I was very interested by the aesthetic of the Jason Nelson games our class played for class, so I decided to explore his other works to find something for this blog post. I settled on “Hymns of the Drowning Swimmer,” an anthology of digital poetry. The title screen, pictured above, will reveal the titles of the individual poems when the…
Author: sebroach
Navigable Concrete Poetry in “Gyossait”
“Gyossait” is a platformer produced by indie game developer Amon26, and available to play for free on Newgrounds. As someone with an interest in indie horror games, I’ve been aware of this atmospheric, dark platformer for a while. Though the gameplay is simple–you use the arrow keys to move left, right, jump, and deflect projectiles with a shield, and have…