The End of Us

[Sexbad]

A small but incredibly well-designed flash game made in 48 hours for some competition. I urge you to play it before reading the summary at the bottom of the page.

http://www.the-end-of-us.com/

[Tanshaydar]

Cool.
Considering when 4+ years of work concludes terrible game designs, just 48 hours is something to be ashamed of for some people.

[kailip]

wow. that was good, man.

[Sel]

This is probably one of the most absolutely adorable things I've seen posted on this forum.

[mattwestwick]

Oh wow it's so beautiful.

Needs more violence and nudity.
Also how many people died when the comet hit earth?

[hollowleviathan]

Also how many people died when the comet hit earth?

Spoiler below!

One. My friend comet!

[Doctorcheese]

This would have been so epic narrated by Morgan Freeman...

[Sexbad]

No, just no. Go away.

This was designed to show how stories can be told in games unconventionally, without writing or cutscenes. Instead, it uses non-verbal communication as you connect with Orange Comet by trying to interpret what it's doing. Having narration would completely ruin the idea.

[Theoryra]

I cannot express how interesting and intelligent this idea and game design is, i really appreciated the experience, i've played it 3 times now. They have indeed something great at their hands that might improve gameplay. What i wonder is, will they know what to do with this little brilliant thing they have?
May you forgive me for my bad english.
My regards.

[Taken6243]

That's a really great idea.

The orange comet reminds me of Alyx Vance from Half-Life in a way; a character that I got attached through not by dialogue, but by action. In a video-game, a player can become attached to the most abstract object. Heck, when I was playing Amnesia, I even got attached to the lantern.