Letty
A downloadable game
https://dimension11.neocities.org/lettygame
Kinetic Visual Novel // 18.5k Words
Blanche has never been a terribly good mother. She was never made for it, the way other women are; a frivolous sort of woman, they called her, composed of cigarettes and liquor and all manner of hedonistic, unmaidenly things. Not made for raising children.
Her daughter, not made for being anyone’s child.
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Great stuff. The diaspora element is pretty subtle, but is a rather important factor in how the story moves in time and place.
the striking scarlet red only makes the heavy weight of the world around them all the more suffocating. its so unfair how little it takes to be a permanent outsider, be it melanin or living through a divorce. the depiction of these two little women clashing was really sad and beautiful to follow. thank you for sharing your story
Bwaaahhh thank you! Their loneliness, or rather their alienation, is a really key part in why things end up coming apart the way they do; and their blackness is a really important part of that. Thank you for playing, and I'm glad you enjoyed!!
~Pendulumgraph
thank you!! a lot of thought was put into their loneliness and pendulumgraph's art played a huge part of conveying that, it really made the visual novel what it is. i'm glad you found it impactful! their oppressions is something i felt very important to depict and a lot of care was put into depicting it.
~plushprey
This has genuinely become one of my favorite entries. I'm such a sucker for stories like these, and the prose, art, and music all come together in such a poignant way. The "redness" of the color scheme perfectly reflects Scarlet's name, and the music enhances everything by inviting a feeling of "softness" or a feeling of dread throughout (I love the OST that plays when Scarlet is at school and how it represents the anxiety she has about being there). The story was beautifully-written, the way Letty and Blanche's monologues highlighted the very complicated and deep-seated feelings they have for one another was brilliant. I absolutely loved the line "Hot then frigid then hot again, fresh shame reigniting from the white-cold ash of Storge that I burnt into cardiac-crimson Eros". The later half of the story made me so tense but in a good way. This was wonderfully-written, thank you for sharing it!
thank you for all the kind words!! we're really happy you enjoyed it so much! We put our heart and soul into it so we're really happy it resonated! worked hard on the music, first time doing it in years so i'm glad you found it impactful ^w^
~plushprey
This comment is so so so lovely... I keep reading it and rereading it and kicking my feet sososo cutestyle like a little school girl. Thank you so much! I am so unbelievably proud of Plushie for its work on Letty. It wouldn't be a fraction of what it is without it and its music, I think it pairs really well with the high-contrast artstyle. In my other work, I tend to write in a way that isn't fitting for the inner thoughts of a little girl, but Plushie thought it really fit. It added a lot weight to Letty's thoughts, and so I'm glad that those sorts of lines stood out in a good way!
~Pendulumgraph