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It's 2013 and Xenga is Shutting Down


One blogger, in a desperate attempt to keep and record all of their writings, is exporting all of their posts. This wouldn't be a problem for most people, except they wrote nearly 10 posts a day for a good 10 years and they have lost their password.


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Un-Navigatable solo tabletop role playing game about saving your Xenga blog as it prepares to shut down in 2013. This game is part writing the blog posts themselves and writing about the trials of preservation.  A gif of a rose blooming

You will use a tumbling block tower to represent how long until Xenga shuts down, but beware the 4 Kings! Should you draw all 4 you will succumb to embarrassment and won't be able to finish. A gif of a rose blooming

This is a game about going back and looking at old blog entries and being deeply, deeply embarrassed at your past self either through your past actions or how you used to write your posts. A gif of a rose blooming

This game is also a celebration of the freedom experienced in youth when you were unashamed to write and share your deepest feelings on the internet. Your interests at the time might be embarrassing now, but they do not make you a bad person then or now. This is a game about laughing at the folly of youth, not hating yourself for past interests or interactions. a cutesy heart in a jar


Cringe is Dead

Love Yourself


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Game Engine


Wretched and Alone

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Players: 1

Items Needed: 

  • Playing Cards
  • 1 six-sided die
  • Tumbling Block Tower
  • Writing Implements

Session Time:   ~2 Hours


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Game Contents

Free

  • Plain PDF 
  • Epub
  • txt File

$15

  • Full illustration PDF


          

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Playlist 


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For Web

Version


Warning:

There is auto-play on the second page of the website


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This game was made for

the Dead Internet Jam

Death and the Internet Jam


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GlitterDisclaimer

Xanga is trademarked by Xanga.com, Inc. This game is not affiliated with or supported by Xanga or Xanga.com, Inc.




Feel free to post playthroughs, art, and reviews in the comments below.

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StatusReleased
CategoryPhysical game
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
AuthorK-Ramstack
Tagsblog, journaling, Singleplayer, solo, Solo RPG, solottrpg, wa, wretchedandalone, xanga

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Un-Navigatable Plain-Text.pdf 116 kB
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Un-Navigatable.epub 12 kB
Un-Navigatable.pdf 21 MB
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So I haven't played this yet but I just gotta say that reading the rules site (oh god I made/saved sooo many of those anime-style website layouts and graphics hahahaha :'D) finally got me off my ass to try and get access back to my old Livejournal account from 2007-09, and today it finally worked!!! Three years of rambling and raving and fanfics I'd totally forgotten ever made its way off my hard drive at all: archived!!!!

And I got all the way until the excitedly-written Gabe/Tycho from Penny Arcade slash fanfiction (completed with many XD emoticons over how very ~cracky~ I was being) before I properly cringed!! But it's still worth it!!! I believe!!!! OTL

Omg i'm so glad!!! So much stuff gets lost and i'm so glad you were able to save all your old work!!

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I think Un-navigatable mourns the loss of those memories for the same reason you might want to hide them. Every inch of this game is about acknowledging the rawest, most sincere interests and emotions of your youth, unfiltered and awkward though they may be. It wants you to celebrate the person you used to be, because that’s the person that made you you.

I'm interested in playing this but I don't really have access to a tumbling block tower (and wouldn't have any use for one after playing); do you have any recommendations for alternative methods?

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yes, I'd recommend this 100d6 roller


https://gulix.itch.io/wretched-dice

I look forward to playing this, I noticed you named it un-navigatable. Was there a reason you named it that instead of ‘unnavigable’?

it came from this quote on Wikipedia! 

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This was really cathartic. I didn't have a blog during my prime cringe teen years, but I think feeling embarrassed by your younger self is universal. It was nice to see the layers, the younger self wrapped up in the moment, and the older self who feels compassion for their younger self and wants to save a record of who they used to be.

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I played on stream today! here's the video 

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Don't forget to listen to the Playlist when playing! 

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I NEED TO PLAY THIS OMG

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Omg this looks so cool

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love the 2000s' aesthetic

hell yeah let's dance flashy tecktonik!

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OMG okay I'm definitely intrigued

- ✨Beth

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Thank you! it's going to be a Wretched and Alone hack about trying to save your blog posts before Xanga shuts down!