garbage doll

Such a good read!! This game is so cute, sad, and funny at all the right times. The art seriously was so cute I wanted to die. I love how the 'good vs bad' actions get recontextualized through the disembodied voice. There's truly something enticing about the dolls, and Garbage's wants and needs being something that's ignored, played with, and sometimes accepted was all interesting to watch. 

this was brilliant. whenever i thought i could predict where this was going i was delightfully wrong. my heart dropped to my stomach during chapter 2. i was completely enamored with the world of dolls and witches you gave life to. the mechanic of the 'player' being the inside, super critical voice of garbage; the back and forth between the sprite, narrator, and garbage doll was SO fun. what a fantastic use of the VN medium.

there was a tenderness to the toxicity between bleeding heart and neon cat; it's obvious they both cared for each other but in ways that were unsustainable without someone getting hurt. that core of 'realism' in this more fantastic world made their relationships even more cutting; specifically speaking on how neon cat was looking for something and someone to fix her, and threw bleeding heart away when bleeding heart couldn't fulfill that role. this was elevated and enhanced by your *extremely* funny sense of humor. the reveal of what mother had done in the last chapter was. god. god!!!!!

loved that it was open-ended, that they had the potential to be better (or worse) after the credits rolled, that these characters could still heal despite going through things terribly traumatic. some of which was done onto each other. it still made me feel hopeful; these characters had the potential to move away from that. together, maybe. incredible, incredible VN. thank you so much for making it. this is something that will stick with me beyond the game jam.

wow, i'm going to preface this by saying i am someone who is not familiar with the concept of "dolls" and "dollhood", so this is coming from an outsider just trying their best to understand by looking into a window. i went into this with an open mind, trying to learn the nuances of it all but i was confused, jarred at first, even. i loved how humanistic garbage was even as a doll. and even when the subject matter became abhorrent and dark, you still captured each character realistically and flawed. i don't know how but i didn't 100% condemn multiple bad actors by the end of the story, but maybe i am just speaking as someone who has experienced the pain as well, and as someone who believes in redemption, as someone who was caught in the cycle and almost perpetuated it. thank you so much for making this. it is very provocative, and while i don't completely get it. i'm writing this in tears but also laughter. feeling both joy and pain, and reclaiming a sense of myself. thank you garbage doll.

oh i dreaded each chapter more and more in the best way possible. dollhood and the cycle of abuse are gonna be swimming around in my head for the rest of the week. thank you for cursing me with this. great work!!