2020: The Game
January 18, 2021 9:48 AM Subscribe
A cute game about an awful year.
This is adorable.
I keep wondering when some wag will compose a song like "We Didn't Start The Fire" for this wretched, overwhelming year. This game begins to scratch the same itch.
posted by sciatrix at 10:27 AM on January 18, 2021 [3 favorites]
I keep wondering when some wag will compose a song like "We Didn't Start The Fire" for this wretched, overwhelming year. This game begins to scratch the same itch.
posted by sciatrix at 10:27 AM on January 18, 2021 [3 favorites]
Curious to gloss over the George Floyd protests like that. I mean, there's no good way to make that into a level in a whimsical platformer. And you can't really omit it from a game about the trials of 2020, either. I guess I can't think of a less-bad way that the game designer could've acknowledged it, given the rest of the game.
posted by escape from the potato planet at 11:02 AM on January 18, 2021 [3 favorites]
posted by escape from the potato planet at 11:02 AM on January 18, 2021 [3 favorites]
Press F to pay respects, surely.
posted by Superilla at 11:17 AM on January 18, 2021 [3 favorites]
posted by Superilla at 11:17 AM on January 18, 2021 [3 favorites]
That was cute. Thanks for posting!
posted by DiscourseMarker at 11:28 AM on January 18, 2021
posted by DiscourseMarker at 11:28 AM on January 18, 2021
Definitely peaks at the "quarantine" section.
Took a while for me to realize the "mask" provided an additional health point.
posted by meowzilla at 12:00 PM on January 18, 2021 [4 favorites]
Took a while for me to realize the "mask" provided an additional health point.
posted by meowzilla at 12:00 PM on January 18, 2021 [4 favorites]
This was delightful. Loved the books disappearing when the toilet paper ran out...
Personally, I really liked the moment of silence when running past the George Floyd sign.
posted by ZaphodB at 12:01 PM on January 18, 2021 [6 favorites]
Personally, I really liked the moment of silence when running past the George Floyd sign.
posted by ZaphodB at 12:01 PM on January 18, 2021 [6 favorites]
This is good! I would have liked an "entire West Coast on fire" section; that day of orange/red skies was a really eerie experience.
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 12:07 PM on January 18, 2021 [8 favorites]
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 12:07 PM on January 18, 2021 [8 favorites]
Feels like it may be over-optimistic for 2021.
posted by MattWPBS at 12:11 PM on January 18, 2021 [6 favorites]
posted by MattWPBS at 12:11 PM on January 18, 2021 [6 favorites]
I keep wondering when some wag will compose a song like "We Didn't Start The Fire" for this wretched, overwhelming year.
Well, I mean, this one is pretty good, but it went up in December so it's already dated...
posted by heyitsgogi at 12:16 PM on January 18, 2021 [5 favorites]
Well, I mean, this one is pretty good, but it went up in December so it's already dated...
posted by heyitsgogi at 12:16 PM on January 18, 2021 [5 favorites]
That was charming, especially given the subject matter.
posted by jacquilynne at 12:26 PM on January 18, 2021
posted by jacquilynne at 12:26 PM on January 18, 2021
That was so fun! The toilet paper countdown during quarantine was a nice touch.
posted by stripesandplaid at 12:47 PM on January 18, 2021
posted by stripesandplaid at 12:47 PM on January 18, 2021
Did anyone else let out a little "fuck yes" when Biden passed Trump well before the finish line?
posted by gwydapllew at 1:02 PM on January 18, 2021 [7 favorites]
posted by gwydapllew at 1:02 PM on January 18, 2021 [7 favorites]
Here's another "We Didn't Start The Fire" parody.
posted by jenfullmoon at 1:05 PM on January 18, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by jenfullmoon at 1:05 PM on January 18, 2021 [1 favorite]
Did anyone else let out a little "fuck yes" when Biden passed Trump well before the finish line?
I tried to catch up. I thought the game wanted us to strike one of them repeatedly.
But that would be wrong.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 2:15 PM on January 18, 2021 [5 favorites]
I tried to catch up. I thought the game wanted us to strike one of them repeatedly.
