the lamp of your body

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Speed-IF about a haunting girl and religious themes, December 1, 2025

by MathBrush

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This was a choice-based mostly linear game that was longer than most of the Petite Mort games. It builds up background and has one choice at the end. I didn’t encounter any bugs and the style/polish looked good.

The story is about a girl in your college class with eyes like black pools. She unsettles you, and seems to be aware of that fact. Soon, you end up meeting with her, and learning more about her.

To avoid spoiling the game’s twists, I’ll put the rest of my impressions in spoilers:

(Spoiler - click to show)I thought the woman at first was Jesus. Many of the miracles model those in the temptation of Jesus, but the temptations there were mostly for Jesus to use his own power: for he himself to turn rocks into bread; to prove God’s love for him by letting angels catch him after jumping off. The only thing Satan ever actually offered was rulership over the world. The other miracles here (parting water, water to wine) were also Christ’s miracles. So I really expected a ‘dark Jesus’ moment. But having it be Satan makes sense, too. It reminds me of a speculative fiction anthology from the 70s my dad had around the house where a guy goes to shoot Satan to save the world but Satan and Jesus are twins hanging out at a Cafe and he can’t tell which one is which.

Overall, pretty thought-provoking. I even sketched a doodle of the main NPC. The prose was the highlight.

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