It may seem silly that a short game could do that to you, especially when it's not about you, your family and is in a virtual world. However, this game connected with me in so many small ways that it affected me overall. This may seem silly to write, but I feel like this is the best place to post it. My birthday is September 14th (when the game opens), small, I know, but it still felt satisfying in a strange way to see that date. Here's where it gets a bit more sadder, my dad passed away February 14th 2017 (one of the dates in this game is a day you work) and it really hit me as a message from my dad that everything is okay. Some of you will be reading this thinking "jesus she's gone off on one", but I don't care, it is just coincidence that the devs chose that date but out of 365 days of the year they chose that one, and it felt like a message to me. The date after that was 28th February, this was the date of his funeral and again resonated with me that he was sending me another message. The game showed me how funerals are done beforehand and has really opened my eyes into how the preparations are handled and how they prepare for a viewing of the body. My dad was cremated, when that part of the game came up I started to cry, because I don't think I'd had any true closure on what happened with him and was still very confused on what actually happened (I had just turned 17 when he passed), it was a very sudden death that nobody expected and seeing how cremations are handled gave me hope and reassurance that there was care taken into his body and his death as a person. I got angrier towards the end of the game when the parlour was taken over, it really did annoy me seeing that some funeral parlours are all about sales and not about truly hitting home and helping people in need during an extremely difficult time. I'm glad that indepence was reached at the end, not only is Charlie free from the corporate scumlords but I am also free of any burdens and regrets that I felt in relation to my dad.
Thank you everyone who developed this game, you really have changed someone's life.