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Good shit. I felt threatened and powerless.

This is a compelling, intriguing demo! I think you’re onto something with the mechanical combination of memory loss and VN keyword-hunting. The implication of gaslighting had my heart racing, too. I’m looking forward to more of this.

Fantastic work, I found the presentation and writing compelling. It gave me a lot to think about wrt my own relationship to domming and how kink can interplay with not-quite-working relationships to sort of patch over things that should be issues.

There’s so much here. You sickeningly capture yearning while home-bound and too anxious to be a person.

Thank you, Artemia. I’ve been having a lot of similar thoughts recently, and another voice saying that it’s alright to take care of myself is exactly what I need.

Chilling work. Comfort for my paranoid little soul.

Chilling poem, thank you.

This visual novel made my skin crawl. It reminds me of some absolutely fucking awful relationships and kink dynamics I’ve been part of. There’s some really interesting use of UI, too, that elevates the drama of the conclusion for me.

Great work, I hope you make more games.

Incredible work. I was surprised by this one, going from sick and enjoyable bug-smashing to illuminating familiar (to me) themes. These things shouldn’t be here, says Callie.

For a little while I’ve been drawing lines in my head between the ways that I’d been programmed to be agreeable and fun to be around, and the rise of chatbots that cannot be correct and serve as digital yes-men.

From my notes:

Crossing the wires of “being who must endure suffering and comply to the whims of others” (people-pleasing) and “machine who creates suffering to simulate agreement” (genAI).

I’ve been thinking about chatbots as a means by executives to automate away the need to even create trauma-programmed machines like me. This game really helped me develop my thoughts there, tie the two parts of my experience together, and help me feel less alone.

Fantastic VN.

Hey, thanks for joining the jam. The version of your game that existed when you submitted is the version that we will be reading. You can add a new version, as long as the “original” version is clearly marked. Updating the original file would probably unfortunately disqualify your game.

Calls out to those whose voices have been locked away. I feel less alone now.

Incredible addition to my background library. The shot of the rainbow-forward storage container advertisement is making me think evil thoughts already, and the whole pack makes me feel blissfully uneasy.

Good luck finding a teammate, Wormey!

Immediately compelling and unalterably queer. Cold utilitarian machine vision, encoded biases lodged into automated perspectives, and the cruel imitation of divinity.

I feel excruciatingly seen. Plural life is compromise, sacrifice, co-operation. The systems within ourself are as fragile as those systems in the world, though. One part out of alignment and you might find yourself damaged beyond repair.

This story is lovingly crafted, brutal, unsettling, and makes me examine some of the darkest experiences in my life. I’m glad I put in the effort to read it.

Thank you :3

Interesting, I’ll have to take a look

Death, hopeless, cold death…

Thank you, comments like this are part of why I love making art, it’s great to hear that I was able to virtually punch you in the face >:3

Thank you <3

Thank you for reading! The monologues were very fun to write.

Thank you! Part of my goal for this project was to release personal (religious) shame around making subversive art, so I resisted my self-censorship urges and crossed the Rubicon of horniness.

It was the first script I’d made of any length, too, but there was a vibe I was going for with the pacing that it sounds like people picked up on

Please look forward to the future revision, and more games from me >:3 >:3 >:3

💜 This one hurt me to write

Hey, I don’t think they have social media but here’s their website.

Thanks for making this, it was a one-of-a kind experience that I’m going to be rolling around in my head. I fell in love with the game pretty much immediately, and was gripped until the end.

Real

Thanks for reading!

Thanks for the kind comment :3

I’m really happy you enjoyed it. The fact that you felt that looming feeling of dread makes me proud. Thanks for playing :3

Thank you for playing it, Fisher!

Nice work! Get some rest.

The girls are Not Okay! Fucked vibes, cute women, and brimming with personality. I’m looking forward to seeing more from you.

>:3 Thank you! Please look forward to more filth

When Shiroek sent the first image of Malthus I almost immediately thought of Helltaker, yeah! She may happen to be aware that I have a thing for sharply-dressed women …

This story was fun and cathartic to write. My previous game was my first ero work, but I still had a lot of Brainworms making me feel like I wasn’t “allowed” to go further.

Happy to say I got past those, and the drama that occurred right after release has only strengthened my resolve >:3

Thank you for playing.

I think this game is really good >:3 I can feel the corpo trauma flooding out of it, and I think your art is pretty! Please make more games.

Thank you for the kind words! I feel horrifyingly seen right now,,

Sick and twisted >:3

Thank you for playing! Shiroek did a great job with the character art and the CGs, it was inspiring seeing the stuff she was posting while I was taking a little rest near the start of the jam.