Magic mushrooms
[ENG]
Magic Mushrooms is a short interactive story created in HTML made of images and text, that can be completed in only 3 minutes. You will be able to choose between 10 different endings for Lola, our main character. She will experiment a variety of bizarre situations... with unexpected consequences!
[ESP]
Magic Mushrooms es una pequeña ficción interactiva hecha en HTML compuesta de imágenes y texto, que podrás terminar nada más que en 3 minutos. La protagonista es Lola, y tú podrás llevarla con tus decisiones a 10 finales distintos pasando por situaciones cada una más rara que la anterior, con inesperados resultados.
Gameplay
[ENG]
This can be described as a visual novel. For me, it is more a comic than a game, but it´s interactive. You only have to turn the pages by clicking or touching the screen. In some parts, you will have to choose.
[ESP]
Podríamos decir que es una novela visual, pero yo la describo más como un cómic interactivo. Más simple que el mecanismo de un botijo, usa el ratón o toca la pantalla para pasar las páginas y elegir qué decisión va a tomar Lola cuando se presente la ocasión.
Controls
[ENG]
Left click or touch: go forward 🙉.
Right click: go back 🙈.
[ESP]
Click izquierdo o tocar la pantalla: palante 😊👍.
Click derecho: patrás 😈.
Credits
Created by: Juan Antonio García Ruiz (@huanantonioo).
Proofreading and English translation: Lyna Tahraoui Rarrbo.
Voice in the trailer: Heather (@hevpennant).
Acknowledgments: Thanks to Elena Paje, Francisco Ruiz (franrzm.com), Lyna, Miguel, Manu, Heather, Xavi and ZRawl from GamedevMurcia (@MurciaDev), and all the people who have supported me with the project.
Contact
huanantonioo.contact@gmail.com
Social media
[ENG]
If you are having loading issues, please download the desktop version. This version also have better quality images.
The game may have errors with smartphone web browsers as Ecosia and Brave. It works fine on Chrome, Firefox, Opera and Safari.
[ESP]
Si tienes problemas al cargar imágenes descarga la versión de escritorio, que además tiene imágenes con una calidad un poquito mejor.
El juego puede dar problemas en navegadores web de móviles como Ecosia y Brave. Funciona bien en Chrome, Firefox, Opera y Safari.
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Comments
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Not really a fan of your disclaimer at the beginning. Psychosis isn’t really a long-term effect of psychedelic use at all. It can trigger the emergence of underlying neurological disorders (such as schizophrenia) that present in part as psychosis, but that’s exceedingly rare.
I’d argue the main adverse effects to warn about would be 1) psychological trauma, which can be caused by a challenging experience (bad trip), and 2) HPPD (hallucinogen persisting perception disorder) which, while also rare, can happen and causes constant visual disturbances like shifting or static.
Just played through the whole game and really liked it too, despite the inaccuracies!
I have a moral duty to warn against this particular danger, because I do not want anyone to experience such a situation. And yes, it is real even though it is not common.
Here is an example of what I mean:
"This — the psychosis followed by the deep depression — was something completely different. And it was triggered by her use of psychedelics.
Eight months earlier, the woman had tried hallucinogenic mushrooms for the first time with friends and had such a great time that she took them again the next day. The second time, though, something went terribly wrong.
“She had a full blown psychotic episode for the first time in her life,” said Dr. Nemeroff, who published the woman’s story as a case report in The American Journal of Psychiatry in December. Her friends, who took the same drugs she did both days, had no lasting ill effects."
Source: Psychedelics Are a Promising Therapy, but They Can Be Dangerous for Some - The New York Times
I agree that there's a responsibility to disseminate harm reduction and inform people, but psychosis is still not the long-term adverse effect (even in the case study you linked). The long-term adverse effect for that patient was major depressive disorder.
If you're going to inform people, just make sure you're accurate. Use studies with better statistical power and a larger subject population, because case studies are literal anecdote - peer-reviewed anecdote, but still anecdote.
Here's a better analysis, as a fairly comprehensive literature review, that gives more detailed long-term adverse effects: Long-term effects of psychedelic drugs: A systematic review
Here are their conclusions:
There are no mentions anywhere of persistent psychosis. At most, there are acute episodes while under the effects of the substance, and a very small risk of underlying mental illnesses like schizophrenia surfacing.
I apologize too if this seems pedantic; I'm a PhDc with a special interest in neuroscience and neuropharmacology, so these details are important.
Hey I got to play your game, it's the second game in my video. It was a silly and fun little story. I enjoyed my time with it. I loved the artstyle too. Can't wait to see what else you guys make next! 👍
Thank you Billy!
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