CBedford

Working on my indie game Sorry We're Closed and make I make queer comics.

[cbedfordart]

Hey! Wanted to ask if there was still a way we can read ThirteeN. I couldn't reach it when I clicked the link

The only place to buy it rn is on itch.io : https://cbedford.itch.io/

Thanks for the interest though! Hope you enjoy it if you decide to go for it

[cbedfordart]

Hey,

I wanted to let you know that I love Sorry We’re Closed, and it’s way it told a unique story about the strife involved in love.

I think it’s the first romance story I’ve read about changing and growing together when in a relationship and what that means. It’s by far the only story I’ve encountered going this deep into the nuances of what that takes, and what it gives.

I think about it often. I always go with the Chamiel ending, can’t bring myself to choose anything else

Thank you for your beautiful art and story

Thank you so much for playing! Changing while in love while your love is also changing is tough and not many people talk about it. I'm glad people like yourself are feeling a connection with it <3

[cbedfordart]

Hi its me again! Lol.

I wanted to ask an interesting question.

Would you consider Sorry We're Closed part of the Grind Fiction/Shibuya Punk genre/subculture?

If you're not familiar Grind Fiction/Shibuya Punk is media like Jet Set Radio, Dorohedoro, The World Ends With You, Gachiakuta, Fooly Cooly, Samurai Champloo, Dandadan, Scott Pilgrim, No More Heroes, and Soul Eater... sorry for the long list just wanted to include many different examples to what the genre can entail.

Things like the graphics clearly feeling very much like Jet Set's low poly goodness, the vibrant designs, the way they dress, paired with a soundtrack that delves HEAVY into Hip-Hop during the bosses (going as far as referencing wu-tang clan, jenny still the best song in the game), the themes the story has and how its handled and told, and taking place in an urban section of London (Bomb Rush Cyberfunk's cousin?! lol).

Personally I think it fits nicely into the genre/subculture of Grind Fiction as someone deep in that genre+culture myself! but I'm not a creative on the game! So I thought why not ask someone who IS!

Ah I didn't even realise there was a whole genre dedicated to that feeling. I guess it's one of those things where I didn't work on it with this genre specifically in mind, but if people want to label it as such it feels appropriate. It's a pretty strong cultural style that was very emblematic of my childhood, and I think really encapsulates that "cultural worlds are colliding" in what I like to call "positive futurism" - this feeling that things arn't perfect now, but they're getting better with a sense of playfulness and ethereal rawness that we didn't have to grow out. The world was connecting and the possibilities were limitless. I still try to cling onto that feeling, or what remains of it within me. Glad to know there's a whole subculture out there that people have come to define! What a wonderful delightful thing to learn!

[cbedfordart]

i just stumbled upon the polari cant and the polari version of the bible. did that have any inspiration on the worldbuilding--specifically the duchess's name--or is that just a coincidence? (for example "And the Duchess cackled unto Cain, Why art thou dander?")

Just a coincidence! I haven't come across the polari cant or polari version of the bible (not knowingly at least). Funny that though!

[cbedfordart]

Is the obsession of the duchess for horses is an inside joke or you just really like horses 😭?

I think horses are cool. I think the duchess just likes them even more. Sometimes characters just got things about them that are not easy to explain i guess lol

[spoookiepie]

[faybangtang]

Another drawing of Violet on a magazinein the game. Please like this took a long time to draw

(C) @cbedfordart

[cookies-and-quinn]

Turns out, the only thing I needed to get back into art was other art that made me feel seen.

[hibuddyyyy]

The Duchess.

[badboyaffirmation]

i played this game a few weeks ago, i really like it 🥹

[cookies-and-quinn]

There was a poll about whether Chef Armando was a hunk.

Majority vote: YES. But here's a picture of beefy Armando for those who may not be convinced...

Also: this game is perfect.

[cbedfordart]

Perpetual lesbian werewolf Sarah

[cbedfordart]

Perpetual lesbian werewolf Sarah

[maginico]

sorry we’re closed

[velvetvortexxx]

she's texting michelle to go kill herself 🫶

[zero0810]

[FA] A Cursed Girl and her Demon Friend

I? Fucking love??? This game?????

But seriously, I love everything about this game. The characters (even that supid himbo Darrel - but not Dream Eater, fck Dream Eater. And Lucy, I trusted you, you damn bstard), story, music, atmosphere, EVERYTHING.

(Tried a new style of chibi for fun, it doesn't look bad)

[natyzinhasstuff]

In love with this game 💜