love this one. the feeling of rifling through someone's desktop feels so intimate, but the goofiness of the chomping cat and the general vibe keeps it from feeling intrusive, and instead feels like this warm, shared space. desktops feel like such vulnerable spaces to me, where we can learn so much about each other through the random detritus we accrue or burn away. poking around, even within a "gameified" and curated space feels like becoming beautifully close with a stranger before they vanish forever.
i love your choice to mechanize the act of throwing away files! for me at least throwing things away grants relief but also a bit of pain. transforming it into this silly act of play made the pain go away, but as the screen slowly emptied i began to feel a real sadness again that made the whole thing feel very emotionally complex (in a great way!)
in many ways this is a very different game, but it reminded me of flan's Museum of the Saved Image, where they moved all the files on their cluttered desktop into a unity project haha -- i think it's very beautiful, you might like it!
Thank you so much for the kind words Joey. Makes me happy to spark this reaction and reflection, and flan's game is a great connection so thank you for sharing it!
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love this one. the feeling of rifling through someone's desktop feels so intimate, but the goofiness of the chomping cat and the general vibe keeps it from feeling intrusive, and instead feels like this warm, shared space. desktops feel like such vulnerable spaces to me, where we can learn so much about each other through the random detritus we accrue or burn away. poking around, even within a "gameified" and curated space feels like becoming beautifully close with a stranger before they vanish forever.
i love your choice to mechanize the act of throwing away files! for me at least throwing things away grants relief but also a bit of pain. transforming it into this silly act of play made the pain go away, but as the screen slowly emptied i began to feel a real sadness again that made the whole thing feel very emotionally complex (in a great way!)
in many ways this is a very different game, but it reminded me of flan's Museum of the Saved Image, where they moved all the files on their cluttered desktop into a unity project haha -- i think it's very beautiful, you might like it!
https://flan.itch.io/museum-of-the-saved-image
anyways, just lovely. thank you for making me this desktop cleaner :)
Thank you so much for the kind words Joey. Makes me happy to spark this reaction and reflection, and flan's game is a great connection so thank you for sharing it!