Homelessness & Poverty

[Aquacorde]

I'm not really sure if this belongs here, but I don't think VG would be the right place for it.

My friend sent me a link to this like, text-based RPG? In 12hrs by Kiva Bay you play as a homeless woman trying to survive the night. It's very haunting- and I do recommend you play with the music on and full screen for best effect. The reason she sent me this is that this is what she had been close being to a few years ago. And that's so hard for me to comprehend, that my lovely friend who is very close to my age would have had to experience this. And I wondered, like, if you play through this game... what does that make you guys think about? How does it make you feel?

For me... I have so little right now. I have no job, I am $1500 and counting in debt. My mom has been buying me food, and paid my rent last month. My boyfriend is helping me with small payments on my credit card, so it doesn't get horribly out of hand. I'm uneducated, I don't drive, there is very little in the way of job opportunities right now. No matter how much I apply, I hear nothing back. And it really, really scares me that this game could be my life right now if I wasn't so privileged to have this support network. It's very terrifying.

What do you think?

 

[Kanzler]

I think I survived.

I don't know, it makes me feel gratitude with everything I have? It also makes me more aware of the threats wandering the streets at night. Fortunately where I live the police don't seem to be that threatening to the homeless. As long as you're not trespassing you could probably get away with sleeping in a park.