Thank you for your kind words! This is based on my relationship with my father before he passed a few years ago, though I toned Winston down a bit to be more kind though still detached.
All the monologue was based on his actual life, slightly tweaked to fit in the game universe, including the photograph portion. I lost both parents within two months to terminal cancer, but was affected quite differently by each death, which was difficult me to reconcile.
It was therapeutic for me to get my feelings out as I was writing, but I hope it wasn't too difficult to read through. What I condensed down to a monologue happened over a week, but the rambling, talking at me instead of to me (better than yelling at least!), working through his emotions, and finally admitting he was dying and wasn't ready was very real.
Also, he did grow up to still be a bit short, but strong as an ox. When he was younger, he used to lift vehicles off the ground instead of using a jack for people to change their tires. One other thing we found out his last week was his coworkers' nickname for him was 'Little (certain dictator I won't name)' because of his temper and demanding personality.
I kind of wish I had left the Winston/Josiah part out, but at the time I wrote it I thought it HAD to have a romantic relationship in it. It was forced in to its detriment, but I wanted to keep working on the game world I had just made and keep it simple due to my lack of experience.
I mostly wanted to join the jam to learn and experiment so I can go back and rework my other vn 's first chapter and make it better. Right now it's still more of a prototype at this point. Thanks for giving it a go!