temporary is all

temporary is all is a compact browser poem about happiness, presented on itch.io with the unusually candid controls Restore cliche and Run cliche. It is less a game-night commitment than a small reflective object waiting behind one click.

What is temporary is all?

The landing page keeps the setup almost comically spare: a title, a sentence of context, and two controls labeled Restore cliche and Run cliche. It identifies the piece as an HTML5 poem made with Decker, placing it in the fuzzy borderland between interactive fiction, digital poetry, and a handmade web toy. That modest scale is the point. There is no sprawling ruleset to study on the way in; the page asks you to give a brief idea some room and see what it does.

What you can do there

• Launch a short poem in the browser

Why we picked it

Few destinations announce their own familiar premise this cheerfully. The tiny format, handmade-tool pedigree, and game-poem framing give the page a specific personality before the embedded work even starts. Its appearance in an independently assembled game-poem collection also gives this little experiment useful context beyond its own listing.

How to get the most from it

Choose Run cliche from the itch.io page to start the browser piece. If the player has already been used and needs a clean beginning, try Restore cliche first. Give it a quiet minute instead of expecting a score chase or a conventional level structure.

Good to know

The listing marks the work as released, HTML5, experimental, and short. The play control is visible without signing in, while itch.io asks for a login only if you want to leave a comment. Mobile, keyboard, sound, motion, and accessibility behavior are not documented on the page, so a desktop browser is the cautious choice.

Who made it, and when?

7acques is the credited creator or organization.