Hearth
There is a gorgeous woman before you, perfectly silhouetted by the crackling fireplace behind her, and she’s wrapped in a luxuriously dark winter coat.
Her name is Eloise.
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This as an extremely short game made for the Neo Twiny Jam, all within a 500 word limit. It's also my first Twine release!
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That was incredibly evocative I almost forgot it was only 500 words with how much you packed in describing both Eloise and the narration. In each ending I got, I was ultimately intrigued by what exactly Eloise was. She reads as something beyond human and her unnatural warmth almost colder, in a way, than the chill of the character.
I loved the prose—deceptively simple, and yet so atmospheric with its carefully chosen diction that it sings more like poetry. I was shocked by the first ending I received, and I was subsequently disturbed by every ending afterwards. I felt violated, but most all, disquietened in all of them. Well done!!
Wonderfully evocative atmosphere, and the storytelling woven throughout all the endings is amazing!! Very fun — if mildly disturbing — read.