I didn't see the end prompt until after finding the machine, so I viewed it as an amusing punchline recontextualizing the player character's situation.
If this were a game level, then the level design highlights the machine as a point of interest: jutting out of a flat field, the path toward it highlighted with three bright circular stones offset from the main trail. The machine itself feels like it's setting up the opening puzzle to an adventure game: unlabeled buttons, locked hinge, a warning on what to do before opening it. But it isn't a puzzle! It's just some inexplicable part of the real word, a configuration of physical objects fascinating enough to pry the player character away from a party, to forget whatever they were doing before and instead dedicate their whole focus on investigating this electric panel as if they *were* in a game.
Only had a dark screen when touching at the machine (all buttons and observing all stuff). Don’t know what is the punchline and what I can’t get it when retourning to the wedding (is it because I play from a tablet, no computer?) Hell I even read both of English and French warnings. :)
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the perfect size for this little adventure/diversion into pure curiosity!
just played this :) I liked the ending
It was an interesting short game. :) I was a bit disappointed that nothing interesting happened, though...
Is it suposed to end when returning to the wedding?
I didn't see the end prompt until after finding the machine, so I viewed it as an amusing punchline recontextualizing the player character's situation.
If this were a game level, then the level design highlights the machine as a point of interest: jutting out of a flat field, the path toward it highlighted with three bright circular stones offset from the main trail. The machine itself feels like it's setting up the opening puzzle to an adventure game: unlabeled buttons, locked hinge, a warning on what to do before opening it. But it isn't a puzzle! It's just some inexplicable part of the real word, a configuration of physical objects fascinating enough to pry the player character away from a party, to forget whatever they were doing before and instead dedicate their whole focus on investigating this electric panel as if they *were* in a game.
Only had a dark screen when touching at the machine (all buttons and observing all stuff). Don’t know what is the punchline and what I can’t get it when retourning to the wedding (is it because I play from a tablet, no computer?) Hell I even read both of English and French warnings. :)
hi dan qui dam! i like your avatar. i think you've experienced the entire thing. make of it what you will :)
hm, ok. I just found a way to make an end on this party I didn’t like? Perfect