lungs to burn
in july of 2021, i spent three weeks stuck indoors, unable to breathe because wildfires raging across the country. this year, i'm missing my local pride festivities once again, unable to attend because i am too high-risk to attend large unmasked events. this is a semi-fictional story about both of these things, and also neither.
all visuals were made using pixsy and public domain images sourced from wikimedia commons.
content warnings: implied death, fire, references to drugs and alcohol.
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this is amazing and evocative! it felt like it took my breath away when playing it. the pixel backgrounds reminded me of the inner chamber of ribs and lungs and a heart and the way that you had to find and fit into a puzzle piece for each section felt like trying to conform yourself into these body parts. i really loved this
This is beautiful, so gorgeously and evocatively written! The line about monuments, and the one about lying covered in soot and tenacity - I got chills! I also really like the act of fitting the player avatar into the space that looks like it.
this was amazing! you write so beautifully and so movingly :)
Wow. This was incredible. The writing is so personal and told so well. The act of fitting the cursor in like puzzle pieces and seeing the screen change added to the emotion. This was such an experience.
Thanks for making this.
thank you so much!!! every glad it resonated with you <3
:'( hope you're ok...
most of it is fictional so don't worry!!! there's def little bits i stole from my life but yeah no i am as fine as anyone can be these days lol