Interstate 35 Steam Charts & Stats

Great!

I loved playing and creating Twine games in university. This one is a masterful approach to visual novels, and the metaphysical writing reminds me of 1000x Resist and how that wades through the topics of apocalypse and the violence rooted in choice.

There's just something about imagining something so close to home being your own personal Chernobyl. Since my attention span is absolutely shot it took me a try or two to get started but all the sudden I find myself at the credits of this thing.

Short, but incredibly evocative and with such a vivid aesthetic. Worth it for fans of Norco and Richard Linklater

An astounding work. There are lines that will stay rattling in my brain. Moments so resonant I felt them intimately. The accompanying paintings, with their visible brushwork, & dreamlike textured backgrounds a perfect fit. At times I found myself closing my eyes and letting the music and ambiance wash over me for a moment. Every aspect comes together. some minor technical gripes: -I would've liked to use the dpad to make selections, and there were a few times I needed to use the mouse as the controller wouldn't select a bolded phrase in the passage. -I also would've liked an option to swap the "selected" and "unselected" colors around, it took a bit to adjust that white meant it was selected.

I feel a lot of different emotions after finishing Interstate 35. I don't know if I want to replay it so soon, even though it was so short. But I did love it. I'm trying to imagine what memories of mine I would keep. I'm happy to have grown up in North Texas, even if it wasn't anywhere near where I was born. I always think of myself as lucky for getting the chance to experience life here and meet the people that I have met. I know these roads, I know the layouts of a few of the cities, and I know all of the same buildings that just keep repeating and repeating. I still forget how vast this place is, most of this state is still so unknowable to me. I never was in a religious family. I knew transgender and queer individuals who grew up in those kinds of houses; there was a certain pain in the air that followed them around. It was hard to say anything about it. I've been transitioning for almost 3 years now. I still love this place even if I sometimes desperately wish it could change. There's a lot of items and memories that I wish I could bury deep here, but there are plenty of things that I want to keep close, to remember all of this by. Thank you Julie.

As someone who's not super into VNs, I found this to be pretty interesting. The art style is really compelling, the poetic writing is fascinating, and the overall narrative is quite existential and interesting. A couple of neat surprises are in this story. Great experience.