INSPIRED BY FLORENCE & THE MACHINEHeaven Is Here (If You Want It) is inspired by the album Dance Fever by Florence + The Machine. This game is a reaction to the music, but it's also an invitation I offer you.
This is a game that is deeply stepped in magical surrealism, it is desperately mundane, it is laughter in a coffee shop, and sacrifices made to the moon. It is friendship bound up in art, in gender, and what it means to be human.
This game uses the Belonging Outside Belonging system, which encourages collaborative storytelling with simple rules.
If you're interested in learning more, you can read about it here.
THIS GAME IS IN ALPHA
IT IS A LIVING GAMEThis version of Heaven Is Here (If You Want It) is a version of the game that requires playtesting and further development. Any interest, support, and constructive feedback for the game will help development! Any future versions of this game in PDF form will be available to those who buy now.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN, TO CREATE ART?You are artists, people made of many layers caught up in entanglements with one another. You are magical beings, because to create art is to create magic. Art is expression and creation, tied intimately with who you are and who you wish to be. Discover what inspires you and what holds you back. What does your art mean to you? How do you feel about the art others create? What new forms of inspiration will you uncover?
WHAT DOES IT MEAN, TO CREATE GENDER?Your gender is a beautiful and fluid thing, it is both who you are now and who you ache to be. Your gender could be a blade held in the hand, a forbidden prayer whispered before a kiss, a moth enveloped in darkness unyielding, among a myriad of others. Gender in this game is ever shifting. It is connected to the art you make and the people you love.
Currently there are four playbooks, which are:
THE KING - A discarded child of the gods, they bear a crown and sword that they wield with violence
THE DANCER - A haunted artist of frenzy, their song and dance moves them and others to lose control
THE ORACLE - A domesticated god, bound to their torture and fate that invites horror
THE DEVIL - A fallen angel, their interchangeable persona and truth is a tool of malicious revelation
WHAT DOES IT MEAN, TO BE HUMAN?You are larger than life characters, driven by art and the magic inherent in who you are. Explore your relationships and art through Moments, structured by simple mechanics to create intimacy and quiet revelation.
Currently there are four moments, which are:
A SHARED MEAL - a gathering centered around food and connection
THE FULL MOON RITUAL - a magical time steeped in the mundane
THE CHILD'S GAME - a spontaneous time to reclaim the child within
KISSES IN THE DARK - a time of intimacy and vulnerability
Source: The Developer's Website.