"I must surrender myself to the sun and dust that turned me into bleached stone. / To be free I must surrender myself until nothing is left but a petrified form, one that I neither recognize nor one that I call home. / Only then can my spirit rest, as I am bereft of all past pain. A red flower will grow to mark my grave / For it is in this horrible surrender that I learned to fly."
"But please... I can't... I won't... this is my form... / I don't want to die."
How absolutely fucking heartbreaking. Just imagining — no, feeling — when a person or people or entity or just some external force lends your body into a mortar and pestles and crushes you into a pulp, until your only option is to give up and give into their expectations or wants, completely disregarding what is important to you. It's such a hauntingly accurate depiction (at least i think) of the queer experience (especially for me, living under a homophobic household). maybe I'm interpreting this game wrongly but seeing the lines of this poem made me imagine being forced into submission or more specifically (under my interpretation) being forced into denying one's own self for the homogenization into one bigger being (like dissolving everything in the butterfly's world and flying into a bigger butterfly's nest). it's like, anti-individual. regardless of how much this game actually is about the queer experience, it certainly still has the theme of letting go of something, something important, against your own will. it just tugs my heart at all the right ways. it's definitely incredibly bittersweet. thank you so much for this.
thank you for this beautiful interpretation. it’s validating to see someone view it under the lense of queer experience. it means that to me too.
i try to let my work be as open to interpretation as possible, to be inclusive to other’s experiences, but it always means a lot when someone really gets these deeper aspects.
Visually a stunning piece of art, heavy with introspection and the values that we place on what it means to live. A satisfying piece for anyone who loves story telling, and deep rooted psychological horror.
I play your game (and a couple others) and provide in depth feedback in my video below. You can also vote for your game to advance in my channels best of indie horror for january competition on my youtube channels community page. I'll be 3D printing a scene or monster from the winning game to give to the game dev! Also, if you watch my video, I sincerely apologize for the abomination of a song I created based off of your wonderful art- after playing your game I just felt so creative lol.
I finally got around to playing this poem... The experience is incredible (and sad, and a bit scary, but also calm?), I love all the little details in visuals and sound, and of course the text. It all fits together so well. Thank you very much for sharing! I wish you the best with completing BlueSuburbia, I'm looking forward to it.
Not sure if this is intentional or not, but in the description it says "abys" instead of "abyss". Also would this be treated as an expansion or sequel to BlueSuburbia (in technical terms)?
in technical terms expansion is probably correct. this is going to be part of the new update, but it’s also released on its own because it’s interesting enough on its own too.
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"I must surrender myself to the sun and dust that turned me into bleached stone. / To be free I must surrender myself until nothing is left but a petrified form, one that I neither recognize nor one that I call home. / Only then can my spirit rest, as I am bereft of all past pain. A red flower will grow to mark my grave / For it is in this horrible surrender that I learned to fly."
"But please... I can't... I won't... this is my form... / I don't want to die."
How absolutely fucking heartbreaking. Just imagining — no, feeling — when a person or people or entity or just some external force lends your body into a mortar and pestles and crushes you into a pulp, until your only option is to give up and give into their expectations or wants, completely disregarding what is important to you. It's such a hauntingly accurate depiction (at least i think) of the queer experience (especially for me, living under a homophobic household). maybe I'm interpreting this game wrongly but seeing the lines of this poem made me imagine being forced into submission or more specifically (under my interpretation) being forced into denying one's own self for the homogenization into one bigger being (like dissolving everything in the butterfly's world and flying into a bigger butterfly's nest). it's like, anti-individual. regardless of how much this game actually is about the queer experience, it certainly still has the theme of letting go of something, something important, against your own will. it just tugs my heart at all the right ways. it's definitely incredibly bittersweet. thank you so much for this.
thank you for this beautiful interpretation. it’s validating to see someone view it under the lense of queer experience. it means that to me too.
i try to let my work be as open to interpretation as possible, to be inclusive to other’s experiences, but it always means a lot when someone really gets these deeper aspects.
Visually a stunning piece of art, heavy with introspection and the values that we place on what it means to live. A satisfying piece for anyone who loves story telling, and deep rooted psychological horror.
I play your game (and a couple others) and provide in depth feedback in my video below. You can also vote for your game to advance in my channels best of indie horror for january competition on my youtube channels community page. I'll be 3D printing a scene or monster from the winning game to give to the game dev! Also, if you watch my video, I sincerely apologize for the abomination of a song I created based off of your wonderful art- after playing your game I just felt so creative lol.
I finally got around to playing this poem... The experience is incredible (and sad, and a bit scary, but also calm?), I love all the little details in visuals and sound, and of course the text. It all fits together so well. Thank you very much for sharing! I wish you the best with completing BlueSuburbia, I'm looking forward to it.
So beautiful.
One day it will seem just a distant memory <3
Very awesome piece.
Elevate your experience to this old, devastated world and the butterfly trying to flap its wings and experience it!
I want to know how to fly too.
thank you for playing it 💖🙏🦋
stars sparkle in the dust ⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪
vary good game
Not sure if this is intentional or not, but in the description it says "abys" instead of "abyss". Also would this be treated as an expansion or sequel to BlueSuburbia (in technical terms)?
thanks for pointing that out.
in technical terms expansion is probably correct. this is going to be part of the new update, but it’s also released on its own because it’s interesting enough on its own too.
Thank you very much for clarifying.
A truly beautiful game.
Flying around with the butterfly, I felt its deep fragility but at the same time also its beauty and strength.
A metaphor about the fragility and beauty of our lives and the great strength and courage that are often needed to live it...
thank you so much for the kind words! i appreciate this.