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thank you! it was made in an early version of inkrunner with a custom plugin that also runs jupiter engine in it.

really really enjoyed this! i love your writing as always

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flemington bridge jumpscare…

forgot to comment but i really like the presentation and writing in this… the descent into gibberish works sooo well

amazing

queensland jumpscare

so cool!!

just doing my tasks

this is so cool…

it’s in the game description mate, has been for the past 6+ years.

this is the stuff

did an alien bug seeking a lifetime partner make this!? lovely art :)

*getting the answers right by trial and error* just like learning a real language!

ahh the old chrome/firefox text rendering discrepancy… unfortunately i still get the cropped text on firefox (my main browser), but it looks completely fine on chrome!

excellent stuff! really nice use of the domino tool, it’s so clever…

one thing worth pointing out: the text cuts out on a few of the cards, making it impossible to read the end of certain sentences. i would recommend tweaking the CSS to either making the font size just a little bit smaller, or making the cards fit the height of the text columns (or both).

lol nah it was made in html, css and inkrunner!

thanks for the link! lol i can respect the commitment to verisimilitude, it’s cool. i don’t have a playdate so i wouldn’t be able to play it, but i love the greyscale look. maybe one day i’ll make a monochrome/1-bit bitsy game…

i don’t really mind as long as you make it clear in the title and thumbnail that it’s a remix/“cover” in addition to the crediting!

assuming you’re trying to play it through the itch.io desktop app, you’ll have to download the game from your usual browser instead for now!

thank you! my name’s not “Cecil” though!

wait fuck someone already said this word. ah well, this is incredible.

gorgeous!

most of the best things in life are free 😏

insane to post this on the jam page and not on the actual game’s comments lol

shoutouts to banksy for donating art for this game

SPORTS SPORTS SPORTS

hell yeah

very sharp style of writing and also genuinely funny, which is always a plus.

such an interesting examination of sports in the general cultural consciousness (specifically american here but i think it applies to other cultures too more or less) and then the performance… gender, gender roles and gender dynamics as performance, liking sports as performance, clichés and their inversions…

i think this is one of my favourite interpretations of the theme!

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. . . the stated requirement mentions legs… and there is a kicking move… hmmmmm…

FINALLY unlocked all the characters (thank u emma dee for the hint)… banger game thank u… so good to see my SON in this. great writing for every character AND GOOD ART TOO

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YEAH SPORTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the winner takes it all - ABBA

ahhhh incredible! beautiful unsettling work

good catch, this game was 100% heavily influenced by NITW!

an early experimental version is now available here 🤫 https://isyourguy.itch.io/inkrunner-pe

Finally getting around to sitting down and writing a little something after playing this in full—I played it like, a day before the QoL update lmao, will have to give it another go—it’s fantastic work.

The writing in this manages to pull off a sensible mix of melancholy in a desolate setting while also being genuinely funny, which is an absolute treat.

The presentation is perfect, the camera angles, the clever little details in the UI down to how the portraits stack on top of each other, hell even the sepia tones just work so well, it’s so good.

The latter half absolutely drips with really, really fun and interesting situations, characters and implied worldbuilding. It just rocks.

Found myself wanting more when I reached the end, which is the sign of a really good game in book!

Looking forward to seeing more of your work.

the way this game captures the very specific feelings about moving and being in an empty house and also being a little kid being left alone for maybe 10 minutes with the knowledge that your parents are coming back soon is so well done lol, i found myself playing it twice and doing very different things each time (although it may have to do with me discovering the concept of running and how to do a knee-slide the second time around). such a grounding and relaxing experience. you made a good game duncan!