survival is insufficient

i bring an “excluded since childhood” vibe to the function

game design accelerationism. cramming as many dark patterns as you can into one game. gacha game where you have to pay weekly fees to keep the characters you've unlocked. they guilt you more and more the closer you get to the payment deadline. "did I mean nothing to you? after all the gems you spent to find me. I'll return to the nothingness if you don't pay the $24.99 you know. it's so dark and cold there. you really are a bad person…" the other characters start judging you too. you open the game and interrupt a cutscene between 2 characters talking behind your back. "I can't believe he's doing that to Princess Tits"

stardew valley will have you like “omg it’s already 11:30 I should start wrapping it up so I can go to sleep and wake up rested tomorrow” (it’s 2:36am irl)