The Bubbleboy Project

I am not entirely certain what I played. I mean, I can describe everything that happened, tonal whiplash and all, but I'm not sure I could tell you what it meant, if there was a greater message, if the ending I got was the only one, or what. This is a very short game and I know some people will just refund anything that takes less than 2 hours to complete, but I implore you: don't refund this game solely because of the short runtime. I will remember this game, I will remember how it made me feel, and the general tenseness and paranoia. It felt uncanny. As if I was playing a game that wasn't supposed to be found. This developer continues to put out work I find commendable. She finds ways to make things work even if they are not through traditional means. There are questionable design decisions, like a lack of resolution options, the controls eschewing your standard wasd controls for a warl moveset where r turns you left and l turns you right, and wasd being used for the sidescrolling parts where w makes you move right and d moves you left (because those are forward and backward from Bubbleboy's perspective), but I still find enjoyment in her games despite these flaws. There is so…

do not play this high

I am deeply disturbed and I feel ill