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While True, It Is Not Sufficient's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Use of the Limitation | #20 | 3.727 | 3.727 |
| Concept | #33 | 3.545 | 3.545 |
| Overall | #50 | 3.205 | 3.205 |
| Enjoyment | #60 | 2.818 | 2.818 |
| Presentation | #72 | 2.727 | 2.727 |
Ranked from 11 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Team members
1 (Dreams With Open Eyes, who prefers not to share her name, at https://instagram.com/@dreamswithopeneyes);
Software used
HTML, CSS, vanilla JavaScript, and Photoshop for image manipulation
Use of the limitation
- the phrase "multiple applications" finds multiple applications: 1) multiple windows open in II. While true, 2) one window concerns a company that maintains multiple apps, 3) one window involves multiple applications of cleaner to a stained carpet, 4) one window involves multiple job applications, 5) going into the console in dev tools reveals more content and maybe that counts as another application
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I appreciate a good ambiguous storyline. Leaves a lot open to personal interpretation. I quite like the usage of the limitation in this one (multiple applications of it, even). I think adding music at a later stage could add to the overall experience.
Thank you! I do hope to add music later :)
A terribly relatable experience hahaha. Great job!
Thank you :D
Truly a bizarre experience but really fun to go through and play! It wasn't the most intuitive game in this jam but it's definitely one of the more interesting ones - and it's always to play something unlike anything else around! Nice work :)
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it – later on I think I’ll try underlining the text so it’s more obviously clickable
Truly a bizarre experience but really fun to go through and play! It wasn't the most intuitive game in this jam but it's definitely one of the more interesting ones - and it's always to play something unlike anything else around! Nice work :)
Nice game!
thank you!
It's pretty good how you use the limitation I really like the concept It's not a basic game but It's very unique game I like the story, first It's hard for me to understand but after I play it for a while I finally understand how it works. It's good but I think you have to add a music in your game maybe it will be more enjoyable
Thank you for playing and persevering :) I think I will add musc later on.
It's really nice to have something else than action based games for a game jam! cool idea. Also, the story really seems relatable, even though we play as an intangible entity. I like the fact that we went through windows to look at some people lives. Really hit my nosy side. Art in general was interesting too. Really gave a nostalgic vibe.
Thank you!! …I don’t know whether to be proud of myself or just sad that it’s relatable:P Infinite loops in life sure are a thing…
There seems to be something deeper I'm missing. I also made abstract art, and typically the only way someone gets the meaning of my art is if I explain it. Here is what I have so far. Basically, the observer wants to experience something real because they are tired of the fake, the unreal engine (joke). Then, they go to the reality only to find Sisyphean Tasks. The infinite loop of the code symbolizes the pointless infinite loop of life. The conclusion of the observer is to go back to the unreal, the fake, and see beauty. However, they don't want to be sent back, and they might have. This game has a lot of truth in it. There are the infinite loops in life that are meaningless and painful. Beauty as a social construct as it typically is can't be defined true or false, and it doesn't even exist to some extent. I don't agree with your conclusions as to this justifying escapism, but it does make sense from a certain point of view. More games should be like this to some degree.
I think you got the big things :)! Also curious if you tried looking at the console logging. My attitude toward escapism is complex (if you want to read a cogent and less defeatist defense of escapism, try Tolkien’s On Fairy Stories if you haven’t – some of it he grounds in his Christianity, but a lot of it is applicable regardless), and this game is definitely a lot more one-sidedly negative toward everyday life than I tend to feel
I haven't check out the console logging. I went to dev tools at some point, and I didn't see anything though I might have not looked at the actual console itself. I'm actually a Christian myself. I never really considered escapism to be compatible with Christianity or something similar to that.
Then you really should check “On Fairy Stories” out! Might not convince you, but it’s food for thought. It’s pretty long but you can find it free online.
It's not very often you see a story game in a game jam. Nice job, I had fun with this one! I was staring at the first screen for a while cause I didn't know you had to click the text lol.
Thanks for playing! Yeahhhh I wonder how to make it more obvious. Maybe I should underline the text, twine-style, so it looks like a link – not pretty but better than confusion…
I didn't realize for quite a while i needed to click the texts, but eventually got it :-)
Oh no! Glad you figured it out :/