Hello everyone! It's been a bit; I hope you're doing well.
I made a new game for a few game jams called metal home, metal prison. I've decided to try what I've seen a few other writers do and make a little picture for the game with its CWs/tropes. Nifty, huh? C:
You can check it out here: https://norbez.itch.io/metal-home-metal-prison . I'll be publishing a behind-the-scenes on it soon!
Lmk what you think; without feedback, this story will not continue as I will not feel motivated to work on it. The source files are also on the page, so if you'd like to back this project up for yourself, or host it somewhere, you can.
Contains: mechsploitation, trans mech x trans pilot, obsession, torture via deprivation of food & water. For mature audiences only.
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Come help Beck tell a story featuring all his siblings, his creator, Doctor Sanda, AND Call in this short, choice-based interactive fiction! Featuring the official bit crushed soundtrack and a secret credits song!
(it is highly recommended to start from the beginning on a first run- the chapter select skips the opening framing device ✌)
first up is a collaboration with the esteemed @ednaarel!!! we each spent two hours working on this story about consciousness that's been described as "good" and "would have fit well in the Magnus Archives" and "I'd be afraid to write this"!
in this economy?
and second up I've made a short visual novel based on that show on the television I don't like but now it's about how relationships are totally fun and not existentially horrifying!!! it's very funny and very sad so please enjoy
(sorry this is really late but there is still time to vote!)
(please check out the other entries in the comp too including THE LAMP OF YOUR BODY by just Naarel)
Your ex girlfriend may have met alien life - but is the body that returned really her?
NEUROKINO RETROGRADE is a scifi yuri VN made for Domino Club 8, by Freya Campbell and Cecile Richard.
Operate the controls and attempt to communicate with your ex lover, with only scattered clips of video memories to try to identify her and learn what happened.
30-60 minutes, 2 endings, playable on web or download. Made in Videotome Heartbreak. Screenshots below the line.
☕️ Crafted with Care, my latest visual novel, is here! 🍪 A side story to "The Anniversary," a young pastry chef & his coffee shop pal figure out how to cheer up a sad friend. Free to play (+ downloadable illustrations w/donations), I hope you enjoy! 💕
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Entry - IFDB - More by Stanwixbuster - @stanwixbuster
CW: Police, Poisoning, Discussion of sex, Poverty anxiety, Starvation, Eating disorders, Police brutality, Choking, Overworking/Exhaustion, Memory loss, Sexual coercion/assault, Knives, Guns/shooting
Stole my heart...
Starting in the middle of a conversation, you play as the titular Fynn, a performing poet by day and well-meaning thief by night, hiding Quinn, a cop on the run after an unfortunate incident from a previous installation of the series. With a love-hate relationship with the man, you must confront your dire situation and some consequences of your actions, plan and execute a heist, and try your best not to fall for him.
Even with having to press the spacebar to show every new line, I could not take my eyes away from the screen until I finished the game. I even had a hard time choosing whether to press the options offered to direct the story one way or let the conversations flow by itself (usually picked the second). The characters had so much personality, and you can't help but take a step back and be a spectator to the conversation of the moment, just to see what happens...
The game makes it quite easy for you to root for Flynn (even considering the implications of the previous game) and want everything will turn out ok by the end of the game. Regardless of his not-so-legal occupations (which reminded me a bit of Lupin), Flynn has a bit of a Robin-Hood heart to him.
But, as every heist demands, things don't go to plan. The gunshot, although expected, shook me. So, did the cliffhanger.
Really great entry. I have to check the other ones, next.
I don't know if it is possible with Videotome, but being able to scrollback to earlier lines would be nice. I was too impatient at times and pressed the spacebar too fast...
In late April, I wrote a piece for Velox Formido 2. Why? Because the theme was perfect for letting out some venty feelings. 💔
CW: discussion of abuse, recovery, and feeling like you are your awful parent(s).
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The main theme/cycle of the game, thinking that you are as bad as those who abused you, is likely familiar to those who have suffered parental abuse. Just when you think you’re going up in your recovery, something happens that makes you crash down. The game is me in that crash.
It’s not meant to be the truth, but to capture my feelings within the crash. They are things I thought were the truth once, before my recovery really got started 10 years ago. But now, I can distinguish between who I am as a person, and the lies my fucked-up brain comes up with.
Childhood abuse literally changes your brain chemistry. It ruined me, and it was up to me to clean the inner mess. There was a layer around my true self, one formed by the things I’d experienced. It felt impossible to distinguish from who I was within all of that.
Like I said, I’ve been in recovery for 10 years, since 2015. Recovery is a process that never ends; it’s continuous. Some people may find that dour or unfortunate. For me, it just is what it is. I can always be stronger, be a better man. So I will do this to be my best self.
What caused the creation of But You Are was the loss of a friendship. I thought they left b/c of some things people said about me, though I don’t know what those things are. That made me spiral, and in those moments, I question why I got this far just for these things to happen.
When I don’t know who to blame, I blame myself, so I thought something within me must be wrong. Now, of course, I know that my former friend’s reasons are their own, and I will never know for sure why our friendship ended. That I am doing my best, and all I can do is move forward.
I am not who my parents were to me. I know I TRULY am not them. But sometimes, in my worst moments, I believe I am the same kind of awful. In my best moments, I never think such a thing.
-- fin
P.S. I do want to make a note that the game is referring to my parents as they were during my childhood. My dad has actually made a big change; he apologized to me for his part in the abuse, and we talked about it a lot in therapy. I have a great relationship with him now.
Just shows it’s never too late for someone to change.
