Hooked
This short story was written by me for a small game I made for a game jam. It's really... bad. I actually wanted to expand on this and write a full fletched story but the game this was written for was made in just six days and my main focus was on the gameplay. And I could make only five levels in the given time and I had to cram the story in there somehow. So, here it is as it is in the game. I have divided the story into levels. So the part in Level 1 shows up at the start of Level 1 in the game and so on.
You can download and play the game from here. (It's for Windows and macOS. Android version is coming soon):
https://adityangm4.itch.io/hooked
You can download and play the game from here. (It's for Windows and macOS. Android version is coming soon):
https://adityangm4.itch.io/hooked
LEVEL 1
ONE NIGHT IN A MODERN CITY
AMIDST THE BRIGHT LIGHTS AND LOUD SOUNDS
TWO STRANGERS MEET FOR THE FIRST TIME
SOMETHING CONNECTS THEM INSTANTLY
THEY SPEND THE NIGHT WANDERING AROUND THE CITY
TALKING, LAUGHING, SINGING, DANCING
AND AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES
BLUE AND PINK FIND LOVE
NINE YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE THEN
BLUE AND PINK HAVE BEEN TOGETHER ALL THIS TIME
THEY STILL TALK TO EACH OTHER
BUT THE LAUGHING, SINGING, AND DANCING STOPPED
THEIR BOND STILL CONNECTS THEM
BUT THE LOVE THEY HAD IS LOST
THEY DECIDE TO RELIVE THAT NIGHT THAT BONDED THEM
HOPING TO FIND THEIR LOST LOVE
IN THE CITY OF BRIGHT LIGHTS AND LOUD SOUNDS
LEVEL 3
AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES
WANDERING THROUGH THE CITY
BLUE AND PINK START REMEMBERING
THE NIGHT THEY FIRST MET
SMILING WHILE REMINISCING THOSE MEMORIES
BLUE AND PINK MOVE AHEAD
LEVEL 4
FOR A WHILE ALL SEEMS TO BE OKAY
THEY ARE HAVING FUN AND REMEMBERING THEIR FIRST MEETING
BUT AS MORE AND MORE MEMORIES OF THAT NIGHT COME BACK
BLUE AND PINK START TO FEEL DEPRESSED
THINKING ABOUT WHAT THEY HAD AND WHAT THEY LOST
FEELING UNSURE IF THEY WILL EVER HAVE THAT KIND OF LOVE AGAIN
THE MEMORIES OF THAT NIGHT START TO SICKEN THEM
SUDDENLY THE BRIGHT LIGHTS BECOME DULL
THE LOUD SOUNDS ARE DROWNED IN THE NOISE OF THE RAIN
BLUE AND PINK CAN'T EVEN FACE EACH OTHER ANYMORE
LEVEL 5
RELIVING THAT NIGHT SEEMS LIKE A BAD IDEA NOW
THEY BOTH WANT TO GO BACK
BUT BOTH OF THEM ARE AFRAID OF EXPRESSING THIS TO THE OTHER
SO THEY GO ALONG WAITING FOR THIS NIGHT TO END
BECAUSE NOW THEY KNOW
THAT THE LOVE THEY LOST
WILL NEVER BE FOUND AGAIN
EPILOGUE
THEY SPENT ALL THIS TIME TRYING TO FIND LOVE
BUT NOW THEY REALIZED THAT THE LOVE THEY HAD WAS NEVER LOST
IT HAD JUST CHANGED... JUST LIKE THEM
IN TRYING TO FIND LOVE
THEY HAD LOST THEMSELVES
NOT REALIZING THAT LOVE CHANGES AND GROWS
JUST LIKE PEOPLE
LOVE DOESN'T NEED TO BE PERFECT
OR EXACTLY THE SAME AS IT WAS NINE YEARS AGO
LOVE JUST NEEDS... TO BE
REALIZING THIS TRUTH AND FINDING THEMSELVES
BLUE AND PINK GO BACK HOME
TOGETHER... FOREVER
NINE YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE THEN
BLUE AND PINK HAVE BEEN TOGETHER ALL THIS TIME
THEY STILL TALK TO EACH OTHER
BUT THE LAUGHING, SINGING, AND DANCING STOPPED
THEIR BOND STILL CONNECTS THEM
BUT THE LOVE THEY HAD IS LOST
THEY DECIDE TO RELIVE THAT NIGHT THAT BONDED THEM
HOPING TO FIND THEIR LOST LOVE
IN THE CITY OF BRIGHT LIGHTS AND LOUD SOUNDS
LEVEL 3
AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES
WANDERING THROUGH THE CITY
BLUE AND PINK START REMEMBERING
THE NIGHT THEY FIRST MET
SMILING WHILE REMINISCING THOSE MEMORIES
BLUE AND PINK MOVE AHEAD
LEVEL 4
FOR A WHILE ALL SEEMS TO BE OKAY
THEY ARE HAVING FUN AND REMEMBERING THEIR FIRST MEETING
BUT AS MORE AND MORE MEMORIES OF THAT NIGHT COME BACK
BLUE AND PINK START TO FEEL DEPRESSED
THINKING ABOUT WHAT THEY HAD AND WHAT THEY LOST
FEELING UNSURE IF THEY WILL EVER HAVE THAT KIND OF LOVE AGAIN
THE MEMORIES OF THAT NIGHT START TO SICKEN THEM
SUDDENLY THE BRIGHT LIGHTS BECOME DULL
THE LOUD SOUNDS ARE DROWNED IN THE NOISE OF THE RAIN
BLUE AND PINK CAN'T EVEN FACE EACH OTHER ANYMORE
LEVEL 5
RELIVING THAT NIGHT SEEMS LIKE A BAD IDEA NOW
THEY BOTH WANT TO GO BACK
BUT BOTH OF THEM ARE AFRAID OF EXPRESSING THIS TO THE OTHER
SO THEY GO ALONG WAITING FOR THIS NIGHT TO END
BECAUSE NOW THEY KNOW
THAT THE LOVE THEY LOST
WILL NEVER BE FOUND AGAIN
(at the end of Level 5, instead of finding red hearts which denote love, the couple finds a blue and a pink heart which denote them)
EPILOGUE
THEY SPENT ALL THIS TIME TRYING TO FIND LOVE
BUT NOW THEY REALIZED THAT THE LOVE THEY HAD WAS NEVER LOST
IT HAD JUST CHANGED... JUST LIKE THEM
IN TRYING TO FIND LOVE
THEY HAD LOST THEMSELVES
NOT REALIZING THAT LOVE CHANGES AND GROWS
JUST LIKE PEOPLE
LOVE DOESN'T NEED TO BE PERFECT
OR EXACTLY THE SAME AS IT WAS NINE YEARS AGO
LOVE JUST NEEDS... TO BE
REALIZING THIS TRUTH AND FINDING THEMSELVES
BLUE AND PINK GO BACK HOME
TOGETHER... FOREVER
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