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["...Abide With Me"]

The construction of this short game is minimalistic in nature. Taking full advantage of the little dialogue it supplies.

The first chapter tells the story of an awkward family in very few words, not through illustration or narration. Instead, it's told with realism through pauses, hesitation, and hinted at meanings.

The second chapter then fills in the background of the story, making obvious the past of the family. The dialogue hasn't changed but our choices have. In a clever twist of Point 'n Click mechanics, instead of your choice being what the character onscreen says, it instead reveal what they WANT to say. This allows for dive into the psyche and relationships of the characters in the story.

Now, the story itself is very concise. Extremely so. And it's the story that anyone who's grown up in the same awkward situation knows beat by beat.

What makes this game unique is the novel approach they use to tackle this story and how little is used to convey so much.

It's not a flashy, epic adventure. What it is, is an experiment more in line with Interactive Fiction like Aisle than a Point 'n Click. It is, however, in my opinion, a wonderful game that pushes it's medium in ways that need to be done more often. Even, if it's only in small doses.

marafrass responds:

That’s such a wonderful review, thank you so much! You’ve made my day.

[Coffin Counseling]

It's fun though the suicidal fuzzball was a bit much.

[Pico Sim Date <3]

Extremely fun, though we really need those saves soon.

I ended up getting the maximum on everyone (except the asian who you can't date yet) an now I have 5 tasks that are telling me to propose to all of them.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[ALBI: The First Great AI Computer (Ludum Dare)]

Looks cool but how do you start? And where are the controls.

ValklingFriendofAllT responds:

I suspect you are blocking the Javascript. I'll add a tag in the next bug fix to indicate that. Also, add a little instruction line just in case. Thanks for trying the game anyways and I hope you give it another attempt.

[Ricochet Heroes]

Amazing, though wouldn't hurt to lengthen it and add saves.

[Dragonbird Things]

A decent game. Not really anything new.

Maybe instead of making a clone of an already dead game, why not make something with a little twist like turn it from flying to digging and bombs for enemies?