I hate Meta on principle.
If you ever see me on Threads, Im being held hostage, kindly send help.
I only still use Instagram because Ive been locked on the platform since I was a teenager.
Its too late for me to get out of that one, unfortunately.
Another big reason I love TikTok is that my algorithm is incredibly finely tuned to my interests.
In fact, my For You page knows me so well that it creeps me out sometimes.
It somehow just knows what I need to see at that moment.
Is it reading my texts?
Listening to my conversations?
Maybe, but ultimately its excellent at what it means to do: keep me locked in.
As we say over on TikTok, I built this FYP brick by brick.
Inside Mouthwashing’s cargo hold, you’ll find 2024’s biggest fright.
Mouthwashing is a first-person horror game following the dying crew of a shipwrecked space freighter.Who could have known what good ol’ Captain Curly was capable of? Guess he thought his crew dying alongside him was only right. But some men can’t even kill themselves properly. Maimed, limbless and unable to speak, but alive, Curly is now at the mercy of the crew he has doomed to a slow death.Descend into MadnessFollow the lives of the crew as they weather starvation, isolation, and each other. People were never your strong suit anyway.Zero Chance of RescueThe ship will run out of power within six months. Food rations long before that.Immersive StorytellingPay attention to your surroundings.Psychological ScaresYour eyes are lying.Unforgiving NarrativeHope to die, or for goodness sake, pray that everyone else did.
In this case, it wasan elaborate TikTokwhere creator Justin Yi cosplayed as Mouthwashing intern Daisuke.
He drinks from a bottle of mouthwash.
Emptied bottles of mouthwash accumulate on the ground, surrounded by foam.
We see a model of Curly, head wrapped in bandages, eye swivelling to look into the camera.
The ships fake sunset serves as a backdrop of Daisukes silhouette.
I hit Like on the TikTok.
Then I started getting Mouthwashing fan videos more generally.
I liked a slideshow ofbeautifully painted fanart.
You know the song.
Fandom Is Self-Sustaining And Powerful
Mouthwashing is already a hit.
Its got over 20,000 reviews on Steam, where it has an Overwhelmingly Positive score.
Its gotten lots of media attention.
Its no Balatro, but for a relatively niche indie game, this is a pretty big deal.
Yeah, its probably time for me to log off, I know.
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