I really enjoyed this one. I just wish there were some more different pathways (I know there was no time). Love the appreciation for Lovecraft, the writing style, the imagery, and the story.

I also love Lovecraft, and there’s something cool about how a lot of his stories were about people becoming obsessed and haunted by old manuscripts, and your game is an example of you being “haunted” in a way by his old stories.

There are some really nice descriptions in here (I won’t quote them to avoid spoilers), worthy of Lovecraft.

I played it a couple of times, and noticed when parts of the text and/or the stat table changed, but I would’ve loved to see stronger differences result from the choices. That’s how the petite mort goes, though. This was my first time, and I learned that lesson the hard way.

But this was very cool, and I appreciate the terror of the situation, and the Lovecraftian direction (in a literal and figurative sense) it takes.

I’d written something more specific above, but am changing it to avoid spoilers, sorry.

Well done!

-Zac

An excellent example of cosmic horror. Sinking, falling, descending into madness. I loved some of the choices in this one: "panic." "Panic?!" "Panic???".

No notes, just happy to have experienced it. This is exactly what a petite mort entry should feel like to me: well-written, short, and perfectly spooky.

Thanks for sharing!