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My complaining last post seems to have unclogged some writing blockages because I immediately set to working on Challenge #2 after that, which is to write a fandom manifesto, so now I have done so!

Behold!


Let me tell you guys about Long Gone Days.

Here is the tl;dr: Long Gone Days is a little indy game with a small cast of well written and interesting characters, a dramatic conflict, lots of angst, brotherhood, us-against-the-world scenarios, and the triumph of human kindness over violence and brutality. The art is breathtaking and the artist for the game likes drawing the characters a lot so you can get new content straight from the source! The main duo are very shippable as two brothers in arms fighting to survive in the middle of a warzone. And if you like a different dynamic there is also a cute pacifist civilian that needs to be protected and is understanding and kind to the soldiers, who are really fish out of water who need to learn how pretty much everything works outside of their little cult bubble. There are infinite opportunities for hurt/comfort, found family tropes, and some darker stuff thanks to the brainwashing, and weird genetics/breeding elements in the worldbuilding. If you get into the fandom now, you can take advantage of the fact that this is open canon and write your own happily (or very unhappily) every after!

And if you ever bought one of those big itch.io bundles, you probably already own this!~

There's a trailer in the game with lots of nice shots:

 

 

If this sounds kind of interesting to you, read on for the full manifesto. I also did a more gameplay focused review a while back but below is the fandom tailored argument.

There will be some spoilers, but they will be at the end. And I should admit right from the get-go because I know that for some people this is a deal breaker, the game - and therefore the story, are unfinished, and the final update has been stalled for a long time. HOWEVER the devs posted recently that they are done with major content and are in the debug phase so I have hope! I also don't mind WIPs at all so this isn't a problem for me, but I know some people hate it. Still! Please read and give the game a chance because it is such a great hotbed of interesting ideas, plus it's pretty. And 3 people did all of it. That's crazy!

( The full manifesto. Pic spam included. )

I've done a quick let's play of the first half of Chapter 1 too!