I Wish I were the Moon

December 28, 2008 5:10 PM

I Wish I were the Moonby Daniel Benmergui - a small, simple puzzle game. Find the 5 endings. About. Redux (with more endings). Via gamasutra's top 5 indie games of 2008.
posted by nthdegx (15 comments total)

Needs more balloons and torpedoes.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 5:37 PM on December 28, 2008 [3 favorites]

Seriously, this was cute, thanks.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 5:37 PM on December 28, 2008

That was nice..and easy.
posted by C17H19NO3 at 5:38 PM on December 28, 2008

Cool! Kinda reminds me of Passage, for the pixel art, simplicity, and little floating heart.

Poking about the gamasutra page brought me knowledge of "Barkley: Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden" which looks, um, fantastic.
posted by kaibutsu at 5:43 PM on December 28, 2008

You might also enjoy The Majesty of Colors.
posted by robcorr at 6:01 PM on December 28, 2008

Why must the female character always be the object of the gaze?
posted by HeroZero at 6:32 PM on December 28, 2008

In terms of meta-experimental games, I preferred his Storyteller

There really needs to be more games based on Calvino.
posted by The Whelk at 6:50 PM on December 28, 2008

"You Have To Burn The Rope" makes me want to punch things, preferably anyone who was involved in designing it, making it or thinking it's funny. It's everything irritating and dorky and unfunny about "gamer culture" distilled into a flash game. "Barkley: Shut up and Jam: Gaiden", on the other hand, appears to be brilliant. I hope it runs under WINE.
posted by DecemberBoy at 6:52 PM on December 28, 2008

BSUAJG was amazing. One of the most hilarious RPG's I have ever played!

I will never look at B-Ball the same. Remember, only you can help prevent Chaos Dunks.
posted by Khazk at 7:02 PM on December 28, 2008

Why must the female character always be the object of the gaze?

You clicked the link, right?
posted by DU at 7:04 PM on December 28, 2008

If you don't like yhtbtr, there is something wrong with you.
posted by empath at 7:36 PM on December 28, 2008

You Have To Burn The Rope is the Game of the Year 2008. I weep for the ones rooting for Grand Theft Auto IV, but then I tolerate no dissent.

The rope. Have you burned it?

(It kills the boss. Have you killed the boss?)

I fear for those reading this comment in years to come, hybrid hybrid

+++ATH NO CARRIER
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 8:54 PM on December 28, 2008

Okay I have been playing Barkley: Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden for the last 6 hours. It is completely insane. And awesome!
posted by aubilenon at 2:01 AM on December 29, 2008

Completely insane, awesome, and refuses to work correctly on my computer.
posted by JHarris at 4:49 AM on December 29, 2008

Oh, and on a less snarky level....

An email exchange with Farbs I had around the game's release revealed that ROM CHECK FAIL is written in Python!
posted by JHarris at 4:50 AM on December 29, 2008