Letters to Rosa

"I don’t want to forget you, Rosa, but I feel like it’s really only a matter of time. If you’re the Rosa who would have been mad about that, then I can only apologize. If you’re the Rosa who would want this, well, you’re getting your way, whether I like it or not."

When missing gig worker Rosa Fuentes is suddenly found murdered, it falls upon her girlfriend and housemates to compel the city to collect her body and hold a funeral. However, her girlfriend quickly finds herself mired in the labyrinthine bureaucracy of a near-future Arcata, California, facing apathy and absurdity alike.

Letters to Rosa, an epistolary visual novel written by Ophelia Cassandra Green, is the second production of Gravity House, a heterodox art collective and circle. Featuring original character artwork by Kirin, it chronicles a young woman's heartbreaking tragedy of grief, loss, and phone calls, in a speculative setting not far from the present.

While this work is and will always remain free to read, we offer it on a "pay what you want" basis, so that if you have nothing better to spend your money on, you can give it to three queer creatives who do.

Details:

Letters to Rosa is a kinetic visual novel totaling roughly 9,000 words. While there is no explicit sexual nor violent content, this story is intended for adults, and contains themes which some may find upsetting. Reader discretion is advised.

Credits:

• Ophelia Cassandra Green: Story and writing
• Kirin: Original character art
• Joyce Celeste Silvia Fisher: Programming, UX design, and asset curation
• Special thanks to dp for photographs of the Arcata Library Branch
• Banner and thumbnail background (Arcata Marsh) by Spifferella (via Wikimedia Commons - licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0)

Licensing:

Letters to Rosa is released under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license, and as such is free to be shared as-is elsewhere by other parties, provided that it is not altered nor exploited commercially by anyone who does so, without first seeking permission from Gravity House.

However, many of the game’s assets- including its photographic backgrounds, sound effects, and music- are either public domain or else generally available for use under CC BY-SA and various compatible licenses. These assets are free to reuse for any purpose, including commercial uses, with attribution to their original author(s). See the "attributions.pdf" file within the folder for further information on asset rights holders and compliance for asset licensing.