Ghost Song was different originally!
7Ghost Song was originally created as a different game in a different engine before I scrapped almost everything about it and started over in 2019. The original version was different in quite a few ways, but to sum it up it was darker, edgier, and had a silent protagonist. It had minimalist design and avoided player hand holding even moreso than the final version did.
I really had different design sensibilities in the past. As I've gotten older, I've become more receptive to elements that are silly and fun. In the past I believed that silly and fun elements would work against the seriousness of the narrative and was very stubborn about that. Incidentally, Nier Automata was instrumental in giving me the realization that I was wrong.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/347800/Ghost_Song/