I got very into this interactive story/game. It has awesome writing that kept the entirety of my focus. I spent a good few hours reading and imagining vividly, and jeez, my friend, as somebody who wants to become an author of surreal/abstract psychological horror, this genuinely inspired me.
This text-based game managed to encapsulate the way my own imagination works pretty well. The consistent imagery of rotting nature, beautiful yet pungent, fascinating and morbid... it all really does remind me of my dreams, and the kinds of stories I like to write. This feels like one of those dreams I have where I wake up feeling an indescribable emotion towards it, understanding the astronomical significance of what I experienced in it and the mystery that I gradually uncovered, but I can't actually remember the content minus a few small details. It feels like I just read in words the happenings of one of those enigmatic dreams.
What I've taken away from this is not a list of 19 individual storylines, but a web of experiences and imagery that cannot be described without just experiencing it firsthand, like a traumatic past whose exact timeline was jumbled by the mind's horror and confusion... or, like a clouded dream like I mentioned earlier. ;P The interconnectivity of all the sub-stories was done really well and made the mystery of the bear even more fun to pry through.
While this may have been written with a more humorous or fun intent than how I processed it, I interpreted it as a work of art, a mix of mystery, horror, surreality, and humor. Super cool.
To sum all that up, dang, nice game. Please keep writing interactive stories like this one! I really connected with it!
