meminerimus

Originally posted on intfiction. Minor edits were made.

You take on the viewpoint of a simulacrum, a recreation of a human being. In meminerimus’s brief timeframe, you exist only in the view of your parent (no gender given in the text but one of the author's chosen post-Thing ribbons is "Father of the Year"), (Spoiler - click to show)who alternates between “I did nothing wrong, it’s my kid who is at fault,” and “Maybe I did something wrong?”

This is a very short game, probably the shortest in the entire Main Festival lineup. Because of this, it didn’t feel like there was a lot of build up or breathing room - we know from the beginning that (Spoiler - click to show)the parent has been terrible to their child, with little change in tension. I liked the interface styled in Bisquixe, with toggleable hyperlinks that you can use instead of typing in commands. I can tell the author has put quite a lot of thought and deliberation over this work. If there’s more on the horizon, I'd gladly welcome it.