Tape Recovery Simulator 96K

I love that this is blurring the lines about what the idea of a game is. I bet a lot of people will hate this game and a lot of people will love it (and a lot will just be like huh?).

One thing for sure is that it looks interesting.

Re: Tape Recovery Simulator 96K

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Apr 29, 2021, 2:22 PM UTC

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Post by the_af » Thu, Apr 29, 2021, 2:39 PM UTC

efnx wrote: post #4

I love that this is blurring the lines about what the idea of a game is. I bet a lot of people will hate this game and a lot of people will love it (and a lot will just be like huh?). One thing for sure is that it looks interesting.

I can't tell if this is a joke or an actual game, but I find this blurring of the lines interesting.

Another game that blurred the lines that is actually one of my all-time favorites is Papers, Please. This is a game about being an immigration officer, a bureaucrat stamping papers and examining work permits... and it's brilliant and tremendously engaging. It can only exist as an indie game, of course -- imagine EA saying "yes, let's spend money on building and publishing a bureaucrat simulator".

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Post by Snoozus » Thu, Apr 29, 2021, 2:39 PM UTC

Great, where do I sign up?

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Post by kencausey » Thu, Apr 29, 2021, 2:59 PM UTC

Snoozus wrote: post #7

Great, where do I sign up?

http://caffeinewithdrawalgames.com/TRS/details.html

edit: This link doesn't really answer the burning question, which is "How do I play?". After a bit of looking around it seems that as of today, you don't, it doesn't appear to be released yet.

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Post by eru » Thu, Apr 29, 2021, 3:03 PM UTC

the_af wrote: post #6

efnx wrote: post #4

I love that this is blurring the lines about what the idea of a game is. I bet a lot of people will hate this game and a lot of people will love it (and a lot will just be like huh?). One thing for sure is that it looks interesting.

I can't tell if this is a joke or an actual game, but I find this blurring of the lines interesting. Another game that blurred the lines that is actually one of my all-time favorites is Papers, Please. This is a game about being an immigration officer, a bureaucrat stamping papers and examining work permits... and it's brilliant and tremendously engaging. It can only exist as an indie game, of course -- imagine EA sa…

The author of Papers Please also made The Return of the Obra Dinn.

It's another game about bureaucracy. This time you play as an insurance investigator.

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Post by ansible » Thu, Apr 29, 2021, 3:14 PM UTC

eru wrote: post #9

the_af wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can't tell if this is a joke or an actual game, but I find this blurring of the lines interesting. Another game that blurred the lines that is actually one of my all-time favorites is Papers, Please. This is a game about being an immigration officer, a bureaucrat stamping papers and examining work permits... and it's brilliant and tremendously engaging. It can only exist as an indie game, of course -- imagine EA sa…

The author of Papers Please also made The Return of the Obra Dinn. It's another game about bureaucracy. This time you play as an insurance investigator.

I never got around to finishing that one.

There's an article out there about how the 1-bit color rendering works, which I found quite interesting:

https://blog.playstation.com/archive/2019/10/17/lucas-pope-o...