
95 Theses
95 THESES
DISPUTATION ON PUPPYGIRLS, ORIENTALISM, AND FETISHIZING ONE'S OWN SUFFERING
1517, OCTOBER 31st.
A set of theses plastered on the front door of the All Saints' Church.
A lone woman stands there with a hammer.
It could be ascertained that indulgences were the problem, Mary lamented, writing her message, before the holy day. She wrote and wrote, describing the issues of those within the Church, her fellow academics, and her fellow worshippers. Because at the very bottom of the problem was that something was wrong: no, that something was very wrong.
She could no longer hold her head high with the collar around her neck; as other girls barked and clawed at God.
Redemption needs to not just come from within, she wrote, and it cannot be given to others by someone else.
[3,500 words. 20mins play time. Mostly mobile-friendly.]
DISCLAIMERS
This work is a piece of fiction. Though it is based off a real person’s work (Martin Luther’s 95 Theses), it is in no way otherwise affiliated to any real persons, dead or alive. Any further resemblances are purely coincidental.
Additionally, 红中 is not white.
CREDITS
红中 — Programming, Writing, Art, Oriental Riff SFX and Litaniae Sanctorum intro
Made using Super Videotome (modded)
Based on Doctor Martin Luther’s Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences (October 31, 1517)
Royalty free images and music
SOUNDS
clicker sound - https://freesound.org/people/DANMITCH3LL/sounds/232019/
dogs barking - https://freesound.org/people/Weak_Hero/sounds/612856/
page turn - https://freesound.org/people/SpaceJoe/sounds/484911/
bell toll - https://freesound.org/people/blaukreuz/sounds/240586/
parce domine -
all glory laud and honour - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Glory,_Laud_and_Honour?useskin=vector
中国茶 - https://dova-s.jp/EN/bgm/play20338.html
IMAGES
wittenberg schlosskirche - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Schlosskirche_(Lutherstadt_Wittenber...
park bench -https://pxhere.com/en/photo/797892
https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=78579&picture=woode...
mary statues -
https://www.flickr.com/photos/78791029@N04/13532823805
https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=183266&picture=stat...
sky -
https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=80983&picture=blue-...
house -
https://pxhere.com/fr/photo/140727
chinese food - https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Chinese_cuisine?useskin=vector
ground - https://www.pikist.com/free-photo-vzyhw
chinoiserie - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Chinoiserie?useskin=vector
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1478679
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=64475443
pieta - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet%C3%A0_(Michelangelo)
dark sky - https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1563485
hammer - https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=182654&picture=old-...
| Status | Released |
| Platforms | HTML5 |
| Release date | 65 days ago |
| Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (12 total ratings) |
| Author | 红中 |
| Genre | Visual Novel |
| Tags | Female Protagonist, Indie, Lesbian, LGBTQIA, Narrative, puppygirl, Queer, Short, Transgender, Yuri |
| Average session | About a half-hour |
| Languages | English |
| Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse, Smartphone |
| Accessibility | One button |




Comments
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this is one of the craziest games ive ever played (in a good way)
like i thought theres no way puppygirls could have anything to do with orientalism but lo and behold it did
absolute flame i hope it wins Best Use of Short Form AND Best Story-Focused Game it deserves both of those and more
This was simply amazing. I feel like I'll be thinking about it for a while. Thank you for making it and sharing it.
I’m impressed by how precisely targeted at the self-flagellation (white) folks tend to do online. Matching the Protestant schism and the in-fighting in social media spaces is really, really novel. I know I am going to think about this game and share it with people.
Thanks for making it.
As someone who is also not white, this really hit. I see you. I see us. I see them and us, the fetishized among the suffering, the suffering among the fetishizers. Thank you.
Thank you. That means a lot to me.
I thought this was really unique and explored its themes in a really interesting and evocative way. Since playing the game I haven't been able to stop thinking about it. The connection between protestant fruitless search for some kind of purity, the ultimately self serving penance of prayer etc and the juxtaposition with certain online trans space neuroses was actually genius. I also really like the visual and audio presentation with the different 'timelines' if u will being colourcoded, and the use of a dog clicker sfx was a nice touch. Really fantastic narrative game.
intriguing