this is short and sweet (and very beautifully rendered) but also i'm looking at it and trying to tally up the amount of work it must have taken to make bitsy do this, as an engine, which i have an immense amount of respect for. love it!
Not really a game, it's just a short story over a single pixel art image. No interactivity other than advancing the text.
It's fine, but it's maybe 5 minutes worth of content. 10 if you read slow ig.
It also seems strange that you spend the whole thing talking about how you can have any body you want and then end it by pointlessly gendering an artificial intelligence? I don't like that.
Re: your last paragraph, you're welcome to whatever interpretation you have even if it doesn't gel with my authorial intent, but for context, I wrote this story to process my fear over coming out to my family shortly before I actually did it. The robot being gendered at the end of the story sort of is the whole point. On the outside she's a box lacking any gendered signifiers, and most people would probably default to referring to her as "it" or "they", but nonetheless, she's a she. Her ability to self-designate that way is integral to her newfound autonomy in exactly the same way as her desire to attain a new body is. They're intertwined.
Hey weird question, but would you be at all interesting in collaborating to port this game to the NES? I'm currently experimenting with a NES visual novel engine and this game would look extremely good in it.
If you wanna see how the engine runs, you can see the game I'm working on here:
Striking, beautiful art, and a well-executed plotline. The endings moral hit home for me, since I struggle with constantly wanting to escape or leave my current situation instead of standing my ground and acknowledging what's wrong. I loved everything about it :)
i don't usually post comments, but the 10 minutes i spent with this game was really special. the narrative really resonated with me as a trans person, and i feel a little braver because of it. this is easily one of my favorite vns i've ever played, thank you for making it.
excellent game! it's amazing what was made with just 3 images, 2 colors, and 1 song. overall great game and presentation, but i'm not surprised given who made it
Super great. Both melancholic and cute, with well written, organic dialog. And given the short length of your story and the minimal setting, you managed to show an expanded world filled with anecdotes and that's super impressive.
Wow! What a great little story! Amazing job hacking the image to be extra wide. I really loved your minimal use of color which reflects the trans themes that your story explores.
yes, I had to edit a few places in the game file where the canvas/map size is set and then manually add in all the tiles to the right of where a default-sized bitsy room would usually end. increasing the resolution like that seems like it might break a few things, but fortunately none of it is noticeable in a game like this!
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Love the art style and the comfy music!
I very much enjoyed how the story was presented.
I had to read it a second time through to understand the theme (with some help from the comments section ^^;).
this is short and sweet (and very beautifully rendered) but also i'm looking at it and trying to tally up the amount of work it must have taken to make bitsy do this, as an engine, which i have an immense amount of respect for. love it!
Not really a game, it's just a short story over a single pixel art image. No interactivity other than advancing the text.
It's fine, but it's maybe 5 minutes worth of content. 10 if you read slow ig.
It also seems strange that you spend the whole thing talking about how you can have any body you want and then end it by pointlessly gendering an artificial intelligence? I don't like that.
Re: your last paragraph, you're welcome to whatever interpretation you have even if it doesn't gel with my authorial intent, but for context, I wrote this story to process my fear over coming out to my family shortly before I actually did it. The robot being gendered at the end of the story sort of is the whole point. On the outside she's a box lacking any gendered signifiers, and most people would probably default to referring to her as "it" or "they", but nonetheless, she's a she. Her ability to self-designate that way is integral to her newfound autonomy in exactly the same way as her desire to attain a new body is. They're intertwined.
well great story about discover saturn
nice art, tho there could be a little more of it. Cute story and dialogue too, rather poignant and I like the world building-would want to see more!
Hey weird question, but would you be at all interesting in collaborating to port this game to the NES? I'm currently experimenting with a NES visual novel engine and this game would look extremely good in it.
If you wanna see how the engine runs, you can see the game I'm working on here:
https://destroyed4com4t.itch.io/senseless-city-space-jesus
waaaa such a cool pixel art! and pixel music!<3
ah, this one hits close.... beautiful work! the limited palette is very effective.
Do you also have a download version ?
I liked the story ^^
Striking, beautiful art, and a well-executed plotline. The endings moral hit home for me, since I struggle with constantly wanting to escape or leave my current situation instead of standing my ground and acknowledging what's wrong. I loved everything about it :)
I loved it. Short but beautiful.
this genuinely made me very emotional, thank you.
This was very cute, so glad I found this game!
welp that did a little jump start on my heart, thank you for this
Excellent. The music and art really help set the tone.
A pretty magical bit of framing on some pretty difficult, potentially scary stuff.
so! beautiful! i am full of emotion
give me the spun glass body
i don't usually post comments, but the 10 minutes i spent with this game was really special. the narrative really resonated with me as a trans person, and i feel a little braver because of it. this is easily one of my favorite vns i've ever played, thank you for making it.
excellent game! it's amazing what was made with just 3 images, 2 colors, and 1 song. overall great game and presentation, but i'm not surprised given who made it
This was adorable and surprisingly deep--thanks for the experience! Keep it up!
I loved the aesthetic of this and the music, considering the length the story is also extremely good
Super great. Both melancholic and cute, with well written, organic dialog. And given the short length of your story and the minimal setting, you managed to show an expanded world filled with anecdotes and that's super impressive.
Wow! What a great little story! Amazing job hacking the image to be extra wide. I really loved your minimal use of color which reflects the trans themes that your story explores.
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I loved this. The dialog, the music, the art, the setting. It all came together and made something really cute.
<3
~*gunna get myself a new boooody*~
~*gunna see those saturny riiiings*~
i love it..... ~( TT o TT )~
I'M SCREAMING!!! THIS IS SO INCREDIBLE!!!!! ✨✨✨✨✨💖💖
The art and colors are absolutely gorgeous!! did you make the Bitsy canvas size larger all by hand? That's a lot of work!!!! 🤯
thank you so much! everyone is too kind. ;_;
yes, I had to edit a few places in the game file where the canvas/map size is set and then manually add in all the tiles to the right of where a default-sized bitsy room would usually end. increasing the resolution like that seems like it might break a few things, but fortunately none of it is noticeable in a game like this!
wow!!!!!!!!!! this is so good!! your art is gorgeous and the narrative really made me curious about the world! just WOW <3
wonderful
Merci!
Beautiful, well done guys.
The music and graphics are so pretty! I loved the story too! It's amazing how much you can convey in a single conversation
Wow.