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This is a short Bitsy poem about the psychological toll of working paycheck-to-paycheck in dead-end jobs for the majority of my adult life.

More information

Status	Released
Platforms	HTML5
Rating
Author	80% Relatable
Genre	Interactive Fiction
Made with	bitsy
Tags	Bitsy, capitalism, Horror, poetry, Short
Code license	MIT License
Asset license	Creative Commons Attribution_NonCommercial_ShareAlike v4.0 International
Average session	A few minutes
Languages	English
Inputs	Keyboard

Development log

The Green Bar
Mar 17, 2022

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Adrien Dittrick95 days ago

oh wow I've been watching your video playthroughs for a while and just now realized you actually make games X) Gotta check those out.

Austellus3 years ago(+1)

Painful in the ways it should be. The meter and rhythm work wonderfully with Bitsy's text progression.

80% Relatable3 years ago(+1)

Thank you for the kind words! The rhythm of the piece is something I pay a lot of attention to, so I'm glad that effort came across.