Hi there, Thank you for your feedback; we appreciate the time you took to play our game and to post your message.
Be assured that we did not frivolously use the premise you take umbrage to; members of our team have lost a much-loved colleague to this disease. It has impacted our lives personally and in many cases brutally. To us, using this premise was not a gimmick but (as all art must) a means of exploring and processing the painful world we live in today:
What goes on in the minds of those caught unexpectedly by this disease as they lie in isolation, struggling to comprehend and come to terms with the idea that they might soon die? The most humane thing we can do, as artists and story-tellers, is to put ourselves in the shoes of those who suffer and try to see through their eyes and render that experience as honestly as we can. We do this out of a sense of our shared humanity; art helps us to 'be the other' and stand with them, sometimes in the only way we can.
We acknowledge and respect your concerns, however, and we appreciate that you expressed it in such a thoughtful and respectful manner. In these difficult times, when there is so much strife and miscommunication, the best we can do is to listen to each other's views, even if we don't always agree. We have added a trigger warning to the game's description.
Thank you again for playing the game; we hope you'll update your rating/review now that you know our intentions behind the premise.