Hello, Blanche... Do you remember what happened? No... Well... That's fine.

machina carerulea is a short Twine piece made for the Neo-Twiny Jam, the Bluebeard Jam, the Love/Violence Jam and the Anti-Romance Jam.

Less than 500 words. 3 endings.

CW: mention of blood and illnesses, depiction of body injuries (missing parts - allusion self-inflicted) and murder/suicide, grief.

With custom macros from Chapel and Cycy. Cover image made in Canva (Pexels).

StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Release date Jun 21, 2024
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Authormanonamora
GenreInteractive Fiction
Made withTwine
Tagsbluebeard, death, grief, love, Multiple Endings, Psychological Horror, Robots, Sci-fi
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Mouse, Smartphone
AccessibilityColor-blind friendly, High-contrast, Interactive tutorial

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That guy is a real piece of work lmao, mais bon, vraiment je n'ai aucune sympathie pour lui vue les implications*


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*de la chambre rouge, il a surement du tuer les autres "Blanche" ou elles ont circuité ou suicider, mais déja faire un tel acte qu'est répliquer la vie humaine et surtout une personne que tu aimait en un robot ne veut pas dire que cette personne sera la meme, et c'est horrible de subjuguer l'équivalent d'un "nouveau né" a etre une personne qu'elle n'est pas, notre Blanche est une femme autre que sa Blanche, et c'est pour ca que je l'ai bien poignardé mdrr voila mon HC c'est que ma Blanche finit par prendre son indépence en payant ses respects a toute les femmes qui ont souffert avant elle, jpp j'adore! Cette écriture ect.. est magnifique merci!

merci <333

Derien! <3<3<3

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Knowing this was a Bluebeard Jam entry, I saw the twist coming the moment he mentioned the door haha, but the reveal was still creepy in the best of ways. There are some cool text effects here and I really like the look of the game overall. The interaction style where words/phrases appear one at a time is novel, a bit tedious, but it fits the idea of being a robot that can only scan a few things at a time. As if your internal cameras or sensors are limited...

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I picked the stab ending, because obviously, but I do wonder what happens to the protagonist after this. Will she be able to eke it out in the lab on her own? Will she be able to pass as human? I imagine at least some of the knowledge about designing and maintaining her body died with the guy, so that might be an issue. But if she's smart, she can probably figure it out. Maybe?

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¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Thank you!!! I'm really glad you liked it!!!! <3

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This was so cool! It makes me wish that this were a movie. I could just picture how everything would play out. I loved the descriptions and choice of words for everything! The environment feels too real. Excellent job!

<3 Thank you!!

Damn, with a soldering iron of all things... Violent ♡

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Gotta make sure it stays down after it hits!

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This was so damn cool!! I loved the atmosphere of the entire piece — so cold, so clinical, practically bursting with icy shadows that lurked underneath. We all knew something was coming, but when we reached that room, wow. The descriptions!! They were incredible! I got chills. Thank you for making this game!!!

Thank you for playing Aspen!!

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The way this is so damn good! I was so fascinated by the use of Sumerian (I adore Near Eastern history) that I looked up 𒍨, and it can also mean lower body/abdomen... another amazing layer of depth. I loved how jerky and disorienting the narration felt. The way she was looking at the world as items divorced of context and things that catch her eye rather than a scene really added to the cold atmosphere of the whole game, made even more chilling by the description of that room and the sombre ending~

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THANK YOU <33333