But that would be wrong.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 2:15 PM on January 18, 2021 [5 favorites]
This was, indeed, extremely cute. The length seemed about right and the graphics and controls made me very nostalgic. Thanks for posting!
posted by Night_owl at 2:29 PM on January 18, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by Night_owl at 2:29 PM on January 18, 2021 [2 favorites]
I'm in California, and when I hit the Australia fires I had a visceral moment, so I'm unsure whether I'd donate to a kickstarter to make a complete version of the game, or send him a few bucks to thank him for helping me to recast some of the trauma into absolutely charming silliness.
Yeah, out-loud "fuck yes" at Biden, but also laughter at the 5G segment.
Thank you, this is what I didn't know I needed this afternoon.
posted by straw at 2:57 PM on January 18, 2021 [1 favorite]
Yeah, out-loud "fuck yes" at Biden, but also laughter at the 5G segment.
Thank you, this is what I didn't know I needed this afternoon.
posted by straw at 2:57 PM on January 18, 2021 [1 favorite]
Yeah, I was disappointed I didn't get to punch someone after the election.
posted by queensissy at 3:31 PM on January 18, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by queensissy at 3:31 PM on January 18, 2021 [2 favorites]
2020: The only way to win is not to play.
posted by mazola at 3:40 PM on January 18, 2021 [9 favorites]
posted by mazola at 3:40 PM on January 18, 2021 [9 favorites]
Where are the murder hornets?
posted by Reasonably Everything Happens at 4:02 PM on January 18, 2021 [7 favorites]
posted by Reasonably Everything Happens at 4:02 PM on January 18, 2021 [7 favorites]
2020 was metal
posted by L.P. Hatecraft at 4:40 PM on January 18, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by L.P. Hatecraft at 4:40 PM on January 18, 2021 [1 favorite]
I'm so bad at video games, I think I personally died from the Rona approximately 400,000 times.
posted by drlith at 5:25 PM on January 18, 2021
posted by drlith at 5:25 PM on January 18, 2021
I’m glad vaccinations don’t actually work like that. If we needed one shot per coronavirus particle our manufacturing problem would be orders of magnitude worse than it already is.
posted by nat at 5:53 PM on January 18, 2021
posted by nat at 5:53 PM on January 18, 2021
obligatory: would have loaded quicker in flash
posted by es_de_bah at 6:04 PM on January 18, 2021 [3 favorites]
posted by es_de_bah at 6:04 PM on January 18, 2021 [3 favorites]
When "2019" appeared on the screen at the beginning, did anyone else have a long pause or a visceral shudder before you could bring yourself to go into 2020 again? Crappy year, interesting game - thank you for sharing it!
posted by Ann Telope at 9:47 PM on January 18, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by Ann Telope at 9:47 PM on January 18, 2021 [1 favorite]
straw: I'm in Australia and very nearly closed the damn thing.
posted by Jilder at 7:02 AM on January 19, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by Jilder at 7:02 AM on January 19, 2021 [1 favorite]
Around a year ago, instead of the normal end-of-year email, my partner and I sent our friends a little Twine game. I was thinking of doing one for 2020 that just had the same text about staying home, ordering online, and attending zoom meetings for around 240 days, with no branching options at all and no visible sign of progress, but this is a much better idea.
posted by solotoro at 7:36 AM on January 19, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by solotoro at 7:36 AM on January 19, 2021 [2 favorites]
Fantastic! Thank you!
posted by CoffeeHikeNapWine at 9:05 AM on January 19, 2021
posted by CoffeeHikeNapWine at 9:05 AM on January 19, 2021
Neat. Didn’t notice it on first play through, but you can destroy the 5G tower if you stand underneath it and jump up. Laughed at that.
That and I only noticed the lone bat flying past on the second go round.
posted by inflatablekiwi at 9:11 AM on January 19, 2021 [1 favorite]
That and I only noticed the lone bat flying past on the second go round.
posted by inflatablekiwi at 9:11 AM on January 19, 2021 [1 favorite]
The bat made me crack up!
posted by Night_owl at 2:26 PM on January 19, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by Night_owl at 2:26 PM on January 19, 2021 [1 favorite]
I'm dumb and I can't get past Australia. I can't stop my character from just hopping straight into the second fire. Am I missing something?
posted by chara at 5:15 AM on January 20, 2021
posted by chara at 5:15 AM on January 20, 2021
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