
Playing With Pilly
August 4, 2025 at 3:52:25 PM

horror-drama-other, interactive project, YT, digital horror, early 00's, lost games & media
Pilly Games, created by “Mindplaying Smartie” Corporations, are a collection of early 2000s video games that exist in mediums for all ages, notably Flash games, that explore their beloved mascot: Pilly Wildflower! She is willing to entertain those with her charms and silliness. But be warned, she’s not what she seems. As long as she exists, the iceberg deepens, exploring underneath the untold truths of Pilly, her universe and the impactful interactions with the real world as blood and strawberries flow through her unending river. Remember her.
Playing With Pilly explores the early 2000s interactive metanarrative of Pilly’s real-world influence, where her victims interact in her Lost Flash Games as it exposes a variation of horror elements and hidden truths that assist the narrative’s context and time placement as we indulge in their demise. The story also shares the viewpoint of Pilly as she suffers glimpses of past trauma and untold suffering, drowned by her ulterior and cartoonishly-joyous motives, whilst exposing the hidden truths, seen as codes or symbolism, to the audience. The main inspirations for this story consist of early 2000s styled or set games like Baldi’s Basics and Lacey’s Flash Games, and shows like The Amazing World Of Gumball and The Amazing Digital Circus. Moreover, the “Lost Flash Game” tropes and Weirdcore also inspire the series’s aesthetics and style, with Lacey’s hugely influencing the horror and storyline elements showcased.