violeta

Currently included in the Queer Games Bundle 2021! 

Play as Mo The Cat, in this queer and trans stream-of-consciousness style Twine game, helping him advise his friends in the way that only a cat can.   

This game follows Mo as he explores Violeta, talks to his friends Xo and Fran, and offers them an ear to listen to their thoughts and concerns.  Listen and advise Xo and Fran as they think critically about their actual desires, reconcile with the overlap between their personal desires and external pressures, and question the heteronormative structures that are the pillars of American society.  

This game was inspired by Bo Ruberg and Amanda Phillips’ Not Gay As In Happy, Jose Esteban Muñoz’ Cruising Utopia, and Kara Stone’s Time and Reparative Game Design: Queerness, Disability, and Affect.  It aims to “challenge the heteronormative ways of thinking that structure society — such as by disrupting accepted notions of time, space, and feeling”  (Ruberg & Phillips).  

This game is an introspective exploration of what it means to subvert heteronormative expectations, and what it means to queer your own timeline. 

Get a good look at all of the plants, hover your mouse over the text underlined in dots, and don't forget to scroll! Best enjoyed in full screen, and with your favorite lofi playlist in the background ~

Enjoy your time at Violeta. <3