WAVES’25 top 20 Finalist: The Burden of being gifted | Updates and Future of the game!

✨ A Top 20 Finalist at WAVES’25 ✨ We made it. This project was chosen as one of the Top 20 Finalists at WAVES’25. It means the world to me.

A story told through shadows, silence, and small moments of freedom.

It’s about artists: used, celebrated, then forgotten. About the memories that outstayed their welcome, and the voice you buried so deep, it had to claw its way back out.

Disclaimer: This game is a work of fiction. It’s not here to harm or attack anyone. It speaks about grief, emotional isolation, and how we’re sometimes loved only for what we can give—not for who we are. If you’ve ever felt like that, maybe this is for you.

Chapters Breakdown: CHAPTER 1 – “He Waited Like He Always Did” The love of a dog. The only love that didn’t ask for anything back. A gentle start to a loud storm.

CHAPTER 2 – “What I Chose to Keep” Waves of memory, he chose to keep.

CHAPTER 3 – “Hung the Art. Buried the Artist.” Praise for the creation. Silence for the creator. The cost of being needed, not known.

CHAPTER 4 – “The Weight Wasn’t Mine” The breaking point. The unraveling. When he finally steps out from under what was never his to carry.

Chapter 1 is now playable. The rest… is in progress. There’s a lot more to say, and I’ll be saying it one chapter at a time.

Stay tuned. More soon. Thank you for walking through this with me.

Play here! https://cutepotato.itch.io/the-burden-of-being-gifted My page! https://cutepotato.itch.io/

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