Childhood Homes (and why we hate them) by qrowscant (2025)

palisademollusk10 days ago

this is so amazing, thank you so much for sharing

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VeryLostHobbit89 days ago

This was a wonderful experience to read through, I really enjoyed your writing! I first read it a few months ago, and several of the things you wrote have not left my mind since- so I've come back to read it again.

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spoopyuu107 days ago

wow... i didnt know what to expect but i was invested from the beginning and it held my attention all the way through...

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FossilFire141 days ago

Beautiful. Nothing else can describe this art.

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mala141 days ago

This is amazing. The best piece of interactive fiction I've ever read

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starryflowers189 days ago(+1)

wow this is,,,, a whole thing

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sillycrow221 days ago

this is so awesome. i love all of your writing so much

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NobodyImportant090268 days ago

I'm playing this on chromebook on browser and i cannot press start. there's not even a start option. does anyone have any ideas to help?

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Megan P.274 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

This seems super interesting, but i've ran into an issue... I play the game, couldn't press to start until Iwent into full screen, which is how Inormally play anyways, thats not a terrible issue, but the next one made it unplayable for me. I cannot scroll down, or anything, so after getting to step 2 of the letter, I cannot see anything more. Theres no scroll bar, or anything. I've tried using arrow keys, using WASD, using pg up and down, and nothing is working. The screenshot is all that I can see... AmI missing something? (i even tried highlighting the words and dragging down... Still nada)Childhood Homes (and why we hate them) by qrowscant (1)

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zapp45295 days ago (2 edits) (+1)

This is really good, you can feel the hatred, the anger, the dissapointment in yourself because you're still scared ; and you can feel how Lotte must be walking clumsily, because suddenly she's not grown up anymore, she's a child (again)

I didn't quite like the house "twist" (not sure if it's considered one) because it isn't my cup of tea, but I still really really liked the game, 5/5 stars!

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Nimaël313 days ago

this was really awesome!!

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sofastuffing360 days ago(+2)

I like how the action gradually transitions from metaphorical to literal, such that you can’t pinpoint where exactly the switch was, or if the descriptions were ever figurative to begin with

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shadowbon1 year ago(+1)

This was fucking amazing. Thank you for writing this.

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overplays1 year ago(+1)

I adore house horror, andthis was an incredible read. The atmosphere was impeccable; the stairs to the basement filled me with a real sense of dread as I 'descended' along with the text, and I loved the representation of ever-shifting thoughts and opinions in the cycling options. I especially loved how much it seems like the house is grinning at the reader. This was a visceral experience even before the decaying body came in, and it's gonna stick with me for a good while, I can feel it. Thank you for sharing such amazing work!

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ra-kun1 year ago

i love the limited palette and visual elements, it really made the little changes and shifts all that much more noticeable and impactful. It takes you in as you go deeper into the story and just all around really good at consuming your attention. this is amazing work

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Muno1 year ago

This game left me crying, you could tell a story through pixelart and text that changed in color, brightness, position, everything to make it fit perfectly, and it did, by far, I'm a very emotional person with these kinds of games, specially with big, disturbing and emotional revelations, and it was too much, in a good way.How the house is its own character, the depictions of disturbing imagery, the scientific data to fill in information along with some history, everything to show (what I think might be) metaphores as to what is happening or will happen, everything fits perfectly, beautifully, through the eyes of a person that at first seems just annoyed, angry, to a warped reality closing in...and eventually ending in a great climax, I loved it and hope to play other projects of yours, this deserves praise and recognition, both things I hope I have provided to you in this comment.

From a random person to another random person

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gray!!1 year ago

just played this, incredible! this is a really unique form of a horror game that i haven't seen before, and im excited to see what you make in the future :)

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Oh Little Moth1 year ago

Wow, this is absolutely incredible, you did a fantastic job.

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marsfriend1 year ago

holy shit, this made my jaw drop. fucking incredible work here!!! so so striking and beautifully made. really, really glad i decided to give it a read. thank you!

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yellowflashlightblues1 year ago

found this browsing itch.io, didn't know ur tumblr before reading. just wanted to say how cool and clever i found this. it's really interesting how you deliver the text and make the reader slow down and linger on words and variations of the words. (i think this type of click-adventure is the first i've seen in poems. were u inspired by similar stuff? bcz i'd love to see more shit like this) and the shape of the paragraphs, and the timing they're fed to us, revealing what's happening in present tense. and the white pixelated little visual aids were so lovely. like shadowy images. u made a beautiful interactive text story.

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cecile richard1 year ago(+2)

this owns

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cyrocypher1 year ago

Really enjoyed it! The vibe is eerie and well put together, great job op :) Really like the little add-in fact-thingies that parallel the main house plot (like the rat king texts)

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papa12u1 year ago

the game is weird,idk why but i can't stop thinking about it.Only problem is game has a lot of text,but still it's fine!:)

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blueapollo1 year ago

This is absolutely brilliant, and I'm so glad I stumbled upon it.

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Eric Monk-Steel1 year ago

Saw this on tumblr and its absolutely amazing work! the writing and tone are so compelling! Amazing work <3

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krikko271 year ago

wow, this was amazing, keep up the good work!!!!

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