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I lowkey teared up reading this, thank you so much for enjoying ITSLYI !!!  I think a couple players didn't realise that Than took his life before the beginning of the story either, which was kind of intentional, so no worries there <3  Now to unpack what happened:

1. The start of the game is MC, whose default name is Mara (if I remember correctly), going to Than's house. Mara and Than were best friends, and have hung around each other for the longest time to the point where they both felt like family to one another.
2. Mara is terminally ill with something, that is very open to interpretation. When we were writing ITSLYI, we were so sure that we didn't want to make Than and Mara love interests, and that we wanted someone to be dead (lowkey morbid).
3. Initially, we played with the idea of Than being dead and for their death to be open-ended and up to interpretation. However, as time went on, we also played with the idea of "what if they took their life instead."
4. EDIT: You can actually see visual but subtle hints of Than being dead at the start of the game, such as the cut rope hanging from the ceiling, the rope cord around their neck, and the boxes that are packed in their room, as if someone "used to" live there.
5. Mara didn't want to be hooked onto machines, constantly taking different types of medicine everyday, and having to go to doctor checkups very often. I interpreted it as her being tired of it all, and just wanting to rest.
6. Mara wanted their final stop to be Than's room, where they spent happy memories in. We wanted that chunk of the story to be Mara "imagining" or "hallucinating" Than to be there with them. Like that thing where you see a loved one that passed away when you're on the brink of death and they're "taking you with them" because it's your time to go.
7. The flashback idea was somewhat added last minute, and was written by me! The rest was written by sternlight. We added this to give more context as to how Than died, as well as to give emphasis on Than and Mara's relationship.
   

ITSLYI will always have a special place in my heart, and will always mean so much to me. This kind of resonated with me because I also had a family member (my baby cousin) pass away sometime ago who didn't suffer a terminal illness, but was sick enough to be monitored by the hospital often and silently passing away one day which I took as said family member being tired and wanting to rest. The game took several sensitivity readings (and reassuring me that the content isn't offensive to anybody) for it to make it as what we see in the game today, and I am so glad to have published this :D

Thank you again for playing the game, and sharing your experience !! I hope to make more games that resonate with other hearts <3

yo play the game

He's such a sweetheart, he just won't admit it to anybody teehee <3

IT’S SANS UNDERTALE HWAT

Unfortunately I don’t plan on making an android version. You could however use an emulator or smth similar :D

Bluesky!

Hell yea he is >:D  we're both pinoy o7

OMG !!! Thank you so much for playing, and for having a fun time <3

HWAT (read like lin manuel miranda)

Thank you so much for playing the game <3  I’m super glad you had fun playing even if it’s pretty short :3c

Unfortunately I won’t be making more WMUIYNM content, I do have some games up !! 

Done! Try sending it again <3

OH HELLO! I just saw this. Yes we can definitely chat on Bluesky about it <3

Freddy fazbear and his little gimmicks frfr

When I wrote WMUIYNM, I did want to make both Reed and MC problematic in their own little ways. 

Reed keeps up the tough exterior because he’s scared of letting people in just as much as he’s scared of losing them. He also thinks he is the more “sensible” one, and he’s uptight by nurture. He guards his feelings closely out of fear, which can lead to negative consequences.

MC pushes themselves too much. Not to say Reed doesn’t, but MC definitely does think that Reed is effortlessly successful in his academics. So when Reed does MC’s homework for them, instead of giving assistance, MC takes it as him making a statement, or a point rather, that they are the “dumb” one. That they could never do anything by themselves. That they never put in any effort, so he had to do it for them. Because of this MC lashes out, and Reed lashes out too.

It’s a bit like when you complain about being stuck in traffic and you rant about it to somebody, but then they say “I told you you should’ve gone earlier,” instead of “Traffic is horrible I totally get you,” it does come off to some people as them saying “I’m smarter and more capable than you.” In that case, the person stuck in traffic would be MC, and the person being ranted to would be Reed !!

