I was gonna apologize, and then I saw you called me a millennial... I'm a Gen Z... Use the right pronouns LMAO!!! I'm a Zoomer!!! I'm just messing, but yeah, I hope I made you laugh... Also, after taking 3 years of Psych, I probably should have known that!
The title are art style caught my attention, but my jaw nearly hit the floor the moment the message clicked in. Many games struggle to get half the amount of meaning in a full game that you accomplished in mere seconds of game play. Well done <3
I know this is a thing since it happens on my laptop too, I've been giving it some thinking but I can't find a solution for this game that doesn't sacrifice being able to play the game with one hand only >< I'll for sure think of a solution for the next game. Thank you for your comment!
When I was a kid, living in the country, I saw a dying bird on the ground. Its belly open, its guts out, its beak slowly opening and closing, as if trying to say something. After some seconds, I biked away.
But I couldn't take that image off of my mind.
It took me half an hour --or one full hour, maybe even more-- to gather courage enough and do just the same thing that you do in this game. Then I buried the remains and the stone together and watered the crime scene.
Once again, I couldn't wipe the image from my mind for a long time.
This game has summoned back a lot of things, including the painful epiphany that having a conscience sucks and that, sometimes, doing the right thing feels like the bad thing --if bad and good things are actually a thing.
Love, love, love this art and message. I didn't think I'd learn so much!! I'm going through a rough time in life right now, but I wanted to let you know that this made me feel better!
covering the suffering bird with flowers does nothing, it doesn't heal the poor thing, it doesn't help. the stick tortures the feathered creature and shows no empathy to the suffering it faces. without the option to help in any other way, the only option of Compassion, is to kill the bird without torture with the stone, instant, painless, quick. because you couldn't help the bird to keep it alive you have to take the second route, the one more brutal but understandable. yes, life is harsh, but at least death is effortless, a quick snap, a gunshot, a stone falling from meters above. yes, the bird is dead, but at least its not in pain anymore, the flowers would have done nothing but make suffering look pretty.
I killed the bird with the stone then covered it in flowers, because yes it's dead but the flowers can live off of the bird, and so yes a life has been lost but more granted, besides, its in our nature to make death look beautiful.
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Pretentious pseudo-intellectual claptrap. Don't quit your day job.
P.S. Early onset of psychoses nearly always manifests itself as cruelty to animals.
Joke's on you, my dayjob is pseudo-intellectual claptrap too!
You spelled psychosis wrong...
Plural, millennial.
I was gonna apologize, and then I saw you called me a millennial... I'm a Gen Z... Use the right pronouns LMAO!!! I'm a Zoomer!!! I'm just messing, but yeah, I hope I made you laugh... Also, after taking 3 years of Psych, I probably should have known that!
Euthanasiaaa!!
Great example of fitting gameplay with the theme and subject. Really like the art style. Thanks for sharing this game.
Thank you!❤︎
The title are art style caught my attention, but my jaw nearly hit the floor the moment the message clicked in. Many games struggle to get half the amount of meaning in a full game that you accomplished in mere seconds of game play. Well done <3
Glad to hear it made you feel that way, thank you for your comment!❤︎
ah, I can't do right click while holding left click on my mac...
We feel you bruh.
The mouse pad is mean to Hp users aswell bruh.
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I know this is a thing since it happens on my laptop too, I've been giving it some thinking but I can't find a solution for this game that doesn't sacrifice being able to play the game with one hand only ><
I'll for sure think of a solution for the next game. Thank you for your comment!
(you could allow pressing a keyboard button as an alternative? might be awkward to elegantly communicate though)
Wow. This resonates so deeply.
When I was a kid, living in the country, I saw a dying bird on the ground. Its belly open, its guts out, its beak slowly opening and closing, as if trying to say something. After some seconds, I biked away.
But I couldn't take that image off of my mind.
It took me half an hour --or one full hour, maybe even more-- to gather courage enough and do just the same thing that you do in this game. Then I buried the remains and the stone together and watered the crime scene.
Once again, I couldn't wipe the image from my mind for a long time.
This game has summoned back a lot of things, including the painful epiphany that having a conscience sucks and that, sometimes, doing the right thing feels like the bad thing --if bad and good things are actually a thing.
Thanks :*
Loved your comment, I've never found a dying bird in such a state, but the mental image sure makes the metaphor a lot heavier.
Love, love, love this art and message. I didn't think I'd learn so much!! I'm going through a rough time in life right now, but I wanted to let you know that this made me feel better!
Keep up the good work! :)
Glad to hear this helped in any way, best wishes regarding what you're going through and thank you so much for your comment!❤︎
Thank you for making this game!The brid is very poor but I can't do anything......
Thank you for making this game.
Thank you for your comment!❤︎
covering the suffering bird with flowers does nothing, it doesn't heal the poor thing, it doesn't help. the stick tortures the feathered creature and shows no empathy to the suffering it faces. without the option to help in any other way, the only option of Compassion, is to kill the bird without torture with the stone, instant, painless, quick. because you couldn't help the bird to keep it alive you have to take the second route, the one more brutal but understandable. yes, life is harsh, but at least death is effortless, a quick snap, a gunshot, a stone falling from meters above. yes, the bird is dead, but at least its not in pain anymore, the flowers would have done nothing but make suffering look pretty.
I killed the bird with the stone then covered it in flowers, because yes it's dead but the flowers can live off of the bird, and so yes a life has been lost but more granted, besides, its in our nature to make death look beautiful.
This was something...but something in a good way. Thank you.
Poking a dying bird with a stick is the opposite of compassion, what I am missing?
i love this. thank you.
Breathtaking. I loved it.
Can't wait to see your next games. Thank you for making Compassion.
Very therapeutic. I'm need to bookmark it for future use - god knows I'll need to experience it more than once.
Thank you!! Glad you enjoyed it❤︎
Thanks for making a simple yet powerful game
Thank YOU for playing!❤︎
Im crying please tell me how i can help it i dont want to leave the game without knowing if theres anything i can do
You've probably done everything that can be done, compassion is not always an easy thing :( Thank you for playing! ❤︎
So simple, so effective. Congratulations, you've made a game worth sharing with the world
That means a lot to me, thank you!!!❤︎
This is so simple yet intriguing, beautiful and informative. Coupled with fingerspit's fx and music is just the cherry on top. Lovely!!
Thank you so much! ❤︎