ENDLESS BECOMING - APARTMENT

ENDLESS BECOMING - APARTMENT is not a game. Games contain meaningful gamelike interaction and game loops, which are absent in this software. Instead of being a game, ENDLESS BECOMING - APARTMENT is a software application that presents a barely interactive "art experience". We get this non-game shovelware on Steam whenever your usual Starbucks barista/McDonalds frycook art school dropout finally gets a restraining order from the local art galleries so turns to Steam Direct to try get their art published somewhere so they can finally dream of moving out of their parents basement. It's true that games can be art... art is where the pinnacles of craftsmanship and quality meet vision and narrative to create an experience far greater than the sum of the parts. This isn't a game at all, and the craftsmanship and narrative are terrible. This isn't making art better, it's just making gaming worse. For those unfamiliar with what actually makes something a game, a "game loop" describes the interaction and feedback a gamer has when playing a game. Tetris, for example, has a game loop where a random block appears, the gamer interacts with the block to position it, and then the game dec…

I was able to pick up the main loop of activating switches, got to experience the weird spatial changes which was changing the environment I was exploring, then soft-locking myself when I jumped from a ledge to a watery area that had no exit. Oh well. Nice architecture though.

Innovative. Unexpected. Interesting. I am making a similar game, but less artsy and a bit more actionwise. I can give you some feedback regarding what needs improvement.

Really cool black and white, with a backrooms feel, or lots of areas to explore that dont quite fit right. Just keep exploring and find more interesting rooms

Endless Becoming Apartment is a "Digital Art Exhibit" and liminal space simulator in a similar vein to those inspired by Kane Pixels "Backrooms" lore. Except there are no backrooms here....this is something totally different. It's a Black and White, first person, at-your-own-pace exploratory visit, starting on the 10th floor, of the Apartment. As you find various, well, things, it shows why this is called "Endless Becoming" - because the more you explore, the more you find, the more you find, the more there is to explore. Hence, Endless Becoming Apartment. A big part of this game is about "vibes", and this game has a lot of vibes. It's very much the kind of place you'd see....say....in the late 80's or early 1990's - a bizzare crossover of retro-40's style, and high tech minimalism, with palm trees and abstract art exhibits that would give someone like Andy Warhol the jollies. You might like it, you might not. People like me like things like this, because they are relaxing little "time wasters" top enjoy, and escape into. Other people looking for a deep plot or a complex storyline, or epic battles and complicated puzzles for the sake of complication need-not-apply. T…

this game is a fever dream