I always like seeing peoples reaction to the ending. I also had a "what? no. what? what??!?" reaction. I was never so shocked by an ending but it totally made sense, the whole game was building towards it. It just leaves you empty.
Hey Chris, there's a very unknown indie game I'd LOVE to see you play! I think you'd love it! It's called "Swollen to Bursting until I am Disappearing on Purpose", created by December 7th. It's inspired by games like Yume Niki and petscop! If you play it, take notes. A lot of notes. You'll need them. It's completely free! My friend recommended it to me and let me tell you I was NOT disappointed. It was an unforgettable experience. It's on itch and steam and it describes itself as a "weirdo rpg". I love it. Please put it on your list of games to play please! If you do put it on your list, can you reply to this comment to tell me you put it on your list?
Thanks for the recommendation! I can't say I'm super interested after watching the trailer, but if others recommend it to me too, I'll take a second look. If Yume Nikki came out today, I probably wouldn't be interested. I played it because of the games it inspired, and to appreciate the role it played in the history and culture of indie games. Swollen to Bursting feels similar, but it doesn't have that cultural context.
@indiegamechris4759 Oh ok :) I doubt anyone else will mention the game since not a lot of people know about it. I just want more people to be aware of it! But if it's not your kind of game, that's fine. I just thought I'd try telling you cuz playing indie games is your thing and it doesn't get more indie than weird obscure hidden gems like this lol It's fine though :3
Yume Nikki, huh? I'm very interested in seeing how you vibe with this one, as it's pretty much55 all about the Vibes. (nikki means diary, by the way, so the full English title would be "dream diary") That house with the door maze is a very clear reference to Mother 1, a game I'd recommend against playing despite its huge significance in terms of influence, at least in its unmodded form, as it had a bad case of Early RPG. It definitely has its good points, and it's easy to see how it led into everything inspired by it and Earthbound, but it can be painful to play through mechanically. BICYCLE GET! Poor Onionsan is so sad you forgot their name =( Your definition of "old game" is pretty different from mine. Anodyne isn't much more than ten years old. With a full playthrough in just over three hours, I kind of figured you'd switch over to using a guide at some point. You spent the time you wanted appreciating the game's design and art, I can understand not wanting to spend hours puzzling out the intricacies required to reach the end yourself. And if you consider when this game came out, an all-text guide makes sense. Remember, this was early 2000s, and a lot of people would have still been using 56k, making a picture-heavy guide potentially slow to view and even worse to upload. And forget about video: I remember once needing multiple hours to download a 30 second video back in 2004. Yeah, poor Madotsuki was depressed to the point where she felt that was her only option. We were just along for the ride and to get small hints here and there about her state of mind.
I always like seeing peoples reaction to the ending. I also had a "what? no. what? what??!?" reaction. I was never so shocked by an ending but it totally made sense, the whole game was building towards it. It just leaves you empty.
1:01:00 great episode one!
Hey Chris, there's a very unknown indie game I'd LOVE to see you play! I think you'd love it!
It's called "Swollen to Bursting until I am Disappearing on Purpose", created by December 7th. It's inspired by games like Yume Niki and petscop!
If you play it, take notes. A lot of notes. You'll need them.
It's completely free! My friend recommended it to me and let me tell you I was NOT disappointed. It was an unforgettable experience.
It's on itch and steam and it describes itself as a "weirdo rpg". I love it.
Please put it on your list of games to play please! If you do put it on your list, can you reply to this comment to tell me you put it on your list?
Thanks for the recommendation! I can't say I'm super interested after watching the trailer, but if others recommend it to me too, I'll take a second look.
If Yume Nikki came out today, I probably wouldn't be interested. I played it because of the games it inspired, and to appreciate the role it played in the history and culture of indie games. Swollen to Bursting feels similar, but it doesn't have that cultural context.
@indiegamechris4759 Oh ok :)
I doubt anyone else will mention the game since not a lot of people know about it.
I just want more people to be aware of it! But if it's not your kind of game, that's fine. I just thought I'd try telling you cuz playing indie games is your thing and it doesn't get more indie than weird obscure hidden gems like this lol
It's fine though :3
Yume Nikki, huh? I'm very interested in seeing how you vibe with this one, as it's pretty much55 all about the Vibes.
(nikki means diary, by the way, so the full English title would be "dream diary")
That house with the door maze is a very clear reference to Mother 1, a game I'd recommend against playing despite its huge significance in terms of influence, at least in its unmodded form, as it had a bad case of Early RPG. It definitely has its good points, and it's easy to see how it led into everything inspired by it and Earthbound, but it can be painful to play through mechanically.
BICYCLE GET!
Poor Onionsan is so sad you forgot their name =(
Your definition of "old game" is pretty different from mine. Anodyne isn't much more than ten years old.
With a full playthrough in just over three hours, I kind of figured you'd switch over to using a guide at some point. You spent the time you wanted appreciating the game's design and art, I can understand not wanting to spend hours puzzling out the intricacies required to reach the end yourself. And if you consider when this game came out, an all-text guide makes sense. Remember, this was early 2000s, and a lot of people would have still been using 56k, making a picture-heavy guide potentially slow to view and even worse to upload. And forget about video: I remember once needing multiple hours to download a 30 second video back in 2004.
Yeah, poor Madotsuki was depressed to the point where she felt that was her only option. We were just along for the ride and to get small hints here and there about her state of mind.
The indie game scene is new enough that I'd consider anything made more than 6 or 7 years ago old.
*Earthbound