There were a few things that I’d change – the ‘flower get’ sound was far too triumphant and broke the eeriness. The character moved a little fast too, just a tad slower would have been nice, but these are tiny details. I’d love to know more about the ending though.

Thanks Terry, great site, I’m lad to have better access to these great little games.

Overall, a little gem. The

On the Rock Paper Shotgun post about the game, the designer says that the gameboy look is supposed to echo the emotional deadness of the protagonist. I like that idea, but I didn’t quite feel like it worked – maybe if there was something that suggested he connected with the world through those kind of videogames, or a slightly different visual style altogether would communicate it better. Also the dialogue was pretty standard RPG, which I liked, but again doesn’t really mesh with the idea that the character being emotionally dead and not relating to the world (because many of the characters are pretty lively).

I enjoyed talking to the people and collecting the flowers, but it still seemed pretty standard videogamey and only very loosely tied to the larger themes. So I guess I like the ideas more than the execution, and I felt like I didn’t get deep enough into the world of the main character to feel a whole lot at the end. Of course, there were several neat touches and I’d still recommend playing it!

PROTIP: Talk to everyone. They all have a part to play in this.