someone(you, your friends, your family, their friends, their family) remembers them, THEY ARE ALIVE. Keep your loved ones close to yourself. Make memories...memories worth thinking about and smiling....

If they are not with you anymore, Dont just move on...Move with them... Live knowing you gave them happiness worth a lifetime..

(I just told my side of the story to show how much this game means to me. Thank you Sylvan)

🤍GREAT GAME!🖤

i recently played sweetest valentine so i decided to play this as well and IT WAS SO WELL WRITTEN OMG???

spoilers

for ending 2 ngl i thought kai would go get hit by a car since everyone else did /j 😭 BUT NO I REALLY ENJJOYED PLAYING !!

Spoilers + Talking about, loss and death in general

Really a bittersweet story about loss and acceptance. I could understand the feelings of everyone even if stuff escalated with Kai and Rendra. And since ending 1 is called for Amerta i think this might be the true end (at least i hope so ^^)

I also liked the fact that the Main Menu changed after i completed the game or the first ending (I got the first ending last)

I hope everyone who experienced loss be it because of an accident, suicide etc knows that you shouldn't blame yourself for this. And like Amerta they probably wish for you to also continue and make the best out of your life.

Also just a personal philosophical opinion: Since we are all going to die one day we might see our loved ones again who really knows. Or maybe they are in a better place than our crazy earth, or even with us right now. I may be an atheist but it would be ignorant to act as if i know what "afterlife" will be like.

I hope that this "deeptalk" didn't upset readers i will make some warnings just in case ^^

Take care everyone and i hope you are aware that you don't have to go through that all by yourself. There are online some communities where you can talk to someone. So please never forget that you are not alone!

Genuinely a masterpiece. I have so much to say about this game. I started it thinking "wtf is going on?" (not in a bad way, but in an I've-never-played-a-game-like-this-before way), which then shifted to "I'm scared" and finally "who's cutting the damn onions." No, but seriously, the true ending was very emotional. I'm also a big fan of the art and the music that you chose. Ahem I'm a simp for Kai
I wasn't expecting to become a hardcore Kai x Ren shipper, but here I am. Also, I loved the teacher/counsellor, although he didn't play a big role in the game. The fact that he cared so much about Ren warmed my heart. 

Slight spoilers below, but I do have a question:


I was hoping to get more lore regarding Amerta's past relationship. Did she send n*des and were they spread around the school? I was a bit confused.

Overall, I absolutely adored this game. I'll definitely be checking out Sweetest Valentine soon along with any future games you make!

This was one of the best visual novels İ ever played I'm looking forward to your next works.

An absolutely beautiful game. I love how the true ending is realistic, life is tough and happy sugar coated endings don't exist, but there is always hope and we can find the strength to persevere and find happiness where we can.

I have a friend with bpd and one with psychosis and the depictions of hallucinations are pretty close to what they experience. Made it a difficult but poignant and beautiful game to play through.

Excellent work again!

hello, thank you for your games!! I have a question: should I expect a Russian translation?^^

hey there, sylvan! thanks for the words at the end of this vn. i'm reading through your last message rn (while crying) and i just wanted to thank you so much for pouring your soul and your heart into this story. it really touched me in some ways i could've never imagined. all of it: the music, the writing and art... i felt so embraced and comforted, especially at the ending. looking at the changed main screen (idk if this counts as a spoiler, if it does, i'm sorry!) gave me such a bittersweet feeling, and all because your vn can portray grief itself: it's a mix of sweet and painful memories. it gave me the hope that, even though i'm grieving, there's still something out there worth living for. and that's why i came to thank you! please, take your time and rest well! hope we can meet again someday!

with love, nana <3

I've had a lot of fun playing your games recently! They're very distinct from each other, but both quite compelling.  I especially enjoy your unreliable narrators.  Though I like your other characters, as well!  (I want to give Kai a hug.  Thank god for Ending 1 letting the kiddos be happy.  Realistically so--you don't just plaster a smiley face sticker over the trauma and pretend everything's perfect, which I appreciate, but it's a hopeful end and I enjoyed it after playing all the others first.)

I'm proud of myself for picking up on the twist this time a bit quicker than I did with SV.  Which isn't to say it was too obvious--I'm just good at picking up on twists because I consume too much media, lol. You did a really good job with laying the groundwork without making it too glaringly obvious until it was supposed to be.  And nice job with the meaning of Amerta's name!

Also, you have no idea how much my eyes lit up at the KagePro reference.  (Also Ending 3.  I lost my shit.)

So I finished playing Sweetest Valentine yesterday (after somehow finally getting it to work on my pc :c). I really loved the way you told the story for it, so I looked to see if you had any other games, and lo and behold! Amerta! 

Seriously, your games feel so raw and real, like I can relate to what the characters feel. It's kind of crazy. They can be so happy yet so sad at times, like I get nervous when the characters get nervous too. I'm really glad this time, there's a happy ending, and that Rendra is on his path to recovery. It's such a shift from the last game, but I really enjoyed it nonetheless!

