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A short poetry game about gender idendity, finding yourself and leaving your fear behind.

Features: 

-Solve small puzzles and explore His Apartment 

-Read poetry and stories

-Look through His diary that expands with each level

-Manage to leave your fear behind

-Unique art- and writing style


TW: Mentions of suicide, selfharm, dsyphoria. 

Updated 10 days ago
StatusReleased
Rating
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
AuthorMotheous
GenreRole Playing, Puzzle, Visual Novel
Tags2D, Atmospheric, Hand-drawn, Horror, Short, Singleplayer, Story Rich

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Thank you so much for your purchase! I hope you enjoy playing "He". 

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as a trans person this rly resonates w me, and I love the poems; they remind me of my diary entries. im so glad u made this game, i hope one day i can get top surgery too

hey, thanks for commenting and liking the game! I hope you will get top surgery soon. It will be worth the wait, 100%.

this game was so heartwarming and emotional. i loved the black/white/red art style. i really like the message of this game and it tells an important story. i hope making this game was cathartic for you and the photographs at the end were very well shot. the battle with She was hard at first but after a couple tries i finally got it! the poems and writing was all very deep and heartfelt. thank you for making this great game.

thank you so much for commenting and playing!

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The game itself, about the very expression, understanding who you are, and trying to understand "who I am", the truth is problematic for all of us who are faced with this issue to understand ourselves.

You seem to be fine, but it feels like you're not.

It torments us. It makes us ask questions.

While we are us. And no one can say something that can make us feel better, because they are not us.

Our mind is our mind. Our problems are our problems. Our body is our body. 


I accept my body as it is, but speaking of personality, I feel like in that room with paintings - no one/anyone (Agender).

And I accept myself that way. For I am who I feel to be. 

I am human.

And I don't need anything else.


- Thanks for your game!🦊✨

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Funny moments in the game: 

1) I didn't get it until I noticed that all words start with a capital letter... You have no idea how I yelled that I felt right when I wrote that way.

2) Me:*attack-scream* LET ME OUT! LET ME OUT! LET ME OUT!!!

She: Do you really think if you're stupid scream on me, I'll let you go? 

Me:*attack-scream* LET ME OUT! LET ME OUT! LET ME OUT!!!

She: 💢💢💢 OKAY, GO OUT! Oh, don't scream...

(I went through the battle by just yelling at her, because that was my logic at that moment 👀🤣🤣🤣)

first of, thank you for playing! second, hey, if it works, it works! 

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I'm having trouble with the brush puzzle. I can't figure out what to name it. 

You don't have to tell me the answer outright, but just a hint would be nice. ^^

Hey hey, there should be a hint in the pictures on the wall in the art room :) hope that helps!

Thank youuu!! ^^

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No worries :) 

Hi! I'm very keen to play your game but every time I try to pay for it, there's an error (itch.io's processor's problem, the error says). May I know where can I pay the $2 to obtain the game?

Oh no! I don't want to give out my paypal, since it has my deadname on it. But I have a making a ko-fi account: ko-fi.com/moritzmoth! One you send the money I can send you the files! Please leave a Mail-Adresse!

Hi Moritz! I finally am able to pay here wootwoot! Thank you! I'd like to ask, can I record a let's play of your game? (~o.o)~

Nice, I'm glad it worked! And yes, ofc! :) 

Thank you!! <3

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this was a really unique piece of self expression, self realization, and self reflection all in one. your use of colors and objects definitely reminds me of etherane's work in a good way, as another comment pointed out, and each room had a unique feeling that i understood reflected the author's own life. the love for art and using it to affirm identity was my favorite. the details on the sprites of scars and swirls was really nice. the sketchiness of the lines reminded me of the mid 2010s in a nostalgic and comforting way.

most of my nitpicks are mostly for game feel as a designer myself. the long string instrument sound when going between parts of the menus/inventory would play with each screen switch and got so annoying that i felt a need to unfortunately turn off the audio for the rest of the game. sometimes, the red of keys would blend into the red of other objects, which is just a placement issue if anything. also, in the art room, once the part of self there leaves, you can walk through the painting in the middle of the room with no collision box. felt a little bad not being able to look at it and instead walked over it. and i would have liked to look/read the photos at the end for longer, but they seemed to skip through a little quickly. the photos are beautiful, by the way. the use of color in them is lovely.

thank you for releasing this and allowing it to be played.

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Thank you so much for your long comment :) I'm glad you overall enjoyed the game, and I'm sorry that it is still a little buggy!

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don't worry too much about the bugs, it's mostly nitpicky things that don't take away from such a wonderful, stylistic and personal experience!

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Ahh, thank you so much! I'm actually a big etherane fan, and i loved twc a lot. The style was inspired by this game, actually. I'm glad you enjoyed it :') 

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I like this atmosphere what this game have. and I like She and He and anyone.

please tell me, I locked up in black world after Kampf to She.
I can't move anywhere. Is it end?

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Thats a new bug! Im sorry you're stuck :( after the battle, you should reach a hallway. Maybe try going to an old save file? I'll try to fix the bug as soon as i can and test if i have the same problem

thanks for your reply! 
I tried another old save files but It's no change.  I tried NewGame after I delete save file but It's no change. I am in blank world yet.
I'm looking forward to being able to reach eines Tages a hallway :)

I'll check it out tonight! I'm Really sorry about the bug! 

Updated the game file, it should work now!

I did it~!  I could through a hallway. I think that I could hear his heart sing.
Thank you for your quick response. and thank you for letting me play this game.

Thank you for being patient and finishing the game :) I hope you enjoyed it!

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is there any way to beat she in the end?

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Yes, the different attacks do different things. The second attack heals, so i recommend usong that every two rounds. The first is an attack, and the last is a debuff for the enemy. Use the debuff in the first round. Its best to save before you start the battle with her. 

Hope this helps! :) 

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Does anyone know what to name the paintbrush?

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Try looking at the pictures on the wall :) theres also a hint in the diary. Ill post the answer in the next comment! 

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"Who Is Me"

where is the paintbrush ?

please 

Cupboards in the painting room! :)

thank you!! :]