Bug fixes! (no more blinking main menu)
Thank you everyone that played "she danced in the wind like a holographic dream before the world died"!
As of writing this the game has made $155 on itch.io sales, meaning that I can put it on Steam.
Thank you to those of you that paid for it too!
This is something I've worked on for over a year. It was probably one of the hardest things I've made till now, just on a technical level. I'd almost go so far as to say that I bit more than I could chew... But I chewed it nonetheless. It was so chewy.
I intend to make a separate, long, blog post about all the things that went into this. I think the work with procedural content generation, what I learned, what my problems were... Will be interesting.

(Image relevant: you are not doing gamedev right unless you todo list looks like it came from a horror movie.)
For now I just want to say that I posted an update with some major bug fixes.
Thanks to FoShoShot who made this wonderful Let's Play...
The issue was that I was using a graphics glitch for the wireframe effect. I suppose I should have known better. Of course it will not be the same on everyone's machine. I switched it with a properly done wireframe effect now. I cannot recreate the blinking on my one machine where I was able to recreate the bug (I know, it was one of those weird obscure ones)... So I'm calling it fixed.
Some typos in the writing were also pointed out to my by Gargaj on Bsky, who I appreciate for taking the time to point all that out.
I'm glad that I released on itch.io first so that I can get all these final bugs. I feel like itch is a much kinder audience when working with devs that are getting their release straight.
Thank you everyone! I hope to have more to show soon.
The game is coming soon to Steam.
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she danced in the wind like a holographic dream before the world died
The very last flower grew in concrete. She danced in the wind like a holographic dream before the world died.
| Status | Released |
| Author | alienmelon |
| Genre | Interactive Fiction |
| Tags | alienmelon, Atmospheric, Backrooms, brutalist, dreamcore, Exploration, Horror, Psychological Horror, Surreal |
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