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Thank you for the kind words (and the ear-bleeding).

So, this is hard for me but I will attempt to approach this with kindness. When I first saw your comment my heart went warm and fuzzy like it always does when someone connects to what I make and also because I love it when other people connect to what I make by making something themselves. I very excitedely went to see what you made and then all my joy was drained when I saw the "Gemini AI" disclaimer. I cannot condone the use of AI in any way. This is a hard moral and political line for me that I will not cross. It's even sadder for me to see that you don't even need it. The art your work has can be easily found/made with public domain art. I'd like to encourage you to replace it with art that you make. If anything, good art is vulnerable art and a machine can't do vulnerability. Making good, vulnerable and exposing art is a skill like anything else, and all skills can be learnt. We are fortunate enough to be part of a community where many people, me included, would happily help you do this. More specifically, there are tons of resources for public domain art or photobashing (just two of my favourites, there are many more routes to take with art) for you to look at, learn from and be inspired by. So to summarise, thank you for reaching out but I encourage you to reach out even further.

Hey, thanks! Those are some very thoughtful comments. I'm glad you connected with this.

I'm really glad you did too! And thanks for sharing the manifesto, it looks really interesting.

Working class queers are repressed by capitalism and patriarchy. We are put in the front lines so that all who benefit from these systems can profit from our suffering.

Games are often set in manichaeistic, colonial, imperialist, capitalist, christian fantasy worlds where "normative" humans use other creatures to fight their battles or even worse, turn them into resources. This game was born out of the reimagining of such worlds where all the monsters that are normally portrayed as worthless, deviant or even violent, retreat to a space where they are cared for.

PS: I chose to take this question and respond to it as if it was asked in good faith. I don't mind if you can't see the connection. I don't mind if noone can see the connection. But there is far too much queer gatekeeping and when we don't know who is on the other end of our keyboard it might be useful to explain why we ask certain things.

Thank you for making something too! I wish I worked at the videostore too.

Very exclusive

Oh no! My die slipped through to another dimension!

Thank you! That's very kind. But also consider not fighting the Potato. Instead, join the Potato. Let the Potato's dark embrace close all around you.

Gorgeous

John Berger brought me here. I was not disappointed.

As the jam is winding down I wanted to say thank you for organising it. I really enjoyed it. It might even be my favourite from the ones I've participated in so far. It was very fruitful for me in a variety of ways. I would love to see it happen again and I would love to help organising it in the future.

Thanks. You never know. Besides, this game has been returning to me in various forms.

Beautiful and evocative. My mind could almost fill the blank pages.

I'm glad it worked, the potato was speaking very loudly that day.

Thanks!

*stands up and claps slowly* MORE!!!

Gorgeous art. Love the concept and the execution.

Thank you. Sometimes they end up like that even if I don't mean to.

The Potato's Dread Majesty. Yes.

Thank you! I love having them run around on my desktop.

is that an AI-slop cover? hahahahahaha

This is magnificent in its hypertextuality. Can't wait to compose my own things in Olfactory Factory (have I misunderstood though, is there no version we can try now?)

Beautiful work. Especially liked the little touch of seeing the text behind the page.

This was an awesome game all around.

I'm really interested in reading this but can't afford it. Is there any chance you could add some more community copies?

That's just lovely! Thank you. You have such a unique style.

I love these! They're so original and evocative. Can I ask under what kind of license they are released? With what kind of (re)use would you be comfortable with?

hnng, now I reeeallyyy want to play this

Always good to get new crenellations

I& love it!

you art style is amazing

gorgeous art

Very pretty

thank you!