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Neo Twiny Jam - bite-sized review

The Neo Twiny Jam (@neo-twiny-jam) is an interactive fiction game unranked jam where participants could not write more than 500 words per entry.

You can find every submitted piece on the jam's Itch Page.

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JUDAS by vileidol

Entry - More by vileidol - @vileidol CW: blasphemy and religious themes, allusions to death and suicide

Inevitable, Inescapable, is the Fate of Judas The tale of the Betrayer of the Son of God, whom a kiss dooms mankind to suffering, is recalled from the perspective of the sinner in this entry. Going through the multitudes of feelings held in Judas's heart, one discovers his resentment towards his pre-determined fate. There is a hint of homoeroticism between Judas and Jesus, and I've been wondering if that was meant from the beginning, or I am just reading into it...

I am not well versed in details of the catholic mythos and believes to pick up on all the details included in this entry...

[twinegardening]

Stigmata, by vileidol

"try & watch a horror film from the point of view of the monster." - Three Poems, Sam Sax you are a vampire in the house of a vampire hunter. you are a corpse in the bed of someone painfully alive. you are a dirty, filthy thing in a room with the sun rising behind you and your lover's father in front of you, crossbow pointed at your chest. girlies (gender neutral) we are full on playing ship of theseus with nyehilism’s originally breathtaking Sugarcube Twine template.  made for  queer vampire game jam and smoochie jam

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Little Glass Slipper by vileidol

A Single Choice Jam entry.

Entry - IFDB - More by vileidol - @vileidol CW: gore; animated text effects (not toggeable); minor allusions to abuse, birth, suicidal thoughts, interalised queerphobia and other toxic relationships

This is no happy ending... Do not get fooled by the pastel pink palette, and the child-like font. This game is much darker than it looks, and it is not afraid to show it. And it does it good. If the title wasn't enough of a hint, the game is a retelling of one of the darker versions of Cinderella, but with a twist. It is one of her step-sister who bagged the Prince, living the not-so-fairytale life. The step-mother's trick, of sawing her daughter's heels off was not discovered, and fooled the desperate romantic man. And through the step-daughter eyes, the story starts. The game depicts this less than perfect life, with a woman who doesn't feel like she belongs, in pain as a consequence of her mother's action; and a husband who does not love her. Yet, she is forced to pull through, and perform the duties of her title, no matter the pain. The descriptions are gruesome and explicit, the feelings are raw and quite depressing. And it is done good. I quite liked the author's take on the single choice for the entry: with two cycling macros, giving 12 different options, each diving further into the Step-sister's mind, her relationship and the titles that come with them, her regrets and shame, and her wishes. It is pretty grim all throughout. I really, really appreciated the way the author coded the return to the choice, without having to read through the whole start of the game or remembering the last option seen. It made it so much easier to play all endings!

I wasn't particularly fond of the font, and the shaky text made me sick a bit (since there weren't any settings, I coded it off to read it)

[manonamora-if-reviews]

Neo Twiny Jam - bite-sized review

The Neo Twiny Jam (@neo-twiny-jam) is an interactive fiction game unranked jam where participants could not write more than 500 words per entry.

You can find every submitted piece on the jam's Itch Page.

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lark-mirror by vileidol

Entry -  More by vileidol - @vileidol CW: mild allusions to death, suicide, murder, infanticide, homophobia

Hell is Other People Or so Sartre says, in "No Exit", the piece this entry is based on. In the play, three people are brought together to torture each other, including Inez, a woman who seduced her cousin's wife and met her demise when the latter, filled with guilt, left the stove one while they slept (all this is referenced in the blurb/game). Seemingly told from Inez's perspective, this entry focuses on the burning love for a kept woman ended up burning her to the core. The entry sort of felt it was doing a one sided conversation with one of the other characters stuck with her... A very interesting of a similarly poignant source!