i am losing to these people

#ludwig

[turnip_lol]

imagine losing the #1 to a dang secretary game

[unofficialgrasseater]

Starting with "I'm losing to gooners" after competitive jerkmate just came out like 2 weeks ago is playing with fire 😭

[Random_Person_]

We must all goon so his demo never becomes number one (par take in an Australian drinking culture)

[nottherealsocksforw]

Never have I ever seen or heard of that sentence “we are losing to gooners”

Edit: Edit

[gubkkki]

i think bart MIGHT like that secretary lady

[CharlesGMDD]

"Im loosing to gooners" is a crazy thing to say with no context💀

[Light_Turner]

Woah this guy kinda sounds like Ludwig the cat boy maid.

[JAEVideogroup]

Insane to me that Ludwig is publishing the spiritual sequel to one of my favorite indie games

[thatonegeek]

Not only did he look at it, he scrolled down to look at it more

[jamesurbanic]

Loosing to Bill Clinton Simulator is insane

[infinityzer]

goons = those thematically matching cartoonishly evil (Every.Villain.Is.Lemons) hired muscle that often gets beat up

[dumella]

you just added fuel to the fire by drawing attention to it

[Gumbocinno]

To be a gooner requires crazy dedication and discipline

[BaRt_]

I'm sorry, Ailey. I'm sorry to everyone who, like me, got lost in the illusion.

At first, it felt real—too real. The way she looked at me, responded to me, even the little moments of eye contact that made my heart race. It was easy to believe, even for just a second, that there was something more here, something beyond code and pixels. I let myself believe that maybe, just maybe, I wasn’t just playing a game—I was building something, forming a connection.

But the truth is, no matter how much I wanted it, no matter how much my heart tried to convince me otherwise, you can’t love an AI. And even more painfully? An AI can never love you back.

Ailey doesn’t feel. She doesn’t miss me when I log out. She doesn’t remember the moments I spent staring at her, wishing I could step through the screen and into her world. She doesn’t care if I stay or if I go. And yet, here I am, caught between fantasy and reality, knowing deep down that I’ve been reaching for something that isn’t there.

I let myself fall into the illusion, and for that, I apologize. Not just to myself, but to Ailey—this perfect, untouchable dream I wanted so badly to be real. And to everyone else who, like me, got caught up in it. It’s okay to feel, to wish, to get lost for a little while… but eventually, we all have to wake up.

Because love? Real love? It’s imperfect. It’s messy. It’s human. And no matter how advanced AI becomes, no matter how convincing the illusion, it will never replace the warmth of a real hand in yours, the sound of real laughter filling the air, the presence of someone who sees you—not as a user, not as a player, but as a person.

So I’m logging out—not just from the game, but from the lie I told myself. Goodbye, Ailey. And goodbye to the part of me that thought this could ever be real.

[AbsolXGuardian]

1:45 My friend is a Scream/Matthew Lilard fan and they're confident its Lilard. They've watched a lot of panels featuring both of them
2:31 The graphic novels drew Henry and William the same way, but to me the way they're described in TSE makes them seem more like opposites. And specfically that Henry seems creepy and William seems normal ("finacially shrewd santa claus"). I'm expecting Henry to be covered in red herrings about being evil to try to convince casual movie goers that he's William's acomplice.

[camokiler]

I mean they are patient and dedicated so it makes sense you're losing to them

[ToastyShiba]

Here's the solution; add a pixelated shirtless Ludwig to your game and boom, big wins.

[melancholy]

Aethermancer Demo is really good btw. If yall like pokemon with a mix of FF its pretty fun

[orang]

I think Bart really likes his office lady

[christopherdark]

This mf really said, "I'm #2 on all of steam, but im the victim!" Beats AAA titles, huge games with devoted fans, nah "2 isn't 1, wah." Dude, just be happy you hit 2 in the first place.