Completed in March 2022 for the 2022 Spring Thing Festival of Interactive Fiction.

CW: alien encounters, death, mild profanity

Audience award ribbons:

"Most alienating"

"Most expanding"

UPDATE: I wrote a short postmortem for this game.

Status	Released
Platforms	HTML5
Rating	Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars (4 total ratings)
Author	lavieenmeow
Genre	Interactive Fiction
Made with	Twine
Tags	Aliens, artgame, Experimental, poetry, Text based
Average session	A few minutes
Content	No generative AI was used

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sophiades2 years ago (2 edits) (+3)

I remember playing and loving this during that SpringThing. I thought it might be of interest to share the poem that I had made with your game then. Your work is a beautiful space to tinker around in.

"I was praying.
I was alone with my hands in the dirt.
Only the flimsiest stars were visible.
These wide American fields.
The clothes of dead friends.
As if suspended by a string.
I stood in the rain alone.

If I had to name the poem, I might call it ‘Midnight Visitations.'"

lavieenmeow2 years ago(+1)

Oh, I love this, thank you so much for sharing it, Sophia! I'm so happy that you enjoyed the game, and I love the title you gave the poem, too :)!

PHENOMENA

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