Air Gong presents a short catharsis built in Decker for MenHera VN Jam 2024:
Self-Portrait, Vomit on Concrete
It's the night after Kate's birthday, and she's feeling the regret in her stomach. It's the perfect day to stay inside and let her girlfriend Sarah nurse her back to health- if only she didn't have therapy to go to. As the day drags onward, Kate will struggle against her inner fears while desperately clinging to the one thing that keeps her anchored: love.
Featuring:
- A kinetic, emotional story of around 4K words
- Wiggly drawings and dithered photographs
- Several panic attacks and multiple scenes of vomiting
- Therapy
- And more!
Staff:
- Photography, illustrations, programming and writing by Crystal DeForest
- Art assistance by Sadie DeForest
- Edited and playtested by Alexandra Ferm (Alexandra IDV)
- WigglyPaint app and Decker engine by Internet Janitor
- All sound CC0 public domain
So... I've released another solo work! This one is... admittedly pretty dark at times. And I'm not going to lie, partially autobiographical. It's largely based off a really bad day I had. A day that thankfully got a lot better at the end! But it affected me a great deal and stuck in my memory. When I saw about the MenHera VN Jam, I thought it would be the perfect chance to write about what I went through, a bit of my own struggles with mental health. I just wanted to make something very honest, I guess. Not that what I made before wasn't, but something more based on reality.
It wasn't easy to write, but I did my best to convey the sort of anxiety I struggle with most often here. I'm honestly really nervous about this release, but in the end I guess I just... felt like I had to make this.
I wanna reassure everyone also; I'm okay! I'm doing well. Life's hard sometimes but love's carrying me through! ❤️ My next projects are going to be much lighter in tone! Sadie and I got some stuff we've been writing together that I'm really excited about! In the meantime, if you feel like you can handle handle some heavier subject matter, I hope you give this a try!


I enjoyed(?) this. The way you used sound was so effective within the limitations, and your writing is so nice even with the heavy content.
I really felt the love.