So far, I've played two jams that stood out in story, this is one of them. I really liked the writing A LOT. Does the protagonist really end up dying in a fire he caused in his house or is the interpretation of the fire/hell merely metaphorical? Anyways, great narrative ;]!
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Thanks so much, it means a lot! I'm glad you liked our game. For the fire we mainly wanted to contrast the original drawing on the fridge with the one in flames to emphasize how the protagonist's life turned out with his family. Interesting how you saw it as a fire in the house, but that's a nice interpretation. Our idea was him facing punishment and living with the guilt at the end :)
Ohh I see, it was just the one line "Dad the trees are burning"+all the papers scattered around the room near the end made me think we were living the dude's final moments, as all of his accumulated guilt climax'ed on this fire accident, which was caused by his addiction (same as all his grief started). Oh and I forgot, one thing I would recommend: I don't know if it was because of time limits, but some songs are not correctly looped hehe. Aside from that, pretty good!
Honestly that interpretation is pretty cool. Would fit well with the overall narrative as the protagonist's end. I always loved the idea of having a bit of an ambiguity in endings to let the mind wonder. Also with the soundtrack we had some issues with some plugins we used, which then messed with the timing a little when trying to fix them. Thanks again though friend :)