incredible. this really made me think further about my own relationship to my body and identity. but more importantly, it helped me understand the kinds of struggles and triumphs of those around me. many of these feelings are invisible to others, so i'm grateful that these people felt compelled to share their stories. powerful stuff.
Really cool, moody environments and interfaces that remind me of plunging through 90s pc game demo disks. Lots of really interesting, familiar, heartbreaking messages, personal experiences, hopes and dreams. Some messages I almost feel like artifacts I shouldn't be privy to, which I think played well with the dark, run down setting.
I explored this for over 2 hours and it was really moving. Extremely intimate and raw. There's a range of emotion in these confessions. I was struck by such vivid descriptions of how strange our bodies are. Like machines that need to be maintained, repaired, remade, recalled. Each body with its own expansive history attempting to navigate confined perceptions and expectations.
"Why are we denied the freedom to come into our own, to craft our physical form into a body that is reflective of the soul? Why is the knowledge of our existence hidden, suppressed, exterminated, time and time again? Why must we struggle to unearth our history, to gain recognition and the peace to live authentically"
I'll be coming back to this experience regularly. It's a reminder that an ideal world is still in-progress, but collective struggle and realizations can often be a comforting and hopeful voice in a confusing world.
This is great! Very cathartic. Part walking sim / part anthology zine that really does a great service in presenting the queer body from all angles and the struggle to love oneself and the ways we can and cannot.
(I will note I played this on my steam deck and it lagged really heavily in the overworld, so I wasn’t able to get farther than structure 3, but I really enjoyed what I was able to get to.)
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incredible. this really made me think further about my own relationship to my body and identity. but more importantly, it helped me understand the kinds of struggles and triumphs of those around me. many of these feelings are invisible to others, so i'm grateful that these people felt compelled to share their stories. powerful stuff.
Really cool, moody environments and interfaces that remind me of plunging through 90s pc game demo disks. Lots of really interesting, familiar, heartbreaking messages, personal experiences, hopes and dreams. Some messages I almost feel like artifacts I shouldn't be privy to, which I think played well with the dark, run down setting.
I explored this for over 2 hours and it was really moving. Extremely intimate and raw. There's a range of emotion in these confessions. I was struck by such vivid descriptions of how strange our bodies are. Like machines that need to be maintained, repaired, remade, recalled. Each body with its own expansive history attempting to navigate confined perceptions and expectations.
"Why are we denied the freedom to come into our own, to craft our physical form into a body that is reflective of the soul? Why is the knowledge of our existence hidden, suppressed, exterminated, time and time again? Why must we struggle to unearth our history, to gain recognition and the peace to live authentically"
I'll be coming back to this experience regularly. It's a reminder that an ideal world is still in-progress, but collective struggle and realizations can often be a comforting and hopeful voice in a confusing world.
So glad you enjoyed it, thank you for the beautiful words Farfama!
This is great! Very cathartic. Part walking sim / part anthology zine that really does a great service in presenting the queer body from all angles and the struggle to love oneself and the ways we can and cannot.
(I will note I played this on my steam deck and it lagged really heavily in the overworld, so I wasn’t able to get farther than structure 3, but I really enjoyed what I was able to get to.)
Thank you Zach <3