#No Longer Home

[transpathfinder]

''i used to think silence was this mark of intelligence, or contemplation. i think a lot of us think that. but if you're so wrapped up in your own thoughts, that you never express yourself, then it's just like; who are you?''

- no longer home

[gamemoons]

No Longer Home (2021)

[humblegrove]

Hello all!

As you may or may not have seen on Twitter, we have some BIG announcements coming up! (notice how it’s plural?)

We won’t be going into details just yet, but we’re really excited to share what we’ve been up to. We’ll be posting here as well as other platforms, so if you want to make sure you don’t miss any news, check out the link below.

Until then, sit tight! We’ll see you soon!

[ashi-yuri]

No Longer Homeとお友だち

No Longer Homeという短編ゲームが私小説みたいでわりと好きだ。ゲームの完成度や伝えられるメッセージには青臭いところもあるけれど、私小説としてその青臭さは大事な個性だと思う。Kentucky Route Zeroの影響も受けているというところもあって贔屓目で見てる。何よりエンディングに辿りついたときプレイしてよかったと思えるゲームは、いろいろ足りなくても自分にとってはいいゲームだ。

このゲームをKentucky Route Zeroがご縁で知り合った中国のフレンドにギフトした。文学的ADVが好きな人だ。

雰囲気やテキストの良さは感じ取ってもらえて楽しんでもらえたようで、Steamに「おすすめ」レビューも書いてくれたりして贈ってよかったなと思ってる。そのレビューは黒塗りでこっそりとこう締められている。

虽然说家家有本难念的经但我看到两个大学生主角一边抱怨别人是capitalist bastard一边坐拥着一间卧室+一间工作室+厨房+就在自己房间旁边的带浴缸和淋浴的卫生间（洗澡都不用出屋！）+花园，而且毕业的烦恼是得从一个发达的现代法治国家回老家——另一个发达的现代法制国家时，我的内心充满了丑陋的嫉妒，capitalist bastards！

（DeepL翻訳）どの家庭にもそれぞれ問題があるので一概には言えませんが、寝室＋ワンルーム＋キッチン＋バスタブとシャワーが部屋のすぐ横にあるバスルーム（シャワーを浴びるために家を出る必要がない！）+庭まで持ちながら、他人が資本主義者のクソ野郎だと文句を言っている大学生の主人公2人、彼らの困りごとは法治国家である近代先進国から卒業して故郷である法治国家である別の近代先進国に帰国することだ。これを見て私の心は醜い嫉妬で満たされた。資本主義者のクソ野郎共（capitalist bastards）！

自分は無神経だったのかもしれないけれど、正直思ってなかった感想で面白かった。思っている以上に広い世界で同じゲームをしてぜんぜん違う感想を持つことは、多分豊かなことだと思っている。私小説はいろいろな「私」を引き出すのだろう。

登場人物たち、そして作者たちの切実な別れや悩みも、自分がそれを形にしたゲームに感銘を受けたことも、フレンドがその経済・社会状況に複雑な感情（というか憎しみ）を抱くこともすべて同じ世界の出来事で、誰もその思いは間違ってない。その交わる場所にNo Longer Homeという１本のゲーム（とKentucky Route Zero）があったのだろう。

私は率直な感想を書いてくれたフレンドに敬意を示し、そのレビューにそっと「健康的」アワードを贈った。

画像は、ひび割れてぼろぼろの「もうHomeじゃない」場所から

※そのフレンドとは以降もゲームを勧めたり勧められたりしている。

[art-inside-games]

No Longer Home

[beaubirds]

Why are there dimensional breaking objects in my house? https://www.twitch.tv/beaubirds

[j0llyjk]

To know you speak about me when we don't talk anymore makes it harder to let go of you. You still think about me ? Do you wonder how my art portfolio is going ? How my sister is? Did I get those shoes I've been dying for ? Why do you keep me on your mind when I've been trying to keep you off of mine?

