Thank you so much for playing, and for such a thoughtful comment! Admittedly, this was made in an afternoon rather than the full week 🫣 But I think giving myself not long to make it helped stop the idea from morphing into more than it needed to be.
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I found this in the "autobiographical" tag search while looking for inspiration for one of my own projects, and didn't really look at the content warnings, so I wasn't expecting to be thrown into something so similar to what I experienced with my own anorexia when I was a student (also around 2018). I consider myself very recovered at this point, but I'm trying to build some muscle after gaining a bunch of weight while bedridden from an ankle injury, and it is so hard to separate exercising from calorie burning, just like you say. I'm trying my best. TL;DR, the writing in this was lovely and really atmospheric, wonderful work.
Also, I thought I recognised your handle, and I think it's because we used to be Twitter mutuals! Small internet! I hope you've been well.
I really like the general feel of this, especially the humour and the sound design. I noticed another comment mentions there being a puzzle - I couldn't find any myself. I spoke to everyone I could find/went into every building I saw and then backtracked around the town a few times to see if I'd missed something, but no luck. If there's actually a goal, maybe it isn't quite clear enough?
Really enjoyed this! The prose was excellent and there was just the right amount of interactivity to keep me hooked. I died the first time and played it over again to get a good ending, which I wouldn't have bothered doing if it wasn't fun to play/read. Stellar work considering it's your first game.





