(enchant: ?Page, (text-color: white) + (background: black))Why?
[[about]]
[[achievements]]
[[start]](enchant: ?Page, (text-color: white) + (background: black))This a game made for Global Game Jam 2023 at Hostos Community College's superb and wonderful jam site, which had many incredible snacks and wonderful music.
It was made by Matthew R.F. Baloušek. He's socially on the internet at cohost.org/mrfb, and you can find his other games at mrfb.itch.io.
[[that's very cool and i'm glad i know that now, especially about how good the snacks were->title]] You are dead.
[[Why?->a tremendous impact]]Because you suffered a fatal impact.
(if:(nth: visits, false, true, false))[[[Why?->slammed into a wall]]](else:)[[[Why?->fell off a cliff]]]Because you fell off of a cliff.
(if: (nth: visits, true, false))[[[Why?->accident]]](else:)[[[Why?->pushed]]]Because you were slammed into a wall.
[[Why?->punched by a time demon]]Because you were pushed off a cliff.
[[Why?->too many questions]]Because you were punched (very, very hard) by a time demon.
[[Why?->taunted]]Because you're dead. Again.
[[Why?->a tremendous impact looping]](if:(visited:"talking shit") and visits > 2)[
[[Apologize to the time demon.]]]Because you irritated the time demon.
[[Why?->talking shit]]Because you said, within earshot of a time demon, "I bet a time demon couldn't kill *me*. What are they going to do, rewind time on me?"
[[Why?->Loop]]"I'm so sorry! I take back what I said about time demons," you manage to shout into the time void.
You're not sure if that has any effect. You wait for a long time in the time void.
(link-goto: "GAME OVER", "achievements")Because you slipped.
[[Why?->wet]]Because the cliff was wet.
[[Why?->rain]]Because it had rained recently.
[[Why?->clouds]]Because you were asking too many questions.
[[Why?->journalist]]Because you were a journalist getting too close to the truth.
[[Why?->dedicated]]Because you had found out about the mafia's secret dragon that had been devouring their rivals, and called them out to this cliff to get a final answer about what they were planning to do.
[[Why?->dragon]]Because the clouds grew too heavy with moisture, so they precipitated.
[[Why?->water heavy]]Because water is heavier than air.
[[Why?->physics]]Because... actually, I don't know that one.
(link-goto:"GAME OVER", "achievements")Because an old man who saw someone get devoured was willing to speak with you, despite the potential consequences.
[[Why?->trust]]Because the old man knew he could trust you.
[[Why?->pin]]Because you were wearing an old pin made out of a particular kind of stained glass from the Old Country.
[[Why?->grandma's pin]]Because you treasured it.
[[Why?->gift]]Because it was a gift from your grandmother.
[[Why?->beloved]]Because you were beloved.
[[Why?->child]]Because as a child, you had a precious habit of asking too many questions.
[[Why?->habits]]Because you always had a curious nature.
[[Why?->curious]]Because you always found something special about the unknown, and so you loved to dig into things.
[[Why?->dig]]Because you always knew that one day you would die, and so you resolved to find out as much as your could in your time here.
[[Why?->time demon]]Because as a child, you were visited by a time demon who showed you how you would die. Plus: common knowledge.
[[Why?->time demon 2]]Because the time demon told you they came to make amends for a punishment visited upon you in another timeline.
(link-goto:"THE END", "achievements")(enchant: ?Page, (text-color: white) + (background: black))''ACHIEVEMENTS''
(if:(visited:"Apologize to the time demon."))[🙆♂️](else:)[🙅♂️] notes.app
(if:(visited:"physics"))[🙆♀️](else:)[🙅♀️] Scientists Just Aren't Sure
(if:(visited:"time demon 2"))[🙆](else:)[🙅] Shocking Backstory
[[Return to title screen.->title]]Because you suffered a fatal impact.
[[Why?->slammed into a wall]]