[aromanticduck]

Sorry if you're already over 50, I ran out of room (you're welcome to leave your thoughts in the tags or replies!)

If you're younger than 10, get the fuck off Tumblr. People are saying swears on here!

[EDIT: It's OK to vent a bit about negative feelings in the comments/tags, but if you're gonna talk about killing yourself, do me a favour and fucking don't]

[lotus-pear]

i miss them......please come back........please come home :((

[aalghul]

once again thinking about jason as duke’s robin. he’s ~4 years younger than jason, and that puts him at 8-12 during Jason’s time as robin. that’s prime time to get attached to your local kid vigilante before your own life goes downhill.

and if we try to keep duke’s meeting with bruce in zero year + duke’s age (so he can remember the meeting and hold that conversation with bruce), he has to be around 8. if he starts following batman through the news at that time because of the mess that just happened, the robin he sees is probably jason. I’ve literally connected the dots

[was-it-really-worth-it]

Game 246 - No Longer Home by Humble Grove

What did I think it was at first? Narrative game about the concept of home / leaving home. I know this game features nonbinary characters, and as a nonbinary character myself this is within my area of interest.

How was the character creator? None, you play as Ao and Bo. Both are recently graduated students. You can control their actions and reactions to others as well as how they speak to each other.

How was the game? I remember not really liking it while I was playing it, but in hindsight I think it captures the mood it's going for very well.

Ao and Bo have just graduated school, and they have to move out of their apartment and go their separate ways. Their relationship isn't really defined, but they share a bed so it seems like they're partners?

Most of the gameplay involves you plodding around the apartment as Ao or Bo contemplate their impending move and how they wish they were different. The pacing is slooooooooow - the characters don't move especially quickly and you spend most of your time reexamining the items you've already seen. The house also looks very same-y so it's tough to recall what you've seen and what you haven't seen?

The best parts of the game are when the characters are in conversation with each other and with their friends. Choosing to shape how the group dynamic moves reveals something about each character - and it feels a lot more engaging than just "look at the bed. look at the bed but now it's got weird spooky stuff going on."

A lot of concepts are introduced but not thoroughly elaborated on. Like, who is this creature? I get that they're a personifnication of self hate but this weird monster comes up once and then never again.

On the plus side, you can pet every cat and the controller vibrates when you do. Very nice.

What did I not love? Though the plodding pace captures the hazy post-graduation days well, it does make the game a little bit boring to play? Often it's difficult to tell if there's new information to examine around the house, but you have to carefully and slowly comb through it to see if any breadcrumbs are placed around that will help you get more story out of the story.

Towards the middle of the game where one would expect the climax to be, there's a "game-within-a-game" setup. This was extremely dull and didn't tell you anything about the characters and their relationship, which is the most engaging part of the story. I don't think it really does anything to continue the narrative.

At 104 minutes and 7 cents, was it really worth it? Honestly, this isn't a narrative game I would recommend to others. It feels like making it was probably an important task to the creators, but I don't think it necessarily has a lot of appeal to folks who are casually interested in narrative games.

[gamemoons]

No Longer Home (2021)

[shotmrmiller]

in which johnny gifts the love of his life a sex toy outta nowhere

when you mumble into the phone that you miss him, johnny, he pauses for a second, then tells you he's going to bring you a gift back home. "to keep ye company, hen." after, he locks himself in a bathroom stall and watches you play with yourself until you both come.

but you'd thought he'd bring you a pet. a live animal that needs a cage to be brought across the world, not a long, slim unmarked box.

it's a sex toy. and it's rather large, at that. your hand wraps around the base, fingertips still a good inch apart.

"and i'm supposed to be using that?" his arms wrap around your waist, his thick stubble grazing the sensitive skin of your neck, raising goose flesh.

"don't like it? only had ye in mind, hen." he presses a wet kiss on your fluttering pulse. you've never really talked about toys in your relationship. you don't need them, of course, and johnny more than makes up for the time lost between you two whenever he's home but this?

