DO NOT KILL THE SLEEPING BEAST

by mogar

2023
Twine

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An exploration of alcohol as a monster, July 18, 2023
Related reviews: less than 15 minutes

This Neo Twiny Jam game explicitly describes alcohol as a monster that haunts you, your father and his father before him.

The jam conditions require this to fit into 500 words or less, and it does this in part by having choices that more reflect your personal feeling rather than branching the story, and that works well.

The portrayal of alcohol as a monster is a good concept but I feel like this doesn't really add anything to that idea that hasn't been done before. The monster exists, whispers darkly to you, is resisted by love. I think old ideas can work very well without needing to switch them up, but it works best if there is a strong underlying story to graft on to rather than existing alone.

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