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A well-put-together brief story about grief and accounts, October 24, 2021This game is one of two entered by Bez in this competition, the other being 'Weird Grief', and the two tie into each other.
In this one, presented in customized Twine, you are a moderator for an online community, and have been asked to begin closing accounts of dead customers.
Gameplay is divided into two components: reading through old messages, and entering a group chat with everyone involved.
The game has illustrated avatars for each important character, as well as a few other pieces of art.
The second section of the game is all on a timer. It's not too long, but I tend to multitask while playing IF (the format lends itself well to pick-up-and-put-down play), and I tabbed away to work on other things while waiting for the text to complete, only to come back and see it had wiped the screen and started new messages. I also had to leave in the middle of some text to use the restroom, and missed a couple of other parts because of that. So for future players, I'd recommend dedicating a set amount of time to read through the second portion.
The text includes frequent strong and mild profanities and depicts traumatizing events as well as reference to sexual activities.
Overall, I found the game polished and descriptive, with an emotional impact. The nonlinear interactivity in the first half worked for me, but the second half was a little rougher, so I'd give this a 3.5, which I'll round up to a 4 for IFDB.