Lovey
I don't really know what to say about Lovey.
Lovey is an interactive-nonfiction game about coming to terms with my gender identity in the midst of an abusive relationship.
I worked on it for almost a year and a half, creating and scrapping and wording and rewording and rewording.
When I started work on it, I had just started healing, and was still in denial about a lot of things.
Making this game helped me come to terms with and process my abuse, and I hope that if you've ever found yourself in a similar situation, it can help you process yours.
Remember that you are loved.
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Content warnings: descriptions of manipulation, verbal and physical abuse, self-harm, and gender dysphoria
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this game is so, so good. it's been almost four years since i was with my abuser, but this still hit so incredibly close to home; and the parts about being trans were just. so fucking true to my experience. god. god. the genuine fear that sparked up the way my heart started to race during the spiral maze section? this was really well done. i hope you're doing better now.
reread this just now, a few months after my abuser finally left. i wish id been the one who did it. but thats neither here nor there - this is just as beautiful, poetic, and atmospheric as i remember it being, if not more. the prom scene stuck out to me. a lot of the things about this hit hard, actually - my abuser also used my [gender] identity as a weapon, gaslit me in stupid arguments, etc. this made me feel all too seen, even if my abuse was online. im glad youre better off now. i hope life has been treating you kindly.
love the atmosphere of the game. I hope you are doing well. Stay strong.
what a striking game...visually it's stunning (the claustrophobia of the rooms fought in, the approaching handprint, the journey between facial features, the colors as you progress into the sunrise, the COLORS period) and as a work of writing it's...piercing. so so so gorgeous. thank you for sharing this. i wish you a future full of sunrises
lovely ;_;
excellent game! thank you so much for sharing your experience, and i hope that things have gotten better for you. take care <3
hey this is really good, and a bit familiar. thanks so much for sharing!