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Re: Futilitris

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Post by cardamomo » Thu, Apr 10, 2014, 12:24 PM UTC

It strikes me that this might be incredibly useful in inducing a feeling of frustration in subjects of psychological studies.

Re: Futilitris

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Post by humancontact » Thu, Apr 10, 2014, 12:35 PM UTC

There's something scary in this experience. You're conditioned by years of Tetris to expect that sweet gratification, but it never comes. All your errors will haunt you forever, and you will never get any reward for your achievements.

Re: Futilitris

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Post by pawelkomarnicki » Thu, Apr 10, 2014, 12:48 PM UTC

Oh this is brilliant, really puts a perspective :)

Re: Futilitris

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Post by jkap » Thu, Apr 10, 2014, 12:48 PM UTC

sneak wrote: post #13

It's 2014. Stop using Flash.

This game is from 2011.

Re: Futilitris

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Post by stevenh » Thu, Apr 10, 2014, 1:59 PM UTC

sneak wrote: post #13

It's 2014. Stop using Flash.

Even today, HTML5 games won't function properly across all modern browsers without using Flash via soundmanager2.js as a crutch to get around unacceptably poor audio tag implementations.

In particular, the audio tag implementation in Safari makes pure HTML5 games range from annoying to unplayable, because there is a completely unavoidable 500 +/- 1000 ms delay between calling play() and the audio actually playing through the speakers.

Re: Futilitris

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Post by serjeem » Thu, Apr 10, 2014, 3:05 PM UTC

seouled-out wrote: post #6

This is not a game, it's interactive art posing as a game. The intention is not to provide an itch to scratch, but to lead the player towards contemplating compulsion itself. Brilliant.

Well, I mean, that depends on your definition of game: http://www.gamedefinitions.com/.

Re: Futilitris

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Post by tilde_tilde » Thu, Apr 10, 2014, 3:31 PM UTC

humancontact wrote: post #22

There's something scary in this experience. You're conditioned by years of Tetris to expect that sweet gratification, but it never comes. All your errors will haunt you forever, and you will never get any reward for your achievements.

See, I found myself realizing that my mistakes didn't matter. In the long run, you cannot see the mistakes.

Re: Futilitris

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Post by tilde_tilde » Thu, Apr 10, 2014, 3:31 PM UTC

My favorite comment: Jari, 2012-10-31 02:21:17 Hey I think I found a bug with your game. I managed to complete it. Turns out life isn’t futile – it’s just a matter of thinking outside the box and pursuing your definition of life’s goals, not those imposed by someone else. Here’s a screenshot of the end screen. [EDIT: NSFW] http://i.imgur.com/rGg77.png

Re: Futilitris

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Post by krallja » Thu, Apr 10, 2014, 3:35 PM UTC

I got to a .1 aspect ratio and then decided I'd had enough and it was time to end the game.

Turns out that the board expands upwards too.

Truly futile.

Re: Futilitris

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Post by VonGuard » Thu, Apr 10, 2014, 3:38 PM UTC

This is the same guy that did Frog Fractions, which if you haven't played it, is one of the most surprising games ever made about amphibians and scientific notation. http://twinbeard.com/frog-fractions