Ahhh oxy I love your comments sm!! Hahaha, i was wondering if people would get the reference to that tumblr post (me being like "does this count as copyright? is that a thing with memes? I dont think so? oh well ill keep it subtle haha).
The music was done by SirShrugsalot, he's fantastic, this is the second game I've done with him (the other was Just Under). He picks up vibe and makes it into music so wonderfully. Chefs kiss, 10/10 recommend if you ever want to work with someone.
Your media literacy knows no bounds! You truly nailed it at every turn, I'm so glad all the little details resonated and the story made sense. I'm SO glad it even works, this was a bit of a nightmare lol. The singleplayer route def has some soft lock issues that I worry about. But it seems like people are getting through it okay. I'm really glad the character of Cybin rings through. I really love how her idle animations turned out. I was kind of inspired by Miyazaki talking about animating Chihiro in Spirited Away, the little quirks kids do etc and had fun fitting in little details like that.
That was the exact vibe I was going for with the mushroom! It's funny, I recently played a lot of Subnautica 2 with a friend and I had this running bit of how (spoilers I guess but it IS just a guess from me, not canon) that everything in that game is slowly "becoming crab" and I kept being like "I am become crab". So that was a big part of my inspo for this too, "I am become mushroom" which doesnt have a fun of a ring to it, but same idea. The idea of fungus and how it spreads / grows / mutates and thrives is so creepy and cool to me. When I saw the theme for this jam I was like "farming AND Eldridge AND mushrooms? please and thank you".
may we all, eventually, become mushroom 🍄 <3