I have played and finished "I wani hug that gator!" during the past few days. I felt like doing a fanart for it because of how impactful the game was to me. I feel like going into more details about it, read the rest of the description if interested (it's spoiler free).

I never really played a visual novel before. I actually don't even read a lot, but that story, that game, to me, is such a masterpiece. At least it resonated with me, and made me think a lot about my life, about the way I create stuff, and the story in itself is engaging as well.

It's well written, and the multiple endings are all interesting to go through as they show you the characters through a different prism.

It's emotionally exhausting though, I won't lie on that part, but I think that's what the game is for, and I was expecting it to a certain degree when I finally decided to play the game.

As I said before, the game also pushed me deep into introspection, made me think about how I do and see big projects I could have in mind, about working on things and wanting to share ideas with people.

I am still kind of processing the game right now, and there's even a possibility that it made me feel a way that wasn't intended by the people who made it.

Though, that's what anyone making a story ― or art in general ― wants, right? Making people feel things they don't usually feel, making people think about topics they don't usually think about. Even in NSFW, to some extent. Horny do be a feeling haha.

It made me feel like I want to do something like that someday, for real. Be part of a project that is as meaningful to people as wani has been to me. I have always wanted to do that, for as long as I started programming/drawing/making stories/filming.

Sharing the creative process might be the way to go for me though, doing it alone only can make you go this far, sometimes.

Be that project nsfw or not, mind you. I believe there could be some interesting thinking behind a NSFW story-driven game. Especially if the game talks about those taboos in the society. There would be a lot of ways to go through something like that, I think.

Those thoughts are probably why I'm drawing lewd stuff in the first place, and I think that's something I'd like to talk about in more details and share with people.

Other than that, just being part of such a project would be enough to feel proud. I think. I really can't be more impressed by Cavemanon (the studio behind the game) for releasing such a piece of art.

I will play snoot game next. Maybe I will make a fanart for that game as well? Or(/and?) maybe I will try doing a lewd fanart for wani someday. I don't know yet, I don't know how much I like the idea of lewding something that is as meaningful to me as wani haha.

But it sure could be fun.

tl;dr: play the game, especially if you're a creative mind.