What is Eat Me that you referred to on a post about narrator voices in IF?
Hello and thank you for the ask!
“Eat Me” is an interactive fiction game by Chandler Groover. It’s one of my favorite horror/puzzle IFs (despite only reading the transcript of ClubFloyd’s playthrough) for its fairytale-like narration and setting, vivid descriptions and witty wordplay.
You play as a child with a bottomless stomach and must, as the title implies, eat your way out of a castle made entirely of food. Yes, this includes the residents of the castle, such as cheese guards, a salad gardener*, and frog legs lord. This is all narrated by a cheerful and sometimes ominous** voice urging you to chomp up anything in your path. For example, this is the game’s intro:
My dear child, listen, and I'll feed you a tale. It begins with dinner denied. No bread, no butter, not even dessert. A mean repast by the meanest measure, enough to make a stomach grumble and an ill will stew. Enough to leave a tongue yearning for sugarplums. You know what's next. It's what happened. An offer, something sweet, something simple, and you swallowed. Children are such trusting people. What you ate grew into a hole deeper than mere hunger: it swallowed you. Now, just as you were served, you shall be served again.
I felt squeamish at several points, so if you like this kind of thing, Eat Me might be the IF for you!
*I had an equally disgusting dream somewhat related to this section, LMAO
**info withheld because spoilers
