Thank you for such a thoughtful comment! Some of the aversion and transformative paranoia present is inspired by Han Kang's The Vegetarian, which I found to be personally impactful.
Thanks for playing it! This is my second game, so this is very encouraging. I wanted to make the garden oppressive and difficult to traverse to help build the sense of unease in the player. It's interesting how everyone seems to react to it differently, with the spectrum ranging from creepy to cute. Thanks again!
Thank you for playing it! I wanted to add a little more, but with the all the tile art, Bitsy started to slow down quite a bit. I may try to revisit it in the future, but for now I'm pleased with the ending. Thanks again. :)
Thank you so very much! I'm touched to know that so many of the deliberate decisions and emotions, and the themes of isolation contrasted with transformation come through.
I think this was my favorite new comic I read this year, and I admit it's because of the "Till We Have Faces" quote that drew me in. It was a novel that reinvigorated my love of myth and folklore, and is, just as this comic is, a powerful story of belief that exists within and without the Self.
The height of the story was so gripping and magnetic that I immediately felt the echos of the climax of Lewis' novel, written jointly with his wife, Joy Davidman. I have a first edition copy, it was the book my partner proposed with, it was a book that convinced me to keep living. And here, Wise takes that thread of transcendence and weaves it into a rich and arresting tapestry of prayer and anger, love and pain.
There are so many small, beautiful panels and moments where I just sat with a page. I know this is a comic I will come back to again and again, even though I can feel the literal squeeze of my heart at the thought. Amazing, beautiful work. Thank you for bringing it into the world.
