Postmortem pt. 2: More Details

hey all. thank you so much for playing girl im rotting. i had a sudden and long overdue life change that really puts this game into perspective and i thought i would share some of that with you. spoilers for the game included.

many comments have shared that the conversation with Beth's gf was very "real" or "hit close to home" etc. and that was scary to hear, seeing as her dialogue was based off a real person in my life. she was inspired by my real girlfriend at the time, albeit not entirely (she was accepting of plurality, for one thing) who i have cut out of my life recently. she was abusive to me, and this game was an elaborate vent about how bad my life had gotten because of her. 

in the game, Beth gets worse and worse living along with her girlfriend visiting occasionally for sex. that was where i was, stuck in my parents house, having nothing for lunch most days, and dreading my gf coming over when she did. i would tell her all my worries and fears, and she would simply ignore them or use it as an excuse to hurt me. in a way, Beth's story about escaping her gf and finding a new love that matched her freak (the nurse) was not only my attempt to imagine a better world for myself, it was a prophetic dream; all of that basically happened by the numbers since the game came out. my rot has begun to fade, finally, after 6 years of misery. 

i want to thank everyone who played this game and told me their feelings about the story. it made me feel like i wasnt crazy to think my gf was hurting me. when i wrote i didnt make this game to win the jam, i meant it. all i wanted to get out of this was the feeling i wasnt alone, that my story could maybe help someone get out of their own rot. i never realized the person i would help was going to be myself.