Also I wrote Reed to be a dude. Just a guy. A chill guy. A normal bro. he’s boring by design

Nao did SO WELL AAAAAA !! I was so thrilled when he agreed to voice Vigil and I don't regret approaching him first for the role <3

Reed’s ahoge is the co-star of the show (Karu is the lead star ofc ofc)

If it'll help you feel better, you can try to play and get the good ending nodnod

Omg you played wake me up AND sillage? I’m so honoured !! (You should lowkey play eyes wide shut on my itchio COUGH)

I’m just super glad to be graced and acquainted with super chill and talented people teehee <3

OMG !!!  UH, HI ?? (i love azure flame hi again)

Thank god the jumpscare is effective LMAO

The way I had to put the jumpscare sfx and the buildup sfx together, and did a bunch of trial-and-error to time the jumpscare to the sfx was insane 

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PLAYING THE GAME !!!!!

TYSM FOR PLAYING !!

I honestly did expect that a lot of players wouldn’t read the gamepage, hence that being a part of the game itself teehee

I hope you managed to play it twice after getting the true end of the first playthrough op <3

PSSHHH Nahh I’m not thaaat mean. The questions Reed asks are mostly math terminology

Tbh I added calculus and math questions to WMUIYNM to see if players would actually take a crack at it. Surprisingly enough? A lot of you guys did LMAO

Definitely keeping this in mind! Thank you so much!

Karu (the cat) is actually just my friend's cat named Karu. Karu has many copycats I fear nodnod

(I totally added the calculus and didn't warn anybody about it on purpose)

OMG!! TYSM FOR PLAYING OP <3

The fact that the link to the YT vid is real has caused a lot of people to comment on the vid, thanking Reed, and it somehow caused the channel to like the comments

So now most if not all of the comments there are liked by the channel owner, and I don't know if I should feel accomplished LMAO

Ako rin kinilig e LMAO

Ooo! Now I gotta check that out

edit: IM ADDING IT TO MY SPOTIFY TYSM!!!!

Unfortunately I won’t be making an android version, but a little pocket reed is a good replacement for a calculator nodnod

Feel those emotions op, positive or negative <3 (the bg music broke my heart too tbh, especially that track by sternlight)

Omg I’m so glad you noticed the rope detail <3

I thought about adding it while working with the writer, and it just felt like a “fun” detail to add for people to notice or speculate that he is indeed a ghost at the start of the game. Good eye op!

I’m glad we’re coping with the world op <3   The team and I struggled when making this, cause of the deadline and the story itself, and I was worried the game would make the themes presented as insensitive. Thank you for playing ITSLYI, it truly means a lot to see people play it <3

Hello hello! I'm Rice, the director for Jortchat, and we are looking for 2 more programmers to join the team.

Jortchat is a dating sim where you simply date jorts (jean/denim shorts)! This game is to be submitted as a completed game for the game jam "Love is Unconventional Jam". We currently have about 17 members including myself. The positions in the team are:

- 2 Programmers
- 4 Voice Actors
- 4 Writers
- 1 SFX Designer
- 1 Composer
- 1 Lyricist
- 1 UI Artist
- 1 BG Artist
- 2 Sprite Artists
- 1 Logo/Gamepage Artist

Jortchat consists of four routes, and each route consists of 2 endings (good end, and bad end). This is all to be coded in the 9:16 aspect ratio. The programmers interested in joining our team must be able to code in Renpy, as well as to be able to code both NVL and ADV. The responsibilities for the programmers are:

- To program the script into the game
- To program the GUI
- To program the 1-2 minigames included in the game
- To debug the game near the end of the game jam
- To program a BG art, CG art, and music section in the game

Please note that this is entirely voluntary, aka unpaid. You can DM me on Discord (asianricelah) for more inquiries or if interested. Thank you so much!

Hi op!! I think that’s a programming issue on my end, I’m super super sorry!! I work on a mac so I’m not exactly sure how windows works, but I’m asking friends to help me. Thank you for wanting to download the game though, and I’m so sorry again !!

AAAA thank you so much for pointing this out op !! (I made this game on a mac I hate it here graaaah)

I’ll definitely try and look into it !! THANK YOUUU !!!

Hey op! Is it for mac or windows?

Oh hey! I thought that should've been fixed in the more recent version. I remember fixing that so hmm

It's okay op, I'm in college and even I don't understand it <3

I CAN NEVER ESCAPE STEM HAHHDHD   salamuch for playing op, always glad to see more filipino players <3

He's always been dead op 

Dw even I don't understand the calculus segment, I had to ask a friend to help me with that LMAO

yieee kinilig sya