Leave So Early

Artist Reflection (SPOILERS)-

Leave So Early is an autobiography summarizing my weeks in the Summer of 2025, specifically; August of 2025. That month was overwhelming and downright depressing. Even with the bulk of events that I had to go through with, I came out of August into the rest of the year with one event lingering; the passing of my pet rabbit, Jini. 

I wanted to capture the bulk of things thrown at you meanwhile the lack of focus on Jini till it's too late. Then, I wanted to show my immense wave of the regret of not spending more time with her. Through the story, at the start, I wanted to show the struggles and problems of my work life. After, I wanted to show the somewhat random but real crisis that happened. In the last few moments of the game, I wanted to evoke the feeling of getting hit while you're down and still trying to push through. 

The timings of the story beats are only slightly exaggerated compared to the real life events. That was necessary to show the ridiculousness and tragedy of the summer while being concise. This was a taxing and emotional project for me to work on but I am so glad that I was able to capture these events and pay respects to my angelic rabbit.