Thanks for playing (and replayinging)! As the old saying goes, the squeaky wheel gets a fuller understanding of what's happening in the geopolitical arena.
This is Ink still. It's possible to make VNs with Ink using CSS / Unity know-how.
Glad you enjoyed the game, Alexa! Thanks for being a stalwart adventurer.
I probably wouldn't do well in a collective hive mind either. Some soul would be like, "Who in here keeps thinking about the history of VCR board games?!"
I'm not fond of Kiki. She did not have my best individual interest in mind... she's only concerned about the Soulmerge and has left me to think about that for a few 100 years, much like a spiritual plane gulag. I suspect the Soulmerge is just a celestial battery for some demigod that needs the juice to power his motorized golf cart in the clouds.
You know, I think you're right to be suspicious of Kiki. She may well be the smiling face of a sinister plot. There did seem to be some corporate interests in the mix, too.
This is exactly the kind of thing I think about on a 45 seconds per minute basis. Hilariously cynical! I'm usually just cynical cynical, no funnies. She seemed almost ecstatic to send me back to the nuclear holocaust, but at least she let me escape. I refuse to be trapped in collective consciousness with the rest of you!
The first time, I got sent to enjoy 100 years in the Blank Space because I was trying to be agreeable, but not TOO agreeable. The second time, I was considerably more disgruntled, and got sent back to Earth, where I can only assume I will join the resistance against Kiki and her ilk. Her annoyed face was superb.
Halp! I got part way through the troubleshooting, but when we get to the screen where Mom says, "I wasn't 100% sure how you'd react to me taking the course." the Next arrow doesn't work. The cursor changes when you mouse over the arrow, but nothing happens on click.
Well, the good news is that a few hundred years in the grand scheme of things (eternity, I suppose you could say) is nothing. The bad news...only two minutes have gone by, and I’m in dire need of a snack.
Swap places with Mom. But use your life savings to hire a necromancer to hang out at her grave and reanimate her the moment of the swap. You can figure out the whole “at capacity” thing next time she dies.
Limbo has a lot going for it. No crowds, as you said. Lots of floating. Peace and quiet. Maybe Limbo's the better option, especially if you're not into harp music... 🤔
This game appealed to me because I seriously do believe that any afterlife probably involves shedding our individual perspective mindset and merging with a single God soul, but it didn't appeal to me because I got stuck waiting in this Blank Space for likely an eternity
The angel lady says to wait around forever, but you can trick her by refreshing the browser and answering the questions differently. 😈
In all seriousness, why do you believe that humans merge with a God soul after death? Is that taught in a particular religion or does it just feel right? I'm curious.
Hmm, don't 100% believe it, it's more like... an instinctual feeling? That a god created everything but then wanted to appreciate all the facets of their universe via a multitude of different perspectives - so the god splits themself into near infinite "souls," anything alive (microbe to doberman to human to whale to planet, etc) to live mortally and independently. The lifeform dies and that vehicle for the god's perception simply melts away, and its soul rejoins with the larger god, kind of like your game :) But an afterlife might just as easily be run by an obscure African goat god who tortures us. Half the time I believe there is no afterlife/ no souls/ no reason for our existence, and when we die that's it. A purposeless universe is beautiful, too!
What a wonderful and compelling feeling. I was first introduced to this idea of souls joining together from the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion and it's remained a fascination of mine, even though I don't know that I believe it.
I'm fairly agnostic, but I think a purposeless universe is the most beautiful. If all this came together by happenstance, rather than a plan? How miraculous!
Got rejected on my first run, accepted on the second, and returned to my body on the third. Felt like I learned the most from being actively hostile.
Interesting that you're branching out into visual novels. Is this still Ink or something else?
Thanks for playing (and replayinging)! As the old saying goes, the squeaky wheel gets a fuller understanding of what's happening in the geopolitical arena.
This is Ink still. It's possible to make VNs with Ink using CSS / Unity know-how.
I have no place in a collective hive mind lol!! I knew it going in but loved the text and anime lady. So fun, as always!
Glad you enjoyed the game, Alexa! Thanks for being a stalwart adventurer.
I probably wouldn't do well in a collective hive mind either. Some soul would be like, "Who in here keeps thinking about the history of VCR board games?!"
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LOL 😆
I'm not fond of Kiki. She did not have my best individual interest in mind... she's only concerned about the Soulmerge and has left me to think about that for a few 100 years, much like a spiritual plane gulag. I suspect the Soulmerge is just a celestial battery for some demigod that needs the juice to power his motorized golf cart in the clouds.
