The Dying of the Light
Alone. Terrified. Locked in. Consumed by rage.
Play time 5-10 minutes.
This game was originally written in only 4 hours as per the rules for the Petite Mort section of Ectocomp 2023. After the comp, it was edited for clarity and ease of play. Title from Do not go gentle into that good night by Dylan Thomas
The cover art is my own original art, text made using Canva.
Content Warnings: This game is about dementia and violent psychosis.
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Install instructions
You can play online in the window above, or download the game file and play it using an interpreter. A list of interpreters and links to them can be found here:
https://intfiction.org/t/list-of-glulx-gblorb-interpreters/51243
Comments
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This is beautiful and effective. I'm so sorry for your loss.
I feel like this was written with a lot of empathy. Thank you for sharing.
This was sad and terrifying to read, even more so when I read the author's note. I'm so sorry you and your family had to go through that. I wish an effective treatment will one day be found.
This is so very well done, and I teared up reading the author's note. Thank you for making and sharing it.
Thanks! I appreciate you playing such a downer of a game.