WARNING: this work features references to World War 2 and a gunshot as a sound effect.

(Capital City of) Warsaw

pol. (Miasto Stołeczne) Warszawa

Also known as: The Phoenix City

Motto: Semper Invicta (lat. Ever Invincible)

Warsaw is, quite possibly, one of the most traumatized and retraumatized cities in Poland. It's also a place where thousands of people travel to in order to change their lives. You are one of them.

And Warsaw loves you.

Made for Velox Fabula 3, theme: Sentient City/Setting. Use provided buttons or space to progress.

Credits:

Not Jam Font Pack by Coral Nulla
every asset processed to fit Decker's technological limitations, not chronologically listed I'll fix it once I'm not tired
zapowiedzi-warszawa-wschodnia.ogg by Boryslaw_Kozielski
Pistol Walther P-38 9mm WW2 German  - shoot twice in the forest.wav by Lubini
Warsaw Metro.wav by tomszyk0
Clean Deep Heartbeat.wav by insaind
RWHeart.wav by bluejello13
230801_001 Warsaw Sirens Hommage.wav by MaciekKubera
Przebudowa warszawskiego węzła kolejowego, Warszawa Zachodnia Jerozolimskie 2021 4.jpg by Piotr Borowiak
Plac Konstytucji Warsaw 2022 aerial.jpg by Emptywords
Warsaw Uprising - Polish Flag (1944).jpg by Zbigniew Brym
Warsaw Uprising by Bałuk - 26068a.jpg
Uprising bulletholes.jpg by Halibutt
Glass roof over Złote Tarasy, Warsaw, Poland, 2019.jpg by Kgbo
Pałac Kultury i Nauki tęcza.jpg by ViktoriaLi
A platform in a Warsaw Metro station.jpg by Steven1991
Syrena warszawa.jpg by Henryk Kotowski
and a picture of a random street + Karowa street by Naarel, yours truly

PS for people who can't, for some reason, write "NIEZWYCIĘŻONA": "SEMPER INVICTA" is an alternative title that you might use instead, please don't do "NIEZWYCIEZONA", it hurts my heart and ruins wordplay. thank you <3

Updated 16 days ago
Published 22 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
AuthorNaarel
GenreVisual Novel
TagsBlack and White

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(+2)

The effects with the coloured text are so good!

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thank you 💖 it's four layers of text overlaid on top of the original text (red, green, blue, and white), with RGB layers being slightly offset and the final white one being aligned with the original text

(+2)

This is so fantastically done! The building urgency leading towards the end was actually chilling... kudos for making me actually feel like a city has gone yandere for me. But from a more grounded point of view, it was also just really... I'm not sure of the right term, emotional perhaps is the closest I can think of but isn't quite right, anyway, it was emotional to look across the city and think about the history. I have never been to Warsaw though I've been to Krakow once but I could feel so many of the built-up emotions and scars left behind there through your words and the feeling of almost tangible building distress and panic. It was a really visceral experience.

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Speaking as someone who's read a ton about wartime Warsaw (and the Uprising in particular), this resonated with me quite a bit. It hits different when you're walking around the city while being fully aware of its history, and I think you captured a glint of that here. I might've shed a tear 🥲