This is the same message I’ve given on the review, pasted because I really want someone else’s opinion too.
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I really wanted to enjoy this more, but I genuinely couldn’t. I believe it’s great for a game jam, but both endings are just…that?
I’m not going to explain everything I dislike for spoiler reasons, of course, and I always love the games SIG puts together, I’ve played every game currently released multiple times, but there’s SO much left of this game that could’ve been explained that wasn’t. It was very vague, TOO vague for a game standpoint. Morally? Yes, I understand the idea. But for a game? It doesn’t explain a majority of so many unseen points that it leaves you unfulfilled and wanting more, so much to the point that it’s just unsatisfying. I don’t see how people are saying they cried over the endings, when there’s nothing to cry over.
Aside from the story, I believe the art is gorgeous as always, and the music is as amazing as it always as. I just wish so much more was able to be explained, and I believe if it wasn’t made just for a game jam, it could’ve done just that.
NOW MAYBE I’m just not getting the memo, and if someone provides me another view later on, that would be amazing, I’m just very upset that it didn’t turn out to be as much of a banger compared to past games :(
I feel the same as you when it comes to how vague the the story is. I would have really liked more of a solid explanation on certain reasons for their behavior, it was a big mystery that I would have liked to solve during the game. Had that been explained or expanded upon a little, I would have accepted the endings a little more than I did. I did really enjoy the art and music too, the different representation for body types were also nice to see! But getting to the endings was just a little disappointing and left me feeling lackluster.
Now I completely agree with this. When I watched my friend stream this for me, both of us really didn’t give us much. If anything, we had to theorize majority of these things, which.. isn’t that much of a problem, but it was a painful “what is this?” Thing we both had until the end of it when we were scrolling through this page where we just had an “oh that’s what it is” moment. (It was that confusing)
And the crying thing as well, we (or at least I) couldn’t just feel emotional over this game. Yeah, there was a couple of shocks and whatnot, but crying was not one of them. Compared to the rest of these games, this isn’t much of a replay-able one, if you can like.. see what I’m trying to say.
Your comment/review on this is better than what I can word it and I’m glad I can find someone who expresses my thought on this game nicely! :3
WOW YOU GUYS PUMPED THIS OUT SO FAST!! Good job, crazy good how all the cgs are just so good and there is so many you're cracked! Great music too btw as always! Not gonna lie I nearly broke down after those endings but I thought about it and it worked rly well! Great buildup and mystery too! ALSO TY SO MUCH FOR JUNE, I LOVE HER DESIGN!!! (in as not weird way as possible I just like to see different types of people in games!) Anyways thanks for making another banger free game and good luck on your next project!
what was the main message? i really enjoyed the game but I'm really lost on what was happening and why I'm seeing a lot of ppl mention a lot of metaphors but i didn't pick up on any so please if u know pls explain
I loved this game, the ending was fairly confusing, but other than that it was enjoyable. I loved the characters, and the art is beautiful. I LOVE RYAN!
Idk. The metaphor feels kinda ham fisted with how out of the blue it is! If the friends were foreshadowed to have poor tendencies before all the water shit started going down, then the metaphor might have been more salient in my eyes.
Tell me then, cause it could simply be that we have different benchmarks for what poor behaviours are. Rather than just being passive aggressive, how about you outline your evidence?
I encountered a bug while playing a game, it restarted and I lost all of my progress because I forgot to save it. Amazing game from what I saw though, can't wit to actually be able to finish it !!
What happens when if my device says it cannot recongize the game or the application and can't determine if it is a malware or not?? (something like that please help :,) I am using a mac)
OKAY i just finished but i feel like i did something wrong bc the ending was just so--- confusing??? great game nonetheless, love the art style & aesthetic but it left me feeling so silly 😭
yeah i'm having the same thought process, Ryan kind of explained the main message towards the end; basically if your friend's are struggling and you're already struggling on your own, don't spread yourself too thin and drown with them. But what I don't understand is the actual story? Like what was up with the island? It's clearly not something in the water because June had one of the cocktails and this didn't happen to her. Why was Ryan dragged down at the end? Who was the she they were talking about? Why was it almost a cult like fall? WHAT WAS THE LORE?????????????
IM COLD NOW BUT WHATS GOING ON WAS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE ISLAND IN GENEERALL?? WERE THEY TRYING TO OFFFER THEMSELVES TO A SEA GODDESS OR SOEMTHIGN
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I wasn't quite feeling this one story-wise at all, though love the cgs and art.
Yeah, real. Felt like it left us with too little. Just a couple crumbs more of direction and it would have been perfect!
i cried. the way June came out of the water and the jacket was back just made cry mans
wtf did i just witness and whos 'she'??
IKR
i woke up way to early for this but its okay new sig game
What the FUCK just happened...
IMCRYI NG IT WONT LET ME SAVEE
NOOOOO I WAS SO INVESTED TOO AND I DIDNT EVEN SAVE NOOIM CRYINGGG
I´m Criying
This is the same message I’ve given on the review, pasted because I really want someone else’s opinion too.
–
I really wanted to enjoy this more, but I genuinely couldn’t. I believe it’s great for a game jam, but both endings are just…that? I’m not going to explain everything I dislike for spoiler reasons, of course, and I always love the games SIG puts together, I’ve played every game currently released multiple times, but there’s SO much left of this game that could’ve been explained that wasn’t. It was very vague, TOO vague for a game standpoint. Morally? Yes, I understand the idea. But for a game? It doesn’t explain a majority of so many unseen points that it leaves you unfulfilled and wanting more, so much to the point that it’s just unsatisfying. I don’t see how people are saying they cried over the endings, when there’s nothing to cry over.
