I really liked the way this was presented, the subtle bits of horror and trauma being shown the way they were was incredibly clever and I loved how it was done. However, with the ending, I felt a bit confused. I thought it was about two very distinct traumas and the MC's way of dealing with them. But maybe it's more about fears instead? SPOILERS: The way I saw it, the MC came from a messy divorced household where the parents were abusive to each other and the MC. Then the MC's partner had a miscarriage. At least that's how I interpreted it. But at the end they are saying 'I will do everything I can for this kid' so is it just they are fearful of the kid having a broke home? The text messages REALLY made it seem like a lost pregnancy that the MC was being blamed for. But I dunno. Maybe I read too much into things. Still, I really did like how this was presented.
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Your theory about what happened to the main character, with all this trauma in his life is entirely correct. He has lived a life of trauma and is dealing with that, the only thing was that the end text is not about a potential future child but about his younger inner child that he wants to heal. So your predictions about the story was entirely correct! :D I'll paste the end text here again if you wanna re-read, it can be a bit cryptic after just have been chased by a big baby haha.
"But somewhere in all this pain is a small child.
A younger me not understanding why it hurts.
Enveloped by an older me, a scarred and hardened me.
A me that will do everything in my power to give that kid the life he deserves.
And I’ll push every button to get there."
Thank you so much for your kind words, for playing and for hosting this awesome jam! We've had a lot of fun!