You know, I think you're right to be suspicious of Kiki. She may well be the smiling face of a sinister plot. There did seem to be some corporate interests in the mix, too.
I guess I'm too unique to be part of a collective. Got put in galactic time-out twice.
You're unique! That's why people love you and anime gatekeeper angel ladies don't pick up on your vibe.
This is exactly the kind of thing I think about on a 45 seconds per minute basis. Hilariously cynical! I'm usually just cynical cynical, no funnies. She seemed almost ecstatic to send me back to the nuclear holocaust, but at least she let me escape. I refuse to be trapped in collective consciousness with the rest of you!
Thank you for playing! Haha, Kiki certainly doesn’t seem troubled by her authority. Of anything that’s going on in the world, for that matter!
The first time, I got sent to enjoy 100 years in the Blank Space because I was trying to be agreeable, but not TOO agreeable. The second time, I was considerably more disgruntled, and got sent back to Earth, where I can only assume I will join the resistance against Kiki and her ilk. Her annoyed face was superb.
Soooooooo excited to do FYMP next week!!
Yes! Rise up against the tyranny of the Monosoul! It’ll super annoy Kiki.
Thanks for playing multiple times! I’m excited for you to try fixing your mother’s printer, one of the most challenging quests a hero can attempt.
Halp! I got part way through the troubleshooting, but when we get to the screen where Mom says, "I wasn't 100% sure how you'd react to me taking the course." the Next arrow doesn't work. The cursor changes when you mouse over the arrow, but nothing happens on click.
Hi Trin! Thanks for playing and letting me know about the bug!
I think I fixed it? Here’s what to do...
1. Save your game. (The down arrow in the bottom left.)
2. Hold shift and refresh the page. It should take you back to the beginning.
3. Load your save game. (Down arrow in the bottom left.)
4. Give it a shot.
Let me know if that works. Fingers crossed!!
Like magic! Thank you! I hated to leave mom just hanging there with an uncooperative printer.
Haha, thank goodness! Poor mom! 😅
Whew, guess I’m taking Limbo. Can’t mess with your ancestors like that unless you wanna be cursed!
Curses are real and they are upsetting!
Well, the good news is that a few hundred years in the grand scheme of things (eternity, I suppose you could say) is nothing. The bad news...only two minutes have gone by, and I’m in dire need of a snack.
Get back here, Kiki!
If you're hungry and trapped in a techno-spiritual state of nothingness for an indeterminable amount of time, there's probably a Red Robin nearby.
Hahaha! 🤣
Swap places with Mom. But use your life savings to hire a necromancer to hang out at her grave and reanimate her the moment of the swap. You can figure out the whole “at capacity” thing next time she dies.
I like the creativity and really like that your plan involves reanimating a corpse! But how are you going to access your life savings from Heaven?
I don’t know about you, but I already have “spend life savings on hiring necromancer to reanimate mom’s corpse” written into my will.
I haven't yet, surprisingly!
A. I hate crowds. Probably why I was rejected for Ascension, too.
Limbo has a lot going for it. No crowds, as you said. Lots of floating. Peace and quiet. Maybe Limbo's the better option, especially if you're not into harp music... 🤔
This game appealed to me because I seriously do believe that any afterlife probably involves shedding our individual perspective mindset and merging with a single God soul, but it didn't appeal to me because I got stuck waiting in this Blank Space for likely an eternity
The angel lady says to wait around forever, but you can trick her by refreshing the browser and answering the questions differently. 😈
In all seriousness, why do you believe that humans merge with a God soul after death? Is that taught in a particular religion or does it just feel right? I'm curious.
Hmm, don't 100% believe it, it's more like... an instinctual feeling? That a god created everything but then wanted to appreciate all the facets of their universe via a multitude of different perspectives - so the god splits themself into near infinite "souls," anything alive (microbe to doberman to human to whale to planet, etc) to live mortally and independently. The lifeform dies and that vehicle for the god's perception simply melts away, and its soul rejoins with the larger god, kind of like your game :) But an afterlife might just as easily be run by an obscure African goat god who tortures us. Half the time I believe there is no afterlife/ no souls/ no reason for our existence, and when we die that's it. A purposeless universe is beautiful, too!
What a wonderful and compelling feeling. I was first introduced to this idea of souls joining together from the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion and it's remained a fascination of mine, even though I don't know that I believe it.
I'm fairly agnostic, but I think a purposeless universe is the most beautiful. If all this came together by happenstance, rather than a plan? How miraculous!