"i don't know," you mumble. "a bullet would've made more sense, i think. at most a rose." his hands run up your sides, to the swell of your breasts and give you a gentle squeeze. he doesn't believe the tripe of people valuing size over all else, does he? the thing is easily as thick as your forearm and it's corded with veins. and it's uncut. whoever is making these are going to extreme lengths to make it as realistic as possible.

he bucks his hips, prominent bulge in his jeans coming to rest in the small of your back. of course he'd get excited. menace.

"ye willnae have t'use it alone now tha' i'm here. 'sides, i think ye'd look perfect with my pretty kitty stretched thin around it." johnny grabs your hips firmly, creating small divots as his grip tightens. "maybe i'll watch ye fuck yerself on it, hm? lap at yer clit while ye do." liquid heat pools in your belly, pulsing hot between your legs.

he really wants you to use it, given by his ragged breathing and he rutting himself against you. fine. "okay. just, not right now, yeah? i want only you in me." his eyes burn fluorescent as he nods, his large hand cradling your head as he pulls you in for a kiss.

you missed this. the sweet sting of his cock sliding home in your aching cunt, the sharp pinch below your navel when his tip comes to sit snugly against the plug of your womb. you've missed this. missed him.

maybe he'll forget all about that monstrosity sitting in the box.

-

he doesn't. he's bringing it up hours later, his spend still dripping warm on your thighs. johnny cannot be serious.

"course i am, hen." his fingers sweep at the hair stuck to your sweat-slick forehead. "is it a crime to want to see ye split open on some- something else?"

you think nothing of his stutter. "alright," you groan. if that's what he wants. it'll be interesting to see just how much you can take. you'll never tell him that your pussy clenched around nothing at the thought, his cum trickling out faster, pooling on the sheets.

-

it's not warm. the tip of it presses against your swollen entrance, cold in contrast to your heated flesh. johnny watches you swallow a gasp, your trembling hands reaching for his as you slide down an inch, two, three. johnny's cum is wonderful lube, but the searing burn- the size of toy is overwhelming, your walls being wrenched apart as you glide down further. johnny presses a prickly kiss on your cheek, cooing in your ear all the while his clever fingers draw gentle circles on your clit. "focus on breathin', bonnie. yer tensin' up."

desire begins to bubble beneath your skin, pleasure causing your muscles to warm and slacken, and after a long couple of minutes, you find yourself at the base.

but then johnny grabs your hips from behind and pulls- oh. "that's it." if you'd thought the toy had originally been in your stomach, it's now in your throat. "pretty as a peach, hen. jus' wha' i wanted to see." a shiver dances up your spine, notches trembling as you get used to the unforgiving stretch of the toy. his breath warms the side of your neck. "on yer go."

you come around it no less than three times, leaving it milky and johnny cleans it up with his mouth before he cleans you up.

-

the girth of it is something you'll never get used to but it does get easier. when johnny goes back to work, he tells you that all he asks for are videos of you using it. for his collection, he greedily says.

you send him as many as you can, no matter the hours. just a quick nsfw text before getting his thumbs up and away it goes. it's incredibly fun. the relationship hadn't been dull by any means, but this just feels invigorating. you feel rejuvenated. that johnny is your biggest cheerleader while using it is such a bonus.

you oughta marry him. maybe you'll elope the next time he's home. but when the next time comes, johnny calls you instead of messaging you the usual be home soon text.

and it sends you reeling.

bonnie. the toy treat ye well while i was gone?

no better than you could me, but yeah. i'm still sore from using it in the last video i sent you.

that's great. if ye like the toy then ye'll love the real thing, i ken. we'll be there in 10.

[choccy-milky]

dad seb dad seb dad seb 💕

[pinkcrayon]

clearing out my files from the past year. this one was a hit with my friends!

[beaubirds]

This isn't a Home Anymore, So What is it? https://www.twitch.tv/beaubirds