Comments on: Icarus (Benjamin Clarke, Keaton Johnson, Natalie Stowell, Foster Wattles)

By: mcc

mcc — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 02:52:34 +0000

More than that– if I didn’t misunderstand something, it seemed like if you collect all three items then return home, “dad” *steals the items* and then pushes you off the cliff :O

By: mcc

mcc — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 02:52:34 +0000

More than that– if I didn’t misunderstand something, it seemed like if you collect all three items then return home, “dad” *steals the items* and then pushes you off the cliff :O

By: Porpentine

Porpentine — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 03:04:10 +0000

Yeah! Great analysis! One of the greatest things in a game is experimenting with the total newness of the world, the completely fabricated scape which should signify that anything can be encountered–yet so often we encounter only the familiar.

By: Justin

Justin — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 02:59:41 +0000

“Screw you, Dad!” the game. Pretty good though.

By: BFIII

BFIII — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 02:48:32 +0000

That sometimes something that seems simple contains great depth. Many games in the indie scene that have depth are really just explorations of the implications of a simple mechanic or a simple variation on an established genre. Analogously, there is complexity and detail “behind” the simple graphics in this game.

Further, in this game, figuring out the mechanics of the “halo” is also to reveal more of the world in which the game is set (or at least one world in which it is set). But in many games, there is a strong sense in which the “world” you explore just is the mechanics of the game and their implications. So this game brings together two senses of exploration – exploring a world-as-setting and exploring a world-as-mechanical-implication. It confronts us with the similarity between these senses.

By: Porpentine

Porpentine — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 01:28:27 +0000

;(

By: Channing

Channing — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 01:16:57 +0000

I should say that I like the non-ending — do everything you’re supposed to do and your dad is still only interested in pushing you off a cliff. #realism

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 22:24:16 +0000

Yeah I didn’t mind this one at all.

By: Porpentine

Porpentine — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 21:25:59 +0000

What commentary would that be?

By: BFIII

BFIII — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 21:22:17 +0000

Ohh man, this game has one of the best mechanics (or “gimmicks”) I’ve seen in a platformer for months. And it is easy enough to find in this game a commentary on the indie gaming scene.