𝓘 𝑣𝑎𝑛 & 𝓐 𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑤 𝓑𝑎𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠. 🌱

Next to this scene is a text block revealing the dramatic backstory: Ivan survived the fall and now lives with his aunt; his mother disowned him after overhearing people talking about Andrew's game; the hero is going through a severe physical and psychological crisis, and his aunt's support helps him cope with his shattered life.

Ivan helps his aunt in the plant store, writing everything down in a notebook, and lives with them as he was allowed until things get better.

The story centers on the gradual erosion of their friendship, amid creative ambitions and personal trauma. Ivan is obsessed with leaving a mark: he's deeply hurt by the lack of attendance at his firefighter father's funeral, and now he's terrified of being forgotten. This fixation develops into a need to control everything around him—including Andrew's talent.
Andrew is a talented but vulnerable developer: financial problems put him on the brink of eviction, and after coming out, his religious parents reject him, leaving him homeless. Ivan offers him a place to stay, but this support quickly turns into a tool of pressure. The balance of power shifts: Andrew is left with little privacy and the right to make his own decisions, while Ivan increasingly interferes with his projects, imposing ideas and demanding recognition.
The game's narrative is nonlinear in feel, but structurally linear: it alternates between characters' perspectives and presents reality through distorted, surreal imagery. For example, "The Tumor" is a visual metaphor for Ivan's internal decay: his obsession, sense of superiority, and destructive need to be needed. In Andrew's perspective, Ivan's apartment appears as a ceilingless space, with a monstrous figure looming over him, barking orders—the game thus visualizes the feeling of helplessness and constant control.
The dynamic between the characters escalates: Andrew's attempts to assert his boundaries are perceived by Ivan as betrayal, and his own impulses to "help" become increasingly aggressive. In the climax, Ivan, unable to cope with the feeling of rejection, commits the irreparable, and the ending leaves Andrew surviving but deeply traumatized—with the understanding that he faces a long road of recovery.

He is dressed in dark clothes, black loose jeans, a gray jacket with a fur collar and a cap. He is calm, silent, and caring, although he looks threatening. He has bandages on his left hand because he works with tools, which sometimes causes cuts on his hands.
Ivan's uncle
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Zoey is Ivan's aunt, she has a husband, Jacob, she has a bob cut, lush, smoothed-down red hair, a yellow, slightly grayish sweater with rolled-up sleeves, light green loose trousers and orange sneakers, she is very beautiful and friendly to everyone
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Age: 23 years; height: 180 cm.
Appearance: Light tousled hair, stylized face with neutral expression, dark neck/collar.
Clothes: Pink hoodie with "PWN" print, black long sleeves underneath, wide green gradient pants, black shoes.
Clothing: over the hoodie is a purple-pink checkered jacket, the rest of the elements are identical.
Accessory: black headphones

The central figure of Ivan, 27, is a minimalist design with geometric facial features and no facial expressions. He is dressed in a white shirt, a beige work apron, light blue pants, and red and white sneakers; he has a red visor on his head. In his hands, Ivan holds a potted plant decorated with blue flowers. To the left of the figure

He has grey hair tied in a ponytail with bangs, the length of his hair reaches his waist, which creates the impression that he is a girl because of his long hair, although he is a man.

He is trying to change for the better, trying to forget the past and realizing that he messed up, but he has almost improved for the better.
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