Asbury Pines

A beautiful story about human nature spanning centuries, I might have even shed a few tears. It's been bittersweet to finish the game and will be looking forward to the full release.

This game is very weird. I love it! It's got a great story that keeps on giving. It kept surprising me. I think the game is feature complete. Like the story is not "early access". I think what makes it early access is a lack of QoL. The UI is clunky and navigating it can be a bit of a pain in the ass but i got used to it quite quickly. Overall really recommend this for people that like an interactive story. Its quite linear but presents itself in a new way.

I originally got this game for it's gameplay. However, the story enthralled me. 10/10 story that is forever stuck with me.

[h1] IF YOU LOVE TWIN PEAKS AND IDLERS YOU SHOULD GET THIS GAME! [/h1] This Idler has one of the more interesting stories I have played in years! The way the story unveils through the "Living" actions is very interesting since you never know [b] what [/b] the next story bit is going to unlock! I literally shouted "WHAT?!" out loud when a very interesting character was unlocked! I haven't even finished it yet I'm really looking forward to the 1.0 release!

This is a pretty laid back idle-incremental with a narrative focus, and the fun kind of weird where the future and past version of the same character can work together with a raccoon to develop 'science'. The pacing feels a bit slow, but can be sped up if that's what you want.

So, I would not recommend this. While I like idle games by and large, this game shows exactly why you don't make them non-linearly. Without a clear objective or understanding of what you're doing, you're left with a lots of design choices that make you wonder if the creators understand how a human thinks. Normally, you would expect actions to result in progress. But no. The first situation has you have your first character living his life, and that reveals a character who is not the one he is talking about and an event on the tree of progress that is in the middle. So it's impossible to know what you're meant to do next without guesswork. Or, put it like this: the music blares, but the menu has no setting to turn it off. In fact, the menu with all the options you might want is hidden off screen and can only be found by scrolling. But there's no indication that you CAN scroll. So it's just hidden. Everything about this game screams 'we thought twin peaks was great but we don't understand anything about how to make a game.'