phosphene wounds
A short story about how the world twists us through its own vices, and sometimes... We let it.
In a coastal city blighted by burning sunlight, Bea is chosen by the gods to sacrifice the person she loves most, one year from now. As she spirals into self-hatred, the Sun itself exploits her body dysmorphia to tell her who she can and cannot be.
A visual novel of about 13k words (around an hour of reading). For mature audiences only.
razvra: Writing, coding, music
jessemauer: Art, coding, some BG photography
CONTENT WARNINGS:
Written only/not visual: violent sex, dubious consent, drink spiking, murder, necro, references to SA. Shown partially in visuals: attempted suicide, drowning. Underlying themes: internalized transphobia.
BG photography credits:
sea lookout and sacrificial altar: doggiewoogiez
adobe stock, legally obtained licenses: bea's room, maya's apartment, megabloc view
unsplash: maya's bed, the coast 3, burned megabloc, shower
pexels: drowning
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loved this. i enjoyed the worldbuilding and the main character and how everything intertwines really well and ends up making perfect sense. would have loved seeing more of the other god, but i also understand why i didnt. great work!
this soundtrack is amazing. the worldbuilding was very interesting and im definitely going to be thinking of the coast and the gods even after the fact. thank you for making this!