Shrinking Pains

Release Date: 2018-04-27

Developer: Bedtime Phobias

Genres: Sexual Content, Free to Play, Indie

Price: 0.00

Did your ceiling always look like that?Your vision peels at the edges folding in. Everything is white empty. You spend a day seeing how many coins you can fit into the hollows above your collarbones. You wonder how long it will take until there is nothing left of you to touch.OverviewMade in 48 hours for the Global Game Jam 2018 Shrinking Pains is a short narrative experience that explores a semi-autobiographical struggle with anorexia.StoryPlay as a sufferer of anorexia as they navigate their life and relationships.Features Choose your partner preference before you play. Strong black and white visuals. Immersive original soundtrack. Multiple endings. Explores mental health. Narrative driven visual novel.CharactersIsabella is a gentle girl with a wicked sense of humour. She is a professional violinist with a great love of sitcoms. Taylor is prickly young man with a warm heart. He works as a software engineer by day and sells his knitting on Etsy in his spare time. Yuuto has been your best friend for years and put up with your emotional baggage as long as hes known you. Hes reliable dependable and cant text to save his life. Viviennes claw-like nails chime against her wineglass when shes talking. They leave long red marks against your skin as she pulls you to the door...Hunter looks good smoking in his leather jacket. When he puts his hand on your neck you dont know if you feel excited or scared... Content WarningShrinking Pains deals with potentially distressing themes of mental illness and destructive behaviour. Be warned that some of the content is fairly graphic and may be upsetting to some players.