Comments on: Awaken (Lachlan Birdsey)

By: Louis F.

Louis F. — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 08:55:03 +0000

I found this very impressive from a technical standpoint, but like arrogant.gamer above, the “about” page cheapened the experience a little bit for me. It was indeed interesting to find out there was more to it, but the emphasis of the author’s intentions seemed to be placed on other things than those I personally latched on to (i.e. the feeling of inhabiting a trouble physical state) and it was a little frustrating to have it spelled out. Still a captivating play and daring experiment.

By: Phack

Phack — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:51:09 +0000

Oh wow, me too!

By: arrogant.gamer

arrogant.gamer — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:13:57 +0000

I wonder about that: let’s not under-estimate the power of 1. other IF engines 2. other genres. I’d like to see a game like this done in the style of Surgeon Simulator.

By: arrogant.gamer

arrogant.gamer — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:12:18 +0000

Ha ha ha! Oh my! This was excellent. I found this really rewarding to play (and inspiring). I am at once glad for and a little saddenned by reading the “about” page: on the one hand I’m glad to know there is more to this than meets the eye; on the other, I think it reveals too much.

Playing this made me want to play an interactive fiction equivalen of a game like Fez or Starseed Pilgrim. After just one playthrough I can’t say for sure, but it feels like it is on its way to being that, but not quite there yet?

The role of time was very well played: I often waited when I didn’t like the available response, to see if something else would open up. The blurred text is nice too: inspect element!

Yup: I am going to play this a few times and stand on its shoulders later. ( ^0^)//

By: David T. Marchand

David T. Marchand — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:36:26 +0000

No probs, easy mistake to make.

By: FishyBoy

FishyBoy — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:25:34 +0000

hurr, my bad.

By: Lachlan Birdsey

Lachlan Birdsey — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:12:20 +0000

Author here.
Yep, the EDIT was added after I read zaratustra’s comment above. Also, I turned to static sound down a little bit.

Sorry to those who got blasted by loud static.

By: Phack

Phack — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:40:43 +0000

Really impressive work. A story that could only be told this effectively in Twine.

By: David T. Marchand

David T. Marchand — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:01:30 +0000

You mean the bit after “EDIT” that was clearly added after someone (maybe us) pointed it out? That was incredibly nice from the author, but hardly something we could catch.

By: FishyBoy

FishyBoy — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:41:39 +0000

this is really interesting, enjoyed it a lot. really cool way of arranging the narrative and i like the way you use those options you can toggle through to affect the story.

there was a pretty clear sound warning in the about, if a thing says [read first] you should maybe do so?