Rule0:Don't Touch The Black
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### "Rule0: Don't Touch The Black"
It is a game designed to communicate the idea of limited space. Its main purpose is to express this concept, so practically speaking, it may not offer much of traditional gameplay to players.
In addition to physical 'limited space', we also experience limited mental space. That is we have to comply with certain laws, certain political correctness. Some rules limit us. Even though you might find these rules absurd, you end up following them for various reasons.
This logic of "even if I find it ridiculous, I still do it" is very explicitly embodied in games. In the Mario game, coins fall out when Mario bumps his head into bricks. This sounds completely unrealistic but players in the game do not question the logic of this rule, they simply follow it.
From this perspective, players are actually within the rules of ‘limited space’ during gameplay. A pertinent issue arises: does it make sense for us to follow the rules of 'limited space'?
This is the main subject that this game seeks to discuss. In this game, players are told that they can't touch black. All players will comply with this rule. However, the action is meaningless in the game because there are no means for the players to counter it.
They can only die in the situation where the survival space is constantly being compressed both in a physical and mental sense due to the limited space. Moreover, when players die from touching the flying black cubes, they find out that they have also violated another, randomly AI-generated rule like "don't train your bread to make it tastier".
This emphasizes the absurdity of the rules, questioning the meaningfulness of our actions in limited space. All in all, I hope you can appreciate the game's message and have fun.
The completion of this project was indeed quite brief; although I knew about the ludum dare event some time ago, I only came up with this idea at midday Beijing time on October 2nd, so essentially, the game was put together in less than a day.
This was not only my first time participating in ludum dare but also my first individual project, and obviously my art skills need improvement. To be honest, one of the main reasons for participating in this game jam was because I didn't feel like studying for my GRE anymore.
My exam was on October 15th, but I couldn't bring myself to review.
All in all, I hope you can appreciate the game's message and have fun.
It is a game designed to communicate the idea of limited space. Its main purpose is to express this concept, so practically speaking, it may not offer much of traditional gameplay to players.
In addition to physical 'limited space', we also experience limited mental space. That is we have to comply with certain laws, certain political correctness. Some rules limit us. Even though you might find these rules absurd, you end up following them for various reasons.
This logic of "even if I find it ridiculous, I still do it" is very explicitly embodied in games. In the Mario game, coins fall out when Mario bumps his head into bricks. This sounds completely unrealistic but players in the game do not question the logic of this rule, they simply follow it.
From this perspective, players are actually within the rules of ‘limited space’ during gameplay. A pertinent issue arises: does it make sense for us to follow the rules of 'limited space'?
This is the main subject that this game seeks to discuss. In this game, players are told that they can't touch black. All players will comply with this rule. However, the action is meaningless in the game because there are no means for the players to counter it.
They can only die in the situation where the survival space is constantly being compressed both in a physical and mental sense due to the limited space. Moreover, when players die from touching the flying black cubes, they find out that they have also violated another, randomly AI-generated rule like "don't train your bread to make it tastier".
This emphasizes the absurdity of the rules, questioning the meaningfulness of our actions in limited space. All in all, I hope you can appreciate the game's message and have fun.
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The completion of this project was indeed quite brief; although I knew about the ludum dare event some time ago, I only came up with this idea at midday Beijing time on October 2nd, so essentially, the game was put together in less than a day.
This was not only my first time participating in ludum dare but also my first individual project, and obviously my art skills need improvement. To be honest, one of the main reasons for participating in this game jam was because I didn't feel like studying for my GRE anymore.
My exam was on October 15th, but I couldn't bring myself to review.
All in all, I hope you can appreciate the game's message and have fun.