{"author_link":"\/author\/kadybat\/","author_name":"kadybat","author_uid":"41432","comments":[{"author_name":"bobrocks","author_uid":"41796","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:08am","epoch":1408935780,"text":"This is an interesting text adventure game which explores the life of a person who leads 2 lives. One displayed to the outside world which conforms to people's expectations and the author's "real" life. I definitely feel like I'm on the outside looking in while playing this game. Good luck to the author, I did not play to completion but I will be coming back for more."},{"author_name":"Crowbeak","author_uid":"16689","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:45am","epoch":1408938000,"text":"I feel like your preface should have been an afterward. You did a good job of making a game that could be fit to any number of situations\/feelings, which includes transgender issues, but by prefacing it with your experiences you color the lenses right before handing the glasses off to the player."},{"author_name":"varun","author_uid":"1675","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:22am","epoch":1408940220,"text":"Great writing! It's always cool to see social issues explored through interactive fiction."},{"author_name":"Lyszie","author_uid":"40854","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:21am","epoch":1408943760,"text":"Nice story - I'm so glad to have played your game and being able to try and grasp someone else's reality :) you should make more of these!"},{"author_name":"DoobieDoctor5000","author_uid":"23288","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:42am","epoch":1408945020,"text":"This one hits close to home for non-obvious reasons.\r\rI used to be a devout Christian, and thus believed that all LGBT people were on a one-way street to a place I believed in called Hell. I didn't even know what LGBT meant, nor would I have acknowledged it if I had heard it.\r\rThat was a long time ago. I've opened my own doors and come out in my own ways. Although I wasn't born gay or transgendered, I now accept that those who are should be treated like anyone else. There are both good-natured and evil people from the LGBT community, just like any other community. Heck; one of the first gamedev books I've ever read was written by Anna Anthropy, a transgendered individual.\r\rThe metaphors "out" and "opening a closed door that may have only seemed locked at first" may seem overused, but they're just so appropriate. This game puts the glasses on our eyes and let's us have a glimpse through the eyes of someone who has been through it, and is still going through it all.\r\rThere were some typos, but other than that, I think this game serves its purpose well. Thank you for giving us a peek past the media curtain."},{"author_name":"mess110","author_uid":"12300","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 12:21pm","epoch":1408968960,"text":"enjoyed reading the story, thanks"},{"author_name":"ViliX","author_uid":"29167","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:07pm","epoch":1408996920,"text":"".., ready to begin again." It's a heck of a story. Now I feel a bit depressed and unsure of myselft O_O"},{"author_name":"duncankeller","author_uid":"5260","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 12:28am","epoch":1409012580,"text":"Some pieces of the writing helped me empathize very well. Things like "The child is… dressed wrong" actually had quite an effect on me. I actually wish you went a bit more specific rather than taking the general approach. Either way, I liked it a lot.\r\rAlso, I used the "Fun" category to rate my enjoyment of the story, as I figured that made the most sense and helped keep the ratings fair.\r\rThanks for the story."},{"author_name":"Hypnohustla","author_uid":"20803","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 2:05pm","epoch":1409061600,"text":"I'm glad you made this game, it was interesting to take a look into your life. Thanks :)"},{"author_name":"handkor","author_uid":"39462","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 12:51am","epoch":1409100360,"text":"Didn't expect to see a text adventure. Good job, it's quite nice."},{"author_name":"Nooner Bear","author_uid":"41949","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 10:07pm","epoch":1409522520,"text":"I've been liking the assortment of story based games on LD. Great addition."},{"author_name":"dook","author_uid":"18341","time":"Sep 3, 2014 @ 6:56pm","epoch":1409770260,"text":"This is quite nice. I think it did a good job of bringing the point across in a very general and relatable way even though you say it's very personal :)"},{"author_name":"erdnuss","author_uid":"40580","time":"Sep 15, 2014 @ 5:06pm","epoch":1410800460,"text":"Hmmm, very interesting. I am not really sure what to make of it, so it is definitely a game that is worth playing."}],"images":["ld30\/41432-7428d2793a7e13afe90658833cad9033.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/philome.la\/kadybat\/two-selves\/play","text":"Web (Philome.la)"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/whwjhu16eqmi19b\/ld30%20entry%20v2.html?dl=0","text":"HTML"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/hzrc0mbugxui265\/ld30%20entry%202.tws?dl=0","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"16572","g_author":"41432","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"16601","g_title":"Two Selves","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"555","g_commentcount":"13","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/41432-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"This is a very short experiment, done solely to prove that I could. I'm making it more for me, but I hope you enjoy it. Here, the connected worlds are the two lives I've lead: the one I lead while growing up, and the one I live now, presented to the player as separate realities. It's inherently about my own experiences as a transfeminine individual, but I've tried to ignore gendered aspects as much as possible in order to maintain a feeling of depersonalization and allow the player to make the experience their own. ","title":"Two Selves"}