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the boy who died, alive

by vvvild

(based on 3 ratings)
2 reviews4 members have played this game. It's on 1 wishlist.

About the Story

Poetry, Dynamic Fiction.
The relationship between a child and their brother. 
An entry for Neo-Twiny Jam 2023.
final word count: 394

Awards

Entrant - Neo-Twiny Jam

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Average Rating: based on 3 ratings
Number of Reviews Written by IFDB Members: 2
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Seeing what is not there, June 23, 2023
Related reviews: neotwinyjam

This piece has an intriguing premise, wherein a child sees (hallucinate?) their (dead? never existed?) brother when the latter cannot be perceived by anyone else. Feelings, sounds, and touches are only experienced by this child, creating an eerie dissonance that sends chills up a spine. The more I read this the less I was sure whether it was about grief or a hallucination through a horror lens… Either way, it works!

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Touching words in poem form about grief, July 17, 2023
Related reviews: less than 15 minutes

This is a short poem entered in the Neo Twiny Jam, coming in at slightly less than 400 words.

It is a poem of consisting of short, staccato sentences of roughly equal size, some using text effects such as blur or cycling links. It covers brother who is not there, a brother who the parents refuse or are unable to see.

It has several possible interpretations, between loss, a change in self-identity, or something sinister.

There are few choices, if any, but the links there are help to guide your own pace through the poem and split it up in good spots, so the interactivity worked for me.

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Game Details

Language: English (en)
First Publication Date: June 6, 2023
Current Version: Unknown
License: Freeware
Development System: Twine
IFID: 38A1643F-8FCF-473E-836E-6C62483BE46B
TUID: rt7e5q6i111jngls

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