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SYNOPSIS:
False Rebirth is a dark, psychological, story-focused game about the last remaining human, and his search for meaning in a world where everyone else is dead.





STORY:
The protagonist, an aspiring game developer, is able to survive through the apocalypse, because of his ability to see death, before it actually happens.
He survives, without being able to save anyone else.
He survives, and finds there's no one else that is left.
He survives, now questioning every moment of his existence. Pulling on memories and ideas and fantasies... anything to help him find some meaning for why he is still alive. And what meaningful thing he could be doing, to continue justify living.
This is a story of those memories, and ideas, and fantasies... as they manifest and materialize in this world where no one's left alive to remind you... that it's all in your head.
For in this world, whatever's in your head, is all that there is.

In this experience, you explore a modern-desolate, post-apocalyptic city... but be mindful, of what's real, and what's painted there by your head.
While fantasy might look, and sound, and feel more colorful than reality. It is... still temporary.
A temporary, fake spot to explore ideas, until you find the meaning you're looking for. As you you find... that meaning. You have to return back to reality, because the fantasy has done its job.
But will you... though?
But can you... though?
Will you deny the comfort of fantasy, for reality?
Or will you deny the discomfort of reality, for fantasy?


Gameplay
You simply walk from point 'A' to 'B', read dialogues, make choices, and progress through the story.
Featuring 6 Endings: 1 True, 5 False.
And small Graphical & Narrative Randomizations whenever you start a new game.
With total playtime ranging from 40 minutes, to 2 hours.
Note: This game autosaves. (There's no manual saving.)


Development & Release
Originally released as a buggy mess in February 2019. I washed my hands off this game because fixing it would have taken half its development time. (Development time being 1.5 months.)
I ended up fixing it, improving the graphics, and adding an extra ending, in around September 2020. (When I finally figured out the root cause of all the bugs. And how easy of a fix it was. Thus, the re-release ended up using 15 days only.)
This re-release is labeled as the Enhanced Edition.

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Any chance you can upload it as a Mac app? I think you can do it on Windows, even though you can't test it. I could play it and send you a list of bugs if you want.

Edit:

By bugs I mean for playable purposes, not the game itself.
author=Bandito
Any chance you can upload it as a Mac app? I think you can do it on Windows, even though you can't test it. I could play it and send you a list of bugs if you want.

Edit:

By bugs I mean for playable purposes, not the game itself.


A very tempting offer. Thank you, really.
I'll think on it. I'm simply so swamped these days (and right now) I don't want to divert any attention from my other priorities. (Exporting for windows itself was a bit complicated. Since I have to go through some hoops for maximum performance.)

If I decide on it, I'll contact you. And you can let me know if you're still available for it. Thank you!
I tested this game on my android phone with emulator called Joiplay and it crashed in the title screen. Please will you add compability fix with this emulator so we can play it on a phone? Just hoping.
author=DavidBlue
I tested this game on my android phone with emulator called Joiplay and it crashed in the title screen. Please will you add compability fix with this emulator so we can play it on a phone? Just hoping.

Thank you for showing an interest in the game, David.
I know about the JoiPlay emulator. And I will not be making any compatibilities. (T_T)

My games use many effects, that are important to the story and gameplay. Which unfortunately causes them to be incompatible for browser, and android/mobile, and emulators. And so this will only work on a windows PC.

Hi! I'd like to point out there is a bug where you can get stuck after shooting the dog. Out of curiosity, I ran up to the dead dog and somehow phased right through to its top-left corner. The game didn't let me hop back out so I had to restart. I used mouse clicks so maybe that was where the issue was.

There's also seems to be another bug in the latter part of the game. I'll hide it due to potential spoilers.

When waking up after losing baby Salik, if I move to the edge of the map I get stuck moving back and forth between the two maps for a few seconds, only being able to leave if I button mash my way out of there.


Great game by the way, I love it!
author=Marmalade
Hi! I'd like to point out there is a bug where...


Thank you for playing, and for pointing out these bugs!
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