Furry woe is me game made for and by privileged people who don't want to accept that they're mediocre with no real struggles and should get a job instead of waiting for someone to fix their annoying ass.

Doesn't help that the ending shows that none of Mae's problems are her fault and it's actually Cthulhu himself hindering her life and making her insane so no one gets to criticize her because all this time she was being controlled by unknown forces she can't understand.

Dumb metaphor, get over yourself you stupid cat.

So, what's the message here? Don't go out and have fun? Always keep your phone on? These kind of things happen and people do feel responsible afterwards wondering if they should have done anything different. Of course, it is important to listen. And some of the options one has in what to say or do might make a difference (offer help, ask if they have thought about details) - yet, you're not responsible if someone decides to end their life! Further, that's where I have the feeling the game missed to offer an important option: Decide to stay and hang out with her once you realised she is talking suspicious stuff. Instead, the only option to save her was to decline invitations all along which is not realistic.

the application of a good end/bad end game mechanic to a friend's suicide is misjudged at best, grotesque at worst. feeling like you actually ARE responsible for a person's suicide because you didn't pick up on some hints thrown at you in a three minute gameplay window is a terrible moral message. actually showing the girl hanging was very cheap too, as is the creator tagging this game as 'horror'. please tell me if i'm wrong, but there's nothing from the horror genre here at all??

the art is fairly souless instagram fodder, which feels especially egregious for a story about a girl at her lowest point. she looks like a botoxed baddie!!! where's the dirt!! the shadows under the eyes!!! i think this speaks to the aims of the story overall- it wants to show you someone on the edge but has to wrap it in these layers of cliche tropes and """aesthetic""" sapphic women. it's trying to do too much and failing at all of it.

this game motivates me to make my own, better game lol