A downloadable game

You, the players, play as Insiders who all share one single body. Not everyone can be in control at once, even though several Insiders might attempt to control their common body at the same time.

You form what is called a System. As such, you have to navigate through everyday life in the Outside World, all the while dealing with dire shit in your Innerworld.

When your Systems' psyche comes at a breaking point, a Trauma Dungeon appears in your Innerworld. It's up to the players inside to clear the shit out of it before things get out of hand.

3+ players and a GM. Built on Caltrop Core.

French version coming soon

Side note: I've been having comments from people telling me that this game reminded them of Everyone is John. This game isn't anything like Everyone is John. Everyone is John has been designed by someone who is obviously not mad and finds madness to be a source of amusement. Its main premise is basically "you're crazy and you have obsessions you must fulfill and it's fun because you can do random shit also you're crazy lol".
You Are (Not) One, on the other side, focuses on care, understanding and empathy. One of its goal is to give players a better understanding of plurality and what it means to have this kind of mental health issues. In no way it is making fun of madness and disabilities.

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Hi, Velvet!

I just wanted to tell you your PDF doesn't display right in Firefox (although that seems like it's more a problem on their end.)

Here's what it looks like in Edge (which, I think, uses the Adobe engine(?))
https://imgur.com/R6pcAY2

And here is what it looks like in Firefox (I don't know how they decode them, but I guess not the compatible way:)
https://imgur.com/0I9e2CK

Looking forward to reading your game (I may, or may not be able to pitch playing it to others, but I will definitely read it myself)

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Hello,

thanks for noticing me. However, I do not encounter this problem on my own Firefox:

screenshot

I have no idea what the issue could be and don’t think there is much I can do about it.

Hope you still enjoy the game!

You can also open the HTML version of the game, which will open the same content as a webpage. If you need it as a pdf I guess you can go Ctrl + P (print) and save the page as a pdf.

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I actually already saw the HTML version (it opens fine in FF) and, anyway, I it opens just fine in Edge. Thank you for the advice, however.

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Huh. Maybe Something is wrong with my Firefox. I might try uninstalling and reinstalling tomorrow. Thanks.

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before I even read this I wanna say as a person with a CDD who loves ttrpgs I am so happy to have stumbled upon this in the trans rights bundle. thank you <3

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thank you as some one who is plural I'm glad this is here to represent systems

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You are welcome. There are a lot of tiny projects, including a lot of zines, that I could find on itch on this subject.

But I still think it needs more representation. Making this game was for me a way to spread awareness on the matter and to make it so that players would relate and feel empathy for mental health conditions that are not very well known.