i'm sorry, snail
this is a very short story i wrote in nswengine about having stepped on a snail in the summer of 2025
use down arrow key or click the arrow to progress
other people made really cool games in nswengine so far, which made me happy, and also they utilized the directions very nicely, but i wanted to use it for something more barebones this time and just write a short story
i think it can be used for stuff like that too
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made me cry
this is sincere and gentle and full of love
"but the fact we make judgments while doing so somehow makes it worse"
this makes me think about a line from Watership Down:
“Animals don’t behave like men,” he said. “If they have to fight, they fight; and if they have to kill, they kill. But they don’t sit down and set their wits to work to devise ways of spoiling other creatures’ lives and hurting them. They have dignity and animality.”
ah, that’s good… i think?
thank you for playing, i’m glad you found something in it. i wanted to write something less funny and more heartfelt for once so glad the intention came through!
yeah it's great!! Excited to see what you make next!! And will take a look at older stuff too :)
i think it is valuable to think about these things!! And what sorts of harm are justified with morality (making them somehow even worse)! There are many...
What is the function of dividing things into good and evil? What is the role of condemnation?
thanks, i sometimes think of how people say “this is a flower” and “this is a weed”, even though the weed has flowers too.
you could oppose this by saying the weed is actually useful because it has medicinal qualities or something, but then you’re using the same frame of thought. instead i think its better to accept we probably dont know too much, and should just let other creatures do their thing :))
actually, if you wanted to play a game that talks about this topic i made one last year
https://pebonius.itch.io/my-plant-study-time
i’d be happy to hear what you think about it
appreciate that you point out "then you’re using the same frame of thought". There's more to life than transactional exchange!
Thanks for sharing plant study time!! Like that you talked about how it doesn't need to be a zero sum game!! Something felt a bit weird to me about the trees superior to humans thing but im glad you believe in cooperation :)