a yandere city? I LOVE IT. i absolutely adore the yandereification of non-people or atypical characters (unfortunately, a predictable trend in my works) and i feel like this was the perfect realization of that. so on theme! i’m admittedly not very familiar with the history of warsaw, but i like that you alluded to just enough for me to have a good sense of the history of casualty and destruction throughout. in a way, the pictures that were chosen really help lend the feeling of walking through the city, stepping over countless bones and corpses as you tread through a city filled with history. the prose is very tight, switching from pleading to demanding. it’s a very human spin on something so abstract and not sentient at all.
i think calling this a siren lament is very fitting. are we drawn to warsaw because of the countless opportunities within the big city, or are we drawn to this history that repeats, or is it some other quality that leaves warsaw as such a beacon to everything and everyone? i definitely came away really inspired – there are so many cities around the world that has made its mark in history through a history of pain and hurt, and i would love to dive into one from my culture too. i really enjoyed your game not just as an exploration of this, but as something more profound that sparks new ideas. another great entry from long-time jam goat naarel!