Lizard Cockroach Yaori (Ashcan edition)
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🏳️🌈 Why it’s here
What we found
- Queer themes
According to the game’s own description
“a pair of humanoid spirits, little gods of an ancient household, locked in a doomed reincarnation romance where they are fated to fight each other over and over again across incarnations” - Tagged queer by its creator
According to the creator’s own tags on itch.io
“itch.io tags: lgbt, lgbtqia”
🤝 Inclusive design ⓘInclusive design is separate from a game’s queer labels. It marks games whose design is deliberately inclusive even when not queer-themed: romance or marriage mechanics with no gender constraint, character creation without a forced gender binary, gender-neutral rules language, or table safety tools. Each marker shows where we found it.
- Romance/marriage mechanics with no gender constraint
According to the game’s rulebook
“Select your pronouns, a name if you wish to have one, but leave your body for later.” - Character creation free of a gender binary
According to the game’s own description
“Safety tools If the content mentioned in the content warnings are alright with you, please read the entire text and assess if you are willing to play it, if both parties are happy to play this game with each other, and, if you wish to alter it in any way for your own comforts. Pause the game, the performance, at any moment you feel uncomfortable by asking for a timeout. Freely veto or collaborate on bodily descriptions of your own character and invite help if you need to bounce off of your partn” - Safety tools (X-card, lines & veils, session zero)
According to the game’s own description
“Safety tools If the content mentioned in the content warnings are alright with you, please read the entire text and assess if you are willing to play it, if both parties are happy to play this game with each other, and, if you wish to alter it in any way for your own comforts. Pause the game, the performance, at any moment you feel uncomfortable by asking for a timeout. Freely veto or collaborate on bodily descriptions of your own character and invite help if you need to bounce off of your partn”
Description
Is there any love which will not fail you? This is a game about a pair of humanoid spirits, little gods of an ancient household, locked in a doomed reincarnation romance where they are fated to fight each other over and over again across incarnations; they are a respected protector House Lizard god and a feared nightmare Cockroach god. In this ashcan, you are predator and prey, protector and villain, pest 4 pest, god 4 god. Dancing a dance that the two of you have long since mastered in previous lifetimes. You are mutually infatuated, though you must die by the other’s hand. As you take your partner down, you build the patchwork of their physical appearance to memorialise that which is ephemeral. In other words, in this first game of the ashcan, the players slowly build their partners' characters' appearance. Bit by bit, hit by hit. Content warnings This game has the players play as a pair of humanoid lizard and cockroach spirits. It will include mentions of insects, entomophobia, lizards, religious beliefs, complex relationships, death, violence, physical harm, injury, flirtation, and romance. Safety tools If the content mentioned in the content warnings are alright with you, please read the entire text and assess if you are willing to play it, if both parties are happy to play this game with each other, and, if you wish to alter it in any way for your own comforts. Pause the game, the performance, at any moment you feel uncomfortable by asking for a timeout. Freely veto or collaborate on bodily descriptions of your own character and invite help if you need to bounce off of your partner. Keeping the content warnings and scope of the game in mind, you may devise a list of hard lines from the safety tool ‘Lines and Veils’ that you don’t want to get into. Remember that this game is largely about violence, beauty, love, adoration and the body. Author's note This game was made as part of the "Val Dares You to Make a Game! Jam", hosted by the brilliant SpiritBear Games. Happy birthday Mr. Valiant "Love Wins" Dorian 🎉 Special thanks to my dear friends Grey and Queenie who shared their insights and ideas with me for making this ashcan possible! All content in the files including writing and art were done by myself. Please let me know what you think if you play this game or even if you read it!