cobaltnine | IFComp 2008

Holy crap. This makes up for all the shit I've slogged through recently. I was nervous! I was bugging my significant other for hints! (Played it last week.) I went through two cups of tea!

I don't have much to say, because most of my complaints are nitpicky. The programming involved must have been tricky. The writing is good - not fucking cutesy like some games, coherent, and with memories that aren't intrusive (see previous complaint.) The enclosed map did scare me; although my SO said it wasn't necessary, I found it useful if only to determine general routes and distances. I think the only thing separating this from a perfect 10 was the lack of exactly how much I cared about the character. I started to, but he still felt kind of like a blank slate. The atmosphere was very well carried out and...

okay, 9/10. I will return to this game post-comp to see if I can get any more endings...