Aside from the story, I believe the art is gorgeous as always, and the music is as amazing as it always as. I just wish so much more was able to be explained, and I believe if it wasn’t made just for a game jam, it could’ve done just that.
NOW MAYBE I’m just not getting the memo, and if someone provides me another view later on, that would be amazing, I’m just very upset that it didn’t turn out to be as much of a banger compared to past games :(
I feel the same as you when it comes to how vague the the story is. I would have really liked more of a solid explanation on certain reasons for their behavior, it was a big mystery that I would have liked to solve during the game. Had that been explained or expanded upon a little, I would have accepted the endings a little more than I did. I did really enjoy the art and music too, the different representation for body types were also nice to see! But getting to the endings was just a little disappointing and left me feeling lackluster.
Now I completely agree with this. When I watched my friend stream this for me, both of us really didn’t give us much. If anything, we had to theorize majority of these things, which.. isn’t that much of a problem, but it was a painful “what is this?” Thing we both had until the end of it when we were scrolling through this page where we just had an “oh that’s what it is” moment. (It was that confusing)
And the crying thing as well, we (or at least I) couldn’t just feel emotional over this game. Yeah, there was a couple of shocks and whatnot, but crying was not one of them. Compared to the rest of these games, this isn’t much of a replay-able one, if you can like.. see what I’m trying to say.
Your comment/review on this is better than what I can word it and I’m glad I can find someone who expresses my thought on this game nicely! :3
Just finished it! it was pretty good,I loved the characters and how to story is kinda open ended
i love it but im going to kms right now ughghg sobing
that blew my mind. how do you keep making these awesome games
i gotta say June is my favorite protag of all your games so far. that cute tummy~
Ryan is my dad. love the game.
just finished it THAT WAS CRAZY
HELP IT WON'T DOWNLOAD I'M ON WINDOWS!!!
the ending confused me sm but i loved it :3
i’m playing on mac & im currently struggling w saving my game. ive tried all of the buttons displayed on the instructions page. can anybody help?
omg we are so here
AWW YEAH!!! SO EXCITED TO PLAY THIS!
i loved the characters so much omg!! as an aussie too it was nice seeing the slang lolol
i was a lil confused at the ending from a story standpoint, but the main message came across loud and clear :]
what was the main message? i really enjoyed the game but I'm really lost on what was happening and why I'm seeing a lot of ppl mention a lot of metaphors but i didn't pick up on any so please if u know pls explain
I loved this game, the ending was fairly confusing, but other than that it was enjoyable. I loved the characters, and the art is beautiful. I LOVE RYAN!
i loved this, played as soon as i could! the metaphor for friends that hurt you dragging you down and under is well done!
Idk. The metaphor feels kinda ham fisted with how out of the blue it is! If the friends were foreshadowed to have poor tendencies before all the water shit started going down, then the metaphor might have been more salient in my eyes.
"If the friends were foreshadowed to have poor tendencies" someone obviously didn't pay attention to the game....
Tell me then, cause it could simply be that we have different benchmarks for what poor behaviours are. Rather than just being passive aggressive, how about you outline your evidence?
I encountered a bug while playing a game, it restarted and I lost all of my progress because I forgot to save it. Amazing game from what I saw though, can't wit to actually be able to finish it !!
did i miss something out.. the ending confused me wawasw AMAZING GAME THOUGH
YAYYYY
What happens when if my device says it cannot recongize the game or the application and can't determine if it is a malware or not?? (something like that please help :,) I am using a mac)
You're going to go to your system setting scroll to the very bottom and there should be a button and it should say 'open anyway'
click that and you'll be good
TYSM!!
omg have u figured out how to save? i am STRUGGLING
i
love
this
this was really good and it felt more long than the other games but i need to know what was that thing
I CAN FINALLY PLAT AFTER AN HOURAND AHALF I WAS AT THE DENTISTF ORSN SSO LONG
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GREAT GAME
The devastation I felt when it said that the game experienced an error and I couldn't save oh ym gfoddddd IT WAS STARTING TO GET GOOD TOO.💀
SAMEEE i had to restart two times
FINALLY THE POWER CAME BACK AND I CAN PLAY
I came as fast as I could, I'll definitely leave a comment after I finish this!!
I GOT ONE OF THE ENDINGS BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A SECOND ONE BECAUSE IM ON THE VERGE OF TEARS THAT ENDING HURT ME ON SO MANY LEVELS
crying and throwing up I CANT PLAY THE GAME
OKAY i just finished but i feel like i did something wrong bc the ending was just so--- confusing??? great game nonetheless, love the art style & aesthetic but it left me feeling so silly 😭
yeah i'm having the same thought process, Ryan kind of explained the main message towards the end; basically if your friend's are struggling and you're already struggling on your own, don't spread yourself too thin and drown with them. But what I don't understand is the actual story? Like what was up with the island? It's clearly not something in the water because June had one of the cocktails and this didn't happen to her. Why was Ryan dragged down at the end? Who was the she they were talking about? Why was it almost a cult like fall? WHAT WAS THE LORE?????????????
THE CHARACTER DESIGNE AND SOUNDTRACKS ARE SO GOODD TRUST
IM COLD NOW BUT WHATS GOING ON WAS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE ISLAND IN GENEERALL?? WERE THEY TRYING TO OFFFER THEMSELVES TO A SEA GODDESS OR SOEMTHIGN
real what was going on????
I GOT THE CHILLS 3 TIMEs 1/2 enidigns obtaiend