Something About Playing Hidden Object Games That Is Just So Healing To My Soul

something about playing hidden object games that is just so healing to my soul

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Hidden Object sweethearts! What characters should I do next year?

always love seeing you in my notifs rainbow ^_^ each time you leave a like on a little thing of mine I am holding your hands and spinning you around in my head 💗💗💗 I appreciate it a lot!!!!! So very much!!!!

(@arsene-fixates)

AHHhh and I love seeing your art + content on my dash!! Big fan of your work of The Informant + your ship!! <3

I've been reading some old reviews on the Big Fish Games site for Brink of Consciousness: Dorian Gray Syndrome, and I found a few recurring points that I...disagree with?

A common complaint was that (spoilers ahead, here) the protagonist loses to the villain, and people want to play games that have 'good endings', and not 'disappointments'. Call me a Villain Sympathizer or whatever (because I am), but I find it's much rarer to have a story where the villain actually wins, and to see that in a Hidden Object game of all things is extremely hard to come by.

-There is a plot hole worth mentioning in Oscar's framing of Sam that's been pointed out before -- the fact that Sam is actively carrying and using a voice recorder on his person, which you can revisit all of Oscar's dialogue with. All he would have to do is play the recordings to the authorities where Oscar confesses to the crimes, and he would be free to go, wouldn't he?

...Still, I love the surprise ending where Oscar frames Sam and succeeds in doing it. It's a complete turnaround from typical HOPAs where you're the hero and you effortlessly save a town/people/etc. But in Dorian Gray Syndrome, you get to see the protagonist face an unjustly ending despite doing everything right. It really is a 'Villain wins in the end' story, and I wish there were more like it, just to break from the usual story cliches of Hidden Object games.

Hi again! I dunno if you do writing or anything, but I write/RP a lot, in various spots, and since I feel a lot of gratitude for you reminding me of Oscar and Dorian Gray Syndrome, even if indirectly, and helping me see other fan arts/fans via searching the name on tumblr, I'd love to collaborate with you on something! Really the only problem I ever had with Dorian Gray Syndrome was that it ended lol I always wanted more stories and characters in it, even if I think it came to a perfect end.

I love writing! I have 600K+ words archived at the moment! I used to RP back in the day, but I don't know if I'd pick it up again...

I've been debating on working on an Oscar X Reader fic after I'm finished with my Whispered Secrets: Morbid Obsessions story! That one would have the premise of the reader being a young and beautiful presence that catches Oscar's eye, and how your relationship progresses with him and he traps you in the manor and keeps you as his next 'centerpiece'. It would be an interesting thing to tackle, I think.

I've also been thinking, as an alternative, of writing the fic where (Spoilers!) Oscar catches his at-the-time girlfriend cheating on him with his mechanic, and how his breakdown + thoughts would go at that moment, what leads him to his revelation of his art and gift.

If either of these sound interesting, we could possibly collab on it! I'm afraid I don't have the time to fully work on either of these stories, but I'd love to make more content of this game! <3

(Btw, my favorite fic based on Dorian Gray Syndrome is on AO3! I don't know if you've read it, but if you haven't, I highly recommend it!)