Very surreal. I had a hard time imagining this theme for some reason (call it fatigue), but you created something really engaging here. I'll have to give it another go-through later today.
No worries. You both capture this sense of "comfortable foreboding" through your winter pieces, which I think is impressive. The sound design and landscape plays a big part in that.
Very cool incremental / "clicker" game. I was invested enough to finish it and do a second run-through. However, be forewarned: you can make the miners too fast. Around level 5 speed (and with other upgrades), they become so jittery that they forget to mine. It's funny in a way, but I think investing in power may be more advisable.
Not at all. In my youth, I was never good at raising cattle, never enjoying it and mostly pitying the treatment they received. But the whole industry incentivizes cruelty and efficiency, so it was never something I would've been part of longterm.
As someone who grew up around this sort of thing (agriculture, stock yards, slaughterhouses), this really does capture some of the thoughts I've harbored for years fairly well.
I appreciate your kind words. I sometimes write to specific songs or have tracks that are emblematic of specific moments. A year ago, I listened to this on repeat, so it certainly became a part of this project that summer.
I do appreciate it. I mostly do little interactive fiction projects as a hobby, some serious and others comical. Regardless, thanks for checking them out.
good grief
