dream a little dream of monsters
A downloadable lyric game
an interactive story/lyric game on a google spreadsheet.
play it here.
This interactive piece of media was created for here, there, everywhere! jam
Content warnings: depression/self-loathing, doubts about (gender and non gender) identity(ies). Some of the events your character experiences may feel they temporally lack free will. Brief mentions of body harm, eating disorders, implied sex if you want to read it like that.
The spreadsheet includes some non-legible text (due to color contrast, size and juxtaposition). This text is treated like a graphic element and it's expected you'll not be able to read it easily/read it at all.
If you'd prefer to read a high contrast version (b&w only), click here.
If the formatting still makes it unaccessible to you, there's a plain text version, non-interactive .txt file you can download.
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Development log
- high contrast version added!Aug 30, 2022
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Possible spoilers and possible tw in my response because of how I felt while playing:
The repeated "accept my boon" made it read as kind of forced to me and I don't know if me being ace and hoping to not read parts as related to that stuff played a roll in giving it that feeling but that with the suddenness of stuff happening to your character there made it read in a way that really felt not okay to me. There's also gross old tropes about that being freeing and transformative (even in more recent stuff like Rocky Horror) so the conclusion following still goes with that feeling. From the warnings I'm guessing you would have said that specifically and didn't mean it that way or I really hope, so I'm letting you know that it could come off like that and those repeated words specifically I think is what most gives that feeling.. Even if you were repressing parts of yourself that change should never be forced just as the possible other implied aspects shouldn't be forced. That wasn't the intention right? One of the last lines maybe implied that was actually part of you trying to make this happen and there was no other monster directly involved actually which would be a much better interpretation, but I don't know I still feel a bit weird. I would feel better if you said at least the intention wasn't about force or coercion.
Thank you for leaving a message here and I'm so sorry your playthrough wasn't an enjoyable one.
Although I wanted to create a confusing and dark story, my intention on that specific wording wasn't about force or coertion. I know there's no question there to emphasize there's a choice but I wanted to have an ominous/otherworldly voice offering you an opportunity that has real meaning once you find your new form (by yourself). The idea was for the embodiment of the cities to awaken something that was already inside you (just like when people may change their behaviour or point of view organically when being in the presence of certain people or events without realizing it), and that's what I tried to clarify over the last lines, where your character feels more at ease with themselves and not so confused.
I'm adding a content warning for this ("some of the events your character experiences may feel they temporally lack free will"), because your interpretation is totally valid. If you feel the content warnings should include something else or they should be phrased differently, feel free to reply.
And once again, I'm sorry about your unpleasant experience with my text. I hope you're okay :heart:
Thank you for telling me more about your thoughts and interpretation and intentions. I really appreciate it and the explanation was helpful.
Very cool! I've never seen a spreadsheet-based story before, but it's inspiring me to make my own.
That's one of the best compliments I've ever recieved, thank you so much for leaving a comment.
I'm hyping you up to make your own! You can do it and it'll be great! * insert here a cheerleader montage *
I loved this to bits, thank you for sharing!
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for your lovely comment! ^^
I just had my dream,
I was Octaria Pulnasea Virtuosa, a winged person, a failed experiment, loyal and rebellious, but also violent and guilty, I had a wounded bird living under my hair and a long lost sister...
thanks for it, the experience really grabbed me
Thank you so much for playing it! It means a lot to me that you got the time and energy to follow along this ride.
I'm sending both you and Octaria a big long distance hug ❤️