OOOOH MY EYES!!!!I CANT SEEE
Reviews for "Coping"
Little hard on the eyes, really relatble and nice though.
I think I played through this at least ten times, and I'm still having a very difficult time relating to any of this. I've been diagnosed with anxiety and depression about 7 years ago, but this piece doesn't really hit home.
More dialogue would have been a *great* help. I saw that you responded to a comment saying that "sometimes it gets repetitive to hear in real life", and I agree with that... Many things sound the same, but they aren't always worded the same. Diferent wording for the same or similar questions and points would've improved the experience greatly. Giving some amount of backstory would be great because right now, I'm watching a block move through hallways... I am not going to relate with that block. It's not about the art chosen, but for the fact this lacks a character - a person. People find it easier to relate to actual charactes. This piece tells you "you have a problem", but doesn't really let a person put themselves into any set of shoes.
You're keeping the player in their shoes, and that would be wonderful if this was dedicated to a single person or a group, because the dialogue could then be molded to suit their personality and experiences. How ever, this is directed towards a variety of people, and the conversations are just so unspecific.
I feelt his is *too* empty to earn even a full star. I feel a lot more effort could've gone in this, and that it was rushed greatly. Maybe I'm wrong, but that's the impression I recieved.
If you plan to do something like this again, I suggest:
- adding more variety to the conversations.
- less cheerful music if you're going for a theme like this
- the ability to click on text too (this bothered me incredibly)
- offering more paths the player could take, with different dialogue appearing on them
There's such a thing as leaving a story *too* open for interpretation.
RaveRadbury responds:
Thank you for your feedback! I'm sorry to hear that you didn't get much out of the experience.
Very interesting, took me a while to get it. I saw some bugs/glitches and it ends up being really hard on the eyes but it's a nice concept.
Sucks.
It repeats itself with a distorted map.
That is not a game.
It's more like a bad interactive movie.
RaveRadbury responds:
Thank you for your cursory observations and opinions!