Review:
Content warnings for so many things: miscarriage, gun violence, suicide, drug use, and probably more things I'm forgetting.
This is the story of Sam Masur and Sadie Green, their friendship, and the games they eventually make with each other. Sam and Sadie first meet as kids, in a hospital - Sadie is there because her sister is getting treatment for cancer, and Sam is there recovering from multiple surgeries to piece one of his feet back together after the car accident that took his mother's life. They bond instantly over games, although Sam eventually breaks their friendship off after he discovers something Sadie was keeping from him.
Years later, Sam is studying math at Harvard while Sadie is studying game design at MIT. They accidentally run into each other and have a brief but friendly conversation, after which Sadie hands Sam a disk with a game she made. The game blows Sam away, and he becomes determined to team up with her and design a game together. First, though, he has to help her with the deep depression she's currently dealing with.
Together, Sadie and Sam create a game called Ichigo. Over the next couple decades or so, in the midst of various ups and downs in their friendship, they start a company together and create more games. Although they enjoy bouncing ideas off each other, they don't always mesh well personally and professionally.
