Pepper & Smoke

Background:

Pepper & Smoke is a simple, linear story made with twine – not so much of a game as it is a story with clickable parts. It is about a particular kind of person coming to terms with their past. While I hesitate to call it political, much of it is based on a series of events that occurred in my hometown within the past year.  

The story is "mostly true". The details are fictional, but it is a composite of many true events that had occurred to different people. I will not provide further detail for safety reasons. 

I hope you enjoy it.

Information:

• Play in fullscreen for a better experience~
• About 7-8k words, depending on your choices. One play-through takes approximately 30-40 minutes, depending on how fast you read. 
• No multimedia except for one photo near the ending.
• Please read the "about" page in the game! Content warnings exist if you need them.
• You can try playing this on mobile, but it will be quite difficult. Sorry!
• This is a story you are helping me tell. Please do not worry – no choice you can make is wrong.

Credits:

Thank you to my playtesters for dealing with me dropping them html files every three days and actually being able to write in English like normal people.

Thank you @storkvomit on itch.io for making the template that I used.

I don't own Szymborska's poetry (the epigraph).  I highly recommend you read some/buy a collection. I do own the photo(s). My photos are not so good, but you can look at some Pulitzer-winning photos (obviously not mine, graphic) about these events here. 

Thank you, the reader, for sharing this little story with me. Your engagement means a lot to me, and I appreciate you taking the time out of your day to do this. 

And, as always, 香港人：黑暗過後，必是晨曦。共勉 。