dont look at the sun [demo]

content warnings: non-graphic depiction of a behavioural/psychiatric ward, descriptions of dehumanization, alienation, and invasion of privacy

we revolve around the sun. in more ways than one.

made in Bitsy for the 2020 A Game By Its Cover jam, inspired by Jasmine Mae's Famicase, this small story slice follows a nameless protagonist as they encounter reasons to look, or to not look, at the sun. and maybe some other feelings along the way.

traverse across a total of five (5) screens, each with interactable objects or thinkable thoughts, against the backdrop of buzzing audio by Alice Demor. 

parts of this experience made possible through Candle's Bitsy audio tool and Bitsy hacks by Sean LeBlanc and Dana Holdampf.

more is planned for this experience, including

• the protagonist's journey upon leaving the ward
• a disgruntled sundial shop owner and his (gay) nemesis
• entirely too many metaphors, possibly poetry
• many, many more reasons for and against looking
• a possible confrontation with the sun himself