Since playing your last game, seeing you publish this one was so exciting, and damn this is good too, also depressing as always, but thats what gives it that kind of game you made feeling, ya know. Going through ending 1 made me really happy for Rendra, since now he's able to be at peace with his life now, with Kai, and Amerta there.

Is it just me or did I really want Rendra, and Kai to get together, like yea.

This has probably been said enough times already, but I really love how you make your plot twists and your endings. My friend and I played through Sweetest Valentine on a Discord call, and after getting a notification we shortly played For Amerta. Both of us love your games, syllphana, and we hope you continue to make more! Your story telling and art style and truly unique and worth acknowledgement from anyone who plays your games.

I was so excited when I received a notification saying there was a new game of Syllphana. I had to wait 4 days to play it and when I begun, I couldn't stop till the end. It was so amazing !! Everything was so cool, the story, the artwork, everything. I fell in love with the game. It was so sad yet so beautiful, I cried because of the story but it was so touching... I really really really love it. 

I really thank you Syllphana for creating a game so touching and perfect that it made me forget about everything else. Really thank you. It was amazing, and even saying that is not enough to express how much this work is beautiful.

(ps : don't worry about people loving your works, we'll always love them no matter what )

YOOO I CAN'T BELIEVE ITS BEEN SO LONG SINCE SWEETEST VALENTINE I REMEMBER PLAYING IT ONLY TWO DAYS AFTER IT CAME OUT !! ANYWAYS I'VE WANTED TO PLAY THIS GAME EVER SINCE I GOT THE NOTIFICATION YOU MADE A NEW GAME SINCE I KNEW YOUR WORK WAS SUPER COOL AND I FEEL LIKE YOUVE REALLY IMPROVED SINCE THE LAST GAME AND I. FEEL SO HAPPY TO GET TO SEE ONE OF YOUR WORKS AGAIN 

about it, i just really like it :sob: had me on the edge of my seat as i played it,, you're a real inspiration for me in working with renpy LOL, REALLY LOVED THE ENDINGS AND THE CHARACTERS, THE WHOLE PLOT AND IDEA OF IT SEEMED REALLY INTERESTING WHEN I RED IT THE FIRST TIME AND JUST. AMAZING.

last time i played sweetest valentine with my best friend, and i've already reccommended this game to them, they will probably play it soon :], and again, thank you for yet another great game!!

Lol I was shipping Kai and Ren more than anything near the end there lol

HEY... NEW SYLLPHANA GAME JUST DROPPED... !! (ok well, not JUST dropped...but i've been slaving through exams so we're gonna play this now!) i already LOVE rendra i looked at him and went 'oh he just like me fr'. i'm attached now. i will cry at this game, i know it. this has a BEAUTIFUL synopsis and i am already so hyped to play this. ohohoho...i am READY to hurt my feelings!

(quick q. is rendra indian/of indian origin. he looks like my little desi boy. please i need to know he seriously just like me fr then...)

Just played through all of the endings in one go, so you can see just how fast I got into this game... T-T 

I was so excited to see that you had uploaded a new game, and as with Sweetest Valentine, you did not disappoint! The artwork, the story, and the characters were all great, and I absolutely love the twist on the groundhog day loop premise! 

(MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!)

It actually shocked me to find out that the key to breaking out of the 'loop' was to let go of her, since stuff like Kagerou Daze (nice shout-out btw!) gave me the impression that the true ending would involve sacrificing your life to let Amerta live. But of course since we later find out that there has never been a time loop in the first place, going back to the other three bad endings just makes them harsher in hindsight...

And the true ending was so heartwarming that I nearly cried when I saw that the main menu had changed! It was such a sweet, satisfying conclusion to such a depressing premise, and I'm glad that ultimately, Rendra and Kai are able to come to terms with Amerta's death and move on with their lives.

I can definitely relate to the burnout you experienced all throughout making this VN. It can feel almost impossible to continue on at times, especially when you're uninspired/stressed out from life. But I also think that you've shown a lot of progress! I really liked the implementation of the CG gallery and the changing main menu screen. Aside from that, your art has definitely become a lot more polished!

Anyway, sorry for the blocks and blocks of text, but I love making long comments for games that I really enjoyed.

I hope that you're able to get lots of rest after all of your hard work. You've more than earned it!

I'm not the kind of person who's commenting a lot but this game was so GOOD! This is so well written and we get in really fast. I played to Sweetest Valentine and we can see that you improve in this game. I just wanted to tell you how good this game was and if you make a new game, I surely will try it!

PS i'm french, sign that your game is also played by people speaking other languages.

Good job!

AAAAAAAAAA

i was so excited to see that you uploaded a new game and couldn't wait to get home from uni to play and YOU DID NOT DISAPPOINT AS ALWAYS SKJDKDJ i loved this so, so, so much. 

i got the first ending last which just made me so, so emotional, and felt like such a fitting end. i adored every single one of the characters and the writing was just (chefs kiss)...

as someone who is also trying to make a VN the burnout is so Real and although i'm glad you made it through it, i hope you're doing alright now <3 

PS i am in love with kai he is so pretty wtf i love your artstyle