Childhood Homes (and why we hate them)
After over a decade, you return home.
A short, interactive-fiction horror story, and my first attempt at making something in Twine. I'm doing my best!
Trigger list:
- Eyestrain + light flashing
- Descriptions of child abuse
- Discussions of suicide
- Body horror and mild gore
- Rodent death (minor)
Update 2/4/2024 - scrolling issues should be fixed :^)
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wow this is,,,, a whole thing
this is so awesome. i love all of your writing so much
I'm playing this on chromebook on browser and i cannot press start. there's not even a start option. does anyone have any ideas to help?
This seems super interesting, but i've ran into an issue... I play the game, couldn't press to start until I went into full screen, which is how I normally play anyways, thats not a terrible issue, but the next one made it unplayable for me. I cannot scroll down, or anything, so after getting to step 2 of the letter, I cannot see anything more. Theres no scroll bar, or anything. I've tried using arrow keys, using WASD, using pg up and down, and nothing is working. The screenshot is all that I can see... Am I missing something? (i even tried highlighting the words and dragging down... Still nada)
It's the same for me too ðŸ˜
Dang ðŸ˜
oh oops ive been out of town, lemme try fixing this rq o7
It would be awesome if you do fix it. Were you able to?
i didnt have this issue so im not able to verify it, but in theory it should be fixed !
play this game while listning to this song
This is really good, you can feel the hatred, the anger, the dissapointment in yourself because you're still scared ; and you can feel how Lotte must be walking clumsily, because suddenly she's not grown up anymore, she's a child (again)
I didn't quite like the house "twist" (not sure if it's considered one) because it isn't my cup of tea, but I still really really liked the game, 5/5 stars!
this was really awesome!!
I like how the action gradually transitions from metaphorical to literal, such that you can’t pinpoint where exactly the switch was, or if the descriptions were ever figurative to begin with
This was fucking amazing. Thank you for writing this.
I adore house horror, and this was an incredible read. The atmosphere was impeccable; the stairs to the basement filled me with a real sense of dread as I 'descended' along with the text, and I loved the representation of ever-shifting thoughts and opinions in the cycling options. I especially loved how much it seems like the house is grinning at the reader. This was a visceral experience even before the decaying body came in, and it's gonna stick with me for a good while, I can feel it. Thank you for sharing such amazing work!
i love the limited palette and visual elements, it really made the little changes and shifts all that much more noticeable and impactful. It takes you in as you go deeper into the story and just all around really good at consuming your attention. this is amazing work
This game left me crying, you could tell a story through pixelart and text that changed in color, brightness, position, everything to make it fit perfectly, and it did, by far, I'm a very emotional person with these kinds of games, specially with big, disturbing and emotional revelations, and it was too much, in a good way. How the house is its own character, the depictions of disturbing imagery, the scientific data to fill in information along with some history, everything to show (what I think might be) metaphores as to what is happening or will happen, everything fits perfectly, beautifully, through the eyes of a person that at first seems just annoyed, angry, to a warped reality closing in...and eventually ending in a great climax, I loved it and hope to play other projects of yours, this deserves praise and recognition, both things I hope I have provided to you in this comment.
From a random person to another random person
i love you random person .... seriously tysm im so happy it resonated with you : )!! i hope you'll enjoy my future works!
I do hope that too, but no pressure! Do what you want and you'll see good results
just played this, incredible! this is a really unique form of a horror game that i haven't seen before, and im excited to see what you make in the future :)
Wow, this is absolutely incredible, you did a fantastic job.
holy shit, this made my jaw drop. fucking incredible work here!!! so so striking and beautifully made. really, really glad i decided to give it a read. thank you!
found this browsing itch.io, didn't know ur tumblr before reading. just wanted to say how cool and clever i found this. it's really interesting how you deliver the text and make the reader slow down and linger on words and variations of the words. (i think this type of click-adventure is the first i've seen in poems. were u inspired by similar stuff? bcz i'd love to see more shit like this) and the shape of the paragraphs, and the timing they're fed to us, revealing what's happening in present tense. and the white pixelated little visual aids were so lovely. like shadowy images. u made a beautiful interactive text story.
i'm actually slowly working through more things in this vein of fiction! as far as inspirations and similar stories go, "cycles" by cecile richard has a similar vibe (mostly because i played it and went "HOW CAN I DO THIS?"). besides that, the style was mostly just a result of me having trouble with larger paragraphs in fiction because of dyslexia/various other processing disorders. also it's really fun to click through text and to see it change + i love word art so much
but seriously!! tysm for the kind words !!!
this owns
OH FUCK OH GOD YOU'RE THE GUY WHO INSPIRED ME TO LEARN THIS KIND OF STUFF. thanks haha
lmao that's so funny but also so cool! excited to see more of your work because this is super good.
Really enjoyed it! The vibe is eerie and well put together, great job op :) Really like the little add-in fact-thingies that parallel the main house plot (like the rat king texts)
the game is weird,idk why but i can't stop thinking about it.Only problem is game has a lot of text,but still it's fine!:)
amazing work
This is absolutely brilliant, and I'm so glad I stumbled upon it.
thank you !! i checked out "your phone dies in 20 seconds", and i really enjoyed the timer usage >:D!
Saw this on tumblr and its absolutely amazing work! the writing and tone are so compelling! Amazing work <3
;_; !! i appreciate that a whole bunch, i was really worried about my writing because i don't typically write prose or ... much of anything ... im glad it resonated with you so much!
It did! Your prose is gorgeous btw
wow, this was amazing, keep up the good work!!!!
i'll do my best !!