i am still here

i am still here is a short, unconventional ghost story and vignette reflecting on the end of a long lockdown.
much like the rest of my body of work, it's a game about places and people.

this game was commissioned by the australian literary magazine Going Down Swinging.
it was published as part of issue #41, edited by Magenta Sheridan, with AR programming by Anneli Goeller.

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how to play:
— click into the game screen to activate controls
— use WASD to move around, and arrow keys to rotate the camera
— when you see a pink geometric shape, scan the corresponding QR code with your phone and direct your camera towards the game 
— the QR codes are no longer valid now :( but that's OK because it doesn't really affect the story of the game at all. i'm leaving them on this page as a record of what they were and what they looked like.

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i am still here was first made in late 2020 as melbourne was finally getting out of its longest lockdown period. i've been wanting to re-release it on itch.io for a while, but we kept getting back into more lockdowns which made it a little difficult.

as we are once again—and this time probably for good—getting out of lockdown here in melbourne, im sharing this with you.

it's strange to revisit this piece a year later.

here's to getting out of the city and seeing friends again.

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this game was made using the Bitsy 3D beta by aloelazoe
SFX: RutgerMuller, breiti, achats57, kingbean28, Alan_Editor (1, 2), polymorpheva, danieldouch, mcmikai,

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bitsy hacks and tools used

• bitsy hacks
  • bitsymuse (v3.1.2) by David Mowatt
• tools
  • bitsymuse ui by candle

[made in bitsy 3D v7.2]