Passage

[Kire]

It's a 5 minute indie PC game that anyone can play. It's a game made to invoke thought. Does that make it art? That's up to you.

http://hcsoftware.sourceforge.net/passage/

[John Mora]

Re: Passage

Ehhhhhhhhhhh.

[BeeZee]

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I played this last year right around the time when my mom died and it made me incredibly, incredibly sad. I think the game clearly works well if this kind of thing is already kicking around in your head.

[Alex]

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Asking if something is art is stupid.

That being said, interesting piece of work.

[The Dark Jester]

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Old news.

Thank you though for taking me back a few years.

[Kefka Jr.]

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SO WHO GOT THE HIGH SCORE??

[Toaster]

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It's cute, and all. I like how you start from the left side of the screen and slowly move to the edge of the right (as time flows, not as you move), and how uncomfortable it feels to not be able to see ahead of you further illustrating that you're approaching "The End". I also like how he distorts the other ends of the spectrum, making "the past" or "the future" seem distant and unclear from a distance (depending on your point in the game).

With all that said, I don't understand the need for a Score. I let my character die when my wife died, meaning that I sat there and didn't move any further after that. "Lingering in the past", if you will.

[Kefka Jr.]

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Yeah, I guess the score is just a red herring.

But how hilarious would it be if they put this on Live and we all tried to see how far we could get before the end?

[Kire]

Re: Passage

dude no one can beat me at dis game. CURLY MUSTACHE! PRINGLES!