Sand In The Gutter
A downloadable game
Sand In The Gutter is a response to Possibility Crisis, a community project seed published by Titanomachy RPG. The authors of this game originally heard of Possibility Crisis via this blog post, and when we went to go read the document ourselves, we felt driven to make something, anything, in response to it. This is a game, but in another, more complete sense, it is a multimedia project that is trying to encapsulate a very specific feeling of pain.
This game is made by queer authors with the help of their queer friends, and is written with not only blood, sweat and tears, but also love. Neither this game nor its creators support queerphobia, bigotry or state violence in any way, and nothing in this game is a reason or excuse to harass the author of Possibility Crisis.
To whoever is reading this, I pray, as ever, that we both see the sunrise tomorrow.
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This is really the kind of searing, painful, compassionate work that I direly want whenever the topic of queer games comes up, and I’m sure I’ll be thinking about it for a long time to come.
Both the mechanics and the interspersed short fiction are cutting and smart—I think the poker-like mechanics for spellcasting are really evocative for a situation where everything feels like a risky gamble, and the stress mechanics are an interesting touch in that when the pressure is on, you’re more likely to succeed, but at the cost of it maybe just getting you killed in the end.
I legitimately got teary-eyed during several segments; once again, this is a commendable piece that paints a picture of a flawed and beautiful world, and I’ll be looking forward to seeing any further work you choose to put out.