Whalesong [Print + PDF]

Description

Starwhales birthed the universe as we know it.

When a starwhale dies their body disintegrates, leaving behind a hot, dense heartstone that drops through the atmosphere and settles at the core of the gas planet that the whale called home. If left untended there, the heartstones of dead whales ignite the planet’s core and create new stars.

All stars are the products of dead starwhales.

Legend has it that if the heartstone of a dead starwhale is retrieved and returned to the upper atmosphere, it will summon the whale back from beyond death.

WHALESONG is a game for two players that takes the form of a back-and-forth conversation narrating a starwhale’s dive through the five layers of the gas giant, while interrogating a lost relationship. One of you will be the Starwhale, . The other will be the gas planet the whale calls home.

Over the course of WHALESONG you will learn to love, and grieve, and to allow yourself to move on.

This game was made possible by the support of my patrons on Patreon. For early access to monthly games, become a patron here.

Get the PDF on its own here.