ESA
ESA
Author/Designer: mmpress
ESA is a game created to simulate the thoughts of a cat while their owner is going through a deep depression. While seeing the limited world of a life of an indoor cat, one must connect the signs of what the human is going through. As conditions worsen, the perspective makes it clear that an animal might sense sadness or fear, but they will never be able to fully understand the actions or emotions of the ones who care for them.
This short game was inspired by my cat, Ember, and the significant impact she had with helping me through my own experience with depression. The purpose of ESA is to spread a thought process that could help save someone, as it did with me. That being said, this is not a happy story, but it is an important one.
Comments
Log in with itch.io to leave a comment.
I cried playing this game...
This is a beautiful story. I love being in the perspective of the cat who always thinks the best of its human and lives life happily, especially the last sentence, "I fall asleep meowing hoping that human will hear me and stop whatever this is." This really helps convey that things you are going through can affect other people, and you need to be happy with yourself in order to make others happy, even if that's confiding in them. Thank you for the hotline at the end as well, such a beautiful story from start to finish. You and Ember have a special connection that will last an eternity, and you two are each other's bestest of friends. Cat owners are the best!