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Amazing and disturbing game. I thoroughly enjoyed the prompts, even though I had to stop "early" as this game was making such a good job at putting me in the shoes of a killer and that felt.... uncomfortable. Some of the experience reminded me of reading Lolita: both brilliant and .... leaving me feeling like I need to shower with detergent! (it's a good thing, I swear). Very impressive, easy to use, and mind-bending. I hope to replay it with some of the suggested variants. 

Thank you for the quick response! I printed and really loved the "rituals/games" I tried (solo), with "Grief Is A Labyrinth" entering my "favourite grief games" (.... yes, that's a category). I thoroughly enjoyed going through the solo games ("enjoyed" is not totally the right word, given the topic). Thank you for sharing. 

Boycotting itch.io seems to be missing the point (yes, itch.io could have communicated better, but I would assume that the situation is also less than ideal for them and not conducive to making great choices). 

Are we also going to boycott Visa or Mastercard or Paypal? If we ever use those again, how is it different from what itch.io is doing? How about artists who use Visa/Mastercard/Paypal, therefore supporting them, are they also the bad guys? Most of us will keep on using those payment processors because "we don't have a choice", at least in the short term. I don't see how itch.io would magically be in a different position, even if they do have more power than individual players, compared to those companies, they have basically no power. 

I love it. It's perfect and sad and beautiful. Bittersweet memories of beloved things that are lost, will be lost, are being lost. Thank you for sharing it. I am printing it to add it to my Grief Collection. 

Thank you for the community copy, I can't wait to play through the solo games, I just read through part of them, and they seem amazing! I will comment/rate in a few days :) Just wanted to let you know I think there may be an issue with the "spread" version of the file, which looks to be the same file as the single page one? (Or maybe the issue is just on my end?) Thank you again. 

Loved it, I would absolutely have played more levels if there had been more!

Thank you for the quick reply. I will experiment with the playtest for now and very much hope I can find a way to make it work, because.... so many cool ideas, such a lovely and wholesome universe!

It looks great! I am mostly a solo player, do you think it would be playable solo, or would it betray the spirit of the game?

Yay, thank you!

Hi! I went to print it recently, but I can't seem to find the card/label template anymore. I remember seeing at some point in the past, but I don't think I can find it in the current file, would you let me know if I am just clueless, or it's gone?

I'm a volunteer in a library (and studying to work in one hopefully in the upcoming year), thank you for the librarian copies and for your amazing work. I only briefly skimmed through it, but I can't wait to fully try it (and hopefully share it at the library!) Thank you.

I had to close my eyes to do it. And then refresh the page, to bring it back to life.

Such a beautiful and "real" game. I lost my grandmother to dementia, and ... this really rings so true, subtle, beautiful and sad, respectful of the pain and love and loss.

Awesome! I played the computer version first, and then the browser version, to see the difference made by the community, and ... the community version is significantly easier (which is good for me, given how Not Great I am at precise jumps), I did not expect to manage to beat it!

I loved the colours, the graphics, the music, everything. Will be playing it again. Thank you for sharing.

Finally got around to playing this game. Love the colours, the graphics, the level of difficulty was perfect for me. I would absolutely purchase a full game version of this, without hesitation.

Hello! This looks great! Do you think it might be played solo?

Loved it! So many feelings. I really enjoyed it, going through it several times, in writing, but also twice just mentally, which led to a shorter play time, but it still felt like a helpful way to deal with feelings of grief and sadness.

The first journalling game I ever tried and.... I immediately fell in love with it (and then with the genre). The prompts are suggestive enough to avoid the fear of the blank page, while being open enough to allow a lot of freedom in deciding the tone of the journal. I am hoping to have time to do it a second time, as my first "journey" was very melancholy, a representation of depression... and I would love to try... a different road next time!

I'd be very interested as well!

Loved it! So much imagination, the right amount of humour... great! And I loved the "ending" too.