Canopus

One night, an act of kindness brings a statue to life. 

"In your touch, I found a knot. Something unresolved, intentionally garbled."

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Play as the keeper of a lakeside villa; every day you toil to keep the gardens pristine and the interior sparkling, alone, surrounded by a place that isn't yours.

Others see you as a woman, but you struggle to make that word fully yours.

He is one of the statues under the arches of the canopus, a pool modelled after the ancient water basin of a Roman emperor. Trapped within marble, he watches.

Others would see him as a man.

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Canopus is a short game made for Trans Joy Jam 2025 with art by Angelic Carousel; it's a tale of magical realism, a complicated relationship with womanhood, and purple prose.

Includes dyslexia-friendly font options.

See content warnings

Veiled, non-sexual nudity;
The protagonist has many feelings, and not all positive, about womanhood;
The bad ending includes malicious transphobia;