take me to the lakes where all the poets went to die
WARNING: this project prominently features the theme of drowning. Additionally, some actions can be interpreted as suicide/suicide attempt [read about it here]
Sometimes you come back to Lake Dioscuri where Elizabeth Flanagan drowned. You hated her. You loved her.
You could never be her.
Use space or provided buttons to progress. I know you can use arrows to progress in Decker but it'll skip the transitions too and they make the whole thing look better. Also use fullscreen option.
Made for Velox Formido 2 [theme: You're Not Them] in definitely less than 36h.
[As many people expressed their interest in trying out Decker, I'm supplying you with the unlocked deck for ...the lakes..., which you can open in your Decker and play around with. For this, download the "thelakesunlocked.deck file.]
CREDITS:
Not Jam Font Pack for Decker by Coral Nulla
Sound effects taken from Freesound
(under CC0 license): LakeWavesOct25th2015.WAV by kvgarlic, European field cricket by albertogalka, Foley_Paper_Tearing.wav by Nox_Sound
(under Attribution 4.0): Water Splashing.wav by Motion_S
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Development log
- Unlocked deck and Velox sweep!30 days ago
- what died didn't stay dead - "...the lakes..." ramble41 days ago
- Briefly on the suicide part in TWs44 days ago
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yessssssssss lake that makes you trans!!! (I know you've said this was only one interpretation but it's the one that feels most right to me)
this is harrowing and beautiful
Loved it, the black and white contrast, the different fonts.
It's minimal and atmospheric at the same time.
stellar!! excellent take on the theme. had a great chuckle looking up the meaning of the lake name, completely fitting :'D
When I was drowning, that's when I could finally breathe
And by morning
Gone was any trace of you, I think I am finally clean
You're so good at making the text be part of the visuals
I struggled with the font somewhat, but it didn't diminish my experience
Love the way you tell stories. Stunning.
Just FYI, if you use "File -> Properties... -> Script..." from the menu and add
To the deck-level script, you'll override the default behavior of the arrow keys while in "interact" mode and make them do nothing. It's also possible to customize the behavior of these keys in more complicated ways; feel free to reach out if you have requests! :)
Oh, thank you a lot! I'll do it once the jam restrictions lift
forget the beach that makes you old. i wanna go to the lake that makes you trans. at least that’s how i take this. you go to the lake and you violently drown the perfect pretty girl everyone admires and then you’ll never be her again, and your aunts and uncles who never made that much of an effort anyway are standing around sobbing their eyes out like, “she was such a pretty girl! such a beautiful and lovely girl! why did she have to go!” and when you’re having kind of a rough day and the dysphoria creeps in, for a second you’re like, “damn maybe i should’ve stayed a chick.” so you go to the lake where you drowned that girl and you’re like “hey how you doin.” and the hand is sticking up out of the lake, and it’s beckoning you with its siren song, trying to convince you that you’re one of the same, but buddy, you go in that lake? you’re done for. you’re going the way of the deadname. so you gotta give that hand a good look and go. mm. didn’t they pull your body out of this lake already? you’re not here, you’re in the ground. you’re cremated or something. you’re obliterated. there’s no getting you back, girl, shut up and stop calling me! and she won’t shut up for a while, but eventually, your hands start to look different, because hrt is magic, and i know i’m definitely looking at that hand sticking out of the lake next to my increasingly much more defined and veiny masculine hands, and going, “nope, not my hand. not me, baby. sorry, girl. you got the wrong guy.”
anyway, love this and love you.
"the lake that makes you trans" will now be forever seared into my brain thank you