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She'll be fine. She always is.
Kylaila- 08/08/2015 09:52 AM
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"Where they live" is a very short game made for a game jam. It takes only a few minutes to beat and is about a personal struggle to help a friend.
There is only so much to say without spoiling the game. So you better just go play the game if you are curious.
I use enter, thanks.
You arrive at a house of a very religious family, overhearing a fight, and struggling to get to your friend. I found this setup slightly forced, as you literally overheard parents badmouthing their daughter just when you arrived. Who were just about to leave the house, of course.
The story is told in only a few lines of well-chosen dialogue and the created atmosphere and change thereof, as you visit a few rooms and finish the game.
At first, the complete house is barren in a greyish palette, and you will face numerous tutorials which are .. kind of pointless. The battles are very easy and while there are different elements and different descriptions to be had (like brawn being for physical skills with mind being for mental/magical ones), they are all so intuitive this section could clearly have been left out.
You also recover after each fight, so you cannot possibly screw yourself over.
There are a few metaphoric enemies, such as fighting Mr. Smile or a distortion of joy - their purpose is not the battle difficulty, but the meaning behind it.
There are two difficulties which will alter the enemies a bit and the last dialogue part, but they differ only very slightly for one another and are very easy to beat by spamming your strongest attack.
The game recommends to beat both, and I agree, but only due to the brevity of the game.
It explains well how one can and should help another during depression, and offers a little bit of understanding for this side. It is okay to just drop by and check up on the necessities.
You reach out to your friend who is suffering from depression - she seems "fine", but is clearly not. You care and you want to make sure she takes the medicine regularily and visits her therapist.
But more importantly, you just sit down and talk a bit with her. Helping is not a grandeous task. Just dropping by and seeing how things are going is more than enough. It is also something you may want to do for grieving friends, check up regularily as they work through it and help them with their necessities (starting with grocery shopping).
It is a short, but very emotional experience and brings across its message well.
There is only so much to say without spoiling the game. So you better just go play the game if you are curious.
I use enter, thanks.
You arrive at a house of a very religious family, overhearing a fight, and struggling to get to your friend. I found this setup slightly forced, as you literally overheard parents badmouthing their daughter just when you arrived. Who were just about to leave the house, of course.
The story is told in only a few lines of well-chosen dialogue and the created atmosphere and change thereof, as you visit a few rooms and finish the game.
At first, the complete house is barren in a greyish palette, and you will face numerous tutorials which are .. kind of pointless. The battles are very easy and while there are different elements and different descriptions to be had (like brawn being for physical skills with mind being for mental/magical ones), they are all so intuitive this section could clearly have been left out.
You also recover after each fight, so you cannot possibly screw yourself over.
There are a few metaphoric enemies, such as fighting Mr. Smile or a distortion of joy - their purpose is not the battle difficulty, but the meaning behind it.
There are two difficulties which will alter the enemies a bit and the last dialogue part, but they differ only very slightly for one another and are very easy to beat by spamming your strongest attack.
The game recommends to beat both, and I agree, but only due to the brevity of the game.
It explains well how one can and should help another during depression, and offers a little bit of understanding for this side. It is okay to just drop by and check up on the necessities.
You reach out to your friend who is suffering from depression - she seems "fine", but is clearly not. You care and you want to make sure she takes the medicine regularily and visits her therapist.
But more importantly, you just sit down and talk a bit with her. Helping is not a grandeous task. Just dropping by and seeing how things are going is more than enough. It is also something you may want to do for grieving friends, check up regularily as they work through it and help them with their necessities (starting with grocery shopping).
It is a short, but very emotional experience and brings across its message well.
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