The Plan
Krillbite Studio · 2014 · Free to Play, Indie, Atmospheric, Short, Casual
PC
Very Positive94% · 174
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About The Plan
✦ AI summary
Guide a fly's existential journey skyward in this gorgeous three-minute contemplative experience that proves indie games can deliver profound emotional impact regardless of length.
A fly ascends to the skies, pondering the pointlessness of its brief existence.
The Plan was developed as a side project by Krillbite Studio, who's currently finishing their main project Among the Sleep.
The Plan was developed as a side project by Krillbite Studio, who's currently finishing their main project Among the Sleep.
Comments from the press
- "Hey, You Should Play This"
- Patrick Klepek, Giantbomb - "Some may argue that The Plan isn't really a game and it definitely occupies the same terrain as Journey, Passage, and Dear Esther, but it's shorter than Journey, prettier than Passage, and less overwrought than Dear Esther, making it well worth taking a punt on for the low price of free."
- Jeffrey Matulef, Eurogamer - "It’s that space in the mechanics for thought and interpretation that I appreciate most here. The Plan won’t break your brain, but it’s a nicely contemplative journey."
- Nathan Grayson, RockPaperShotgun - "In order, here are the emotions I experienced during the three minutes it took me to play The Plan, the new free morsel from the Norweigan indie developer Krillbite: confusion, frustration, boredom, fear, amusement, delight, joy, enchantment, and regret. One of the things independent games ask us to do is accept that a three-minute game can be as valid as a thirty-hour one. Games like these make it hard to disagree."
- Joseph Bernstein, Buzzfeed - "Krillbite Studio, the developers behind Among The Sleep, have gone on and released a most polished, visually stunning and freeware new game"
- Konstantinos Dimopoulos, Indiegames.com - "Krillbite's The Plan is a short, sharp experimental deliberation on the meaning of life."
- Andy Chalk, The Escapist
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
---{ Graphics }--- ☑ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☑ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☑ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☑ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☑ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☑ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☑ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long …2 found this helpful
[b]They didn't tell me anything, I didn't do anything.[/b] It's a great Zen test, no stress, no tasks, no expectations, just movement and music. That feeling that nothing is happening, but at the same time everything is happening. The most peaceful game ever created. The best game in the world. Only one thing to understand...1 found this helpful
How did a game, about a fly going up turn into something artistic? The experience is really something because of how big the flys goal is.This fly wanted to push himself to the limit and fly higher than anyone else ever has.He had to go through a lot to get there.The fly finally made it to where he was going: the glowing sphere. This game has a very profound philosophical meaning 8/101 found this helpful
Chill fly game1 found this helpful
What? Seriously I am not sure what this is. Its artsy, sweet and very short. No clue. You should not know any thing going in if you want to try it. It has a nice sound design and some nice visuals but other then that, just try… its free… it’s around 5 minutes (seriously). Just try it. Reading this review already took you too long… just try. And please leave a comment afterwards if you have an idea what [i]The Plan[/i] is… or what it wants to communicate…1 found this helpful
Pretty sweet, pretty short. I liked it.
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