WELL, been wanting to make some art about this game for a while now, legit right after i finished it, and i do have to say it became one of my favorite indies from this year
i am so serious when i say dark and quiet are both human rights.
i don't mean like absolute silence. obviously in an ideal community, there would still be sound and noise from people and music and work etc. but it haunts me that when i camp in the forest i can hear the howl of semi trucks on the interstate miles away. and the people who live beside it never know quiet. it haunts me that many people will live their whole lives never seeing the stars in the sky that were fully visible with NO electric light pollution as recently as my great-grandparents' childhoods.
so much of our lives is bright bright unnecessary noise. neon mcdonalds signs 200 feet in the air so we can see it from the road. led lights over billboards. parking lots lit up like sports stadiums at closed office buildings. advertisements playing at gasoline pumps. streets lined with led porch lights and decorative garden lights that genuinely threaten entire species of wildlife. music blaring outside pharmacies to deter homeless people. everything always shining and wailing for no purpose but profit and cruelty.
obviously not everything can be turned off or made quiet and i wouldn't want it to be anyway and there is a lot of nuance and room for "but what about" here, but MANY things HAVE to change because none of us are supposed to live like this and we shouldn't have to!!!
āwe live in an uncaring universeā yeah dude and I live in an uncaring house. and I shit in an uncaring toilet. but do you touch an uncaring lover? do you comfort an uncaring child? do you guide to sleep each night a cold and uncaring self?
ā¢ Simple sentence
One independent clause.
Example: The door slammed.
ā¢ Compound sentence
Two independent clauses joined with a conjunction.
Example: The door slammed, and everyone turned to look.
ā¢ Complex sentence
One independent clause + one dependent clause.
Example: When the door slammed, everyone turned to look.
ā¢ Compound-complex sentence
Two independent clauses + at least one dependent clause.
Example: When the door slammed, everyone looked up, and the room fell silent.
ā¢ Short punchy sentence
Very brief for emphasis.
Example: He froze.
ā¢ Long flowing sentence
Multiple clauses that create rhythm and momentum.
Example: As the wind pushed against the old house, the door slammed shut and echoed through the empty hallway.
ā¢ Fragment (intentional)
Incomplete sentence used stylistically.
Example: Too quiet.
ā¢ Question sentence
Used to create curiosity or tension.
Example: Who left the door open?
ā¢ Exclamatory sentence
Expresses strong emphasis.
Example: The door just slammed!
ā¢ Descriptive sentence
Adds detail and imagery.
Example: The heavy wooden door slammed against the frame with a sharp crack.
ā¢ Action-driven sentence
Focuses on movement.
Example: He spun around as the door slammed.
ā¢ Internal thought sentence
Reveals character perspective.
Example: That door shouldnāt have slammed.
ā¢ Parallel structure
Repeats grammatical patterns.
Example: He listened for footsteps, for whispers, for anything.
ā¢ Sentence with interruption
Uses dashes to break the flow.
Example: The door slammedāloud enough to make everyone jump.
ā¢ Sentence with a list
Stacks details for impact.
Example: The slam echoed through the hall, the kitchen, and the empty stairwell.
ā¢ Sentence starting with a dependent clause
Creates suspense before the main action.
Example: As the storm grew louder, the door slammed shut.
ā¢ Sentence ending with emphasis
Places the important detail at the end.
Example: The door slammed behind him.
ā¢ Rhythmic repetition
Repeats words for tone.
Example: Slam. Silence. Then footsteps.
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