GOODBYE WORLD

I was hopeful and wanted to like the game, but I ended up disliking the main character SO MUCH that I cannot recommend it. The game plays more like a visual novel with "gameboy-esque" segments. I get easily motion sick so I had to force-skip these by the 5th one. I didn't mind the visual novel vibe though. The pixel art and sound design is well done too. The story on the other hand...was not great. It circles around something that any creative would understand, wanting to pursue your passion for work. Major Spoilers Below: [spoiler] What the game fails to do, is make the MC likeable at all. Not once does she see that her dreams require actual [b]WORK[/b]. She does zero research into what market she's entering, what type of game she is trying to make, etc. It's all incredibly selfish. The game makes everyone look bad, the teacher, the other student, [i]all[/i] businesses from the small mom & pop store that Kanii worked at part-time to the publisher that gave her much needed criticism on her game, even Kumade who chose a full-time job that made her feel appreciated over working tirelessly part-time to try and stay afloat. It felt incredibly immature and hard to watch Kanii react in…

i thought i was getting a cute little pixel game about two girls making games together and somehow ended up starring at my screen questioning my entire life TT it's such a short game but somehow manages to say so much about friendships , failure, dreams and that awful feeling of loving something soo much that you slowly start measuring your own worth by whether you're good at it. it's quiet about it too. it doesn't really try to force you to be sad, it just lets you watch these two people try to figure out what they want, what they're willing to give up and they started doing any of this in the first place.. aaaaanyways, it broke me lmao 8/10 cute little pixel game, surely nothing emotionally devastating will happen. (never trust a stranger on the internet TT)

they had us in the first half not gonna lie but really such a good game depicting a struggle most if not all creatives go through.

Great 1-2 hours of short story about a [spoiler]struggle of feeling everyone is better than you[/spoiler], which feels more like self discovery slice of life manga more than a game. The art style is really good [spoiler]but it feels like a slog sometimes which I think it is intentional for the story[/spoiler].

Relatable af

A bittersweet story with beautiful pixel art that will likely resonate with all types of creatives.