blackout

Communication is fallible, but it's all we've got.

the story splits along the lines of your characters

not all at once
but in waves

the hungry tide of time and space erodes
yes
but tell a sculptor their work cannot compare
to an untouched block of marble

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blackout is an (almost entirely) asynchronous journaling game for two players about redacting, interpreting, & straining against the confines of language. You'll create characters & a shared world together, then separate to play independently, sending prompts back & forth at your own pace. Your stories will start from the same seed & be prompted by the same events-- at least, as you understand them.

In-universe, your characters can communicate with each other through letters, voicemails, dead drops or some other asynchronous method, but as a player, you can only represent that communication through short pieces of blackout poetry. You'll react to the poetry you send & receive in your private logs, only shared at the end. How will your personal analyses of these abstract messages change the directions the narratives go?

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this is a playtest version of the game. an ashcan, some might call it, with a more polished version on its way down the line. if you have any feedback, give me a shout at satah at gaygothvibes dot online.