fleisch LARP

fleisch LARP is a surreal body-horror puzzle made in Decker following the conversation between Dr Coagule, an oneirodermatologist (or, you know... a crazy scientist), and his *literally* bystander-victim-critique, as the doctor attempt to create a flesh that dreams. By moving around the flesh pieces on the board, you unlock new bits of conversations, and learn more about this experimentation.

This is really a wild ride, whichever perspective you take. It's an intriguing puzzle from the science side, creating a whole new creature and giving it sentience because SCIENCE!, from bits and pieces of living flesh (my sink crawls just writing this), not shying away from the grossness of it all but also not seeing it as bad, very much in the Cronenberg alley. He's completely unhinged!

Then you have the BVC point of view, whose role is right there in its name, and is, I'm pretty sure, Piece n2 on the board. A bystander grossed out by the doctor's actions but not leaving. A critique of the doctor's methods but not stopping him either. And a victim, forced to watch, respond, and feel because SCIENCE!

I think it's pretty smart to use this pink palette for the game, like some forced of "rose-coloured glasses" to gloss over or diminish the obvious barehanded cruelty of the doctor's actions. The cutesie colours clashing with the gross reality of things.

My stomach was doing cartwheels but I kinda want to see what Dr Coagule would attempt next....