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Indie Dev Moment: i made this. you play this. we are enemies.

Posted by John Constantine



Jason Nelson may not be Jon Blow, but I’ve got to hand it to the man: this is a fun little platformer. i made this. you play this. we are enemies. is, in the words of its creator, “an artwork/game/digital poem/world of scribbles and ideas from back of my brain, way-way back in a storage room for contextual whims.” What it is, in practice, is a collage-based platformer built on surreal deconstructions of well trafficked web magazines, blogs, and search engine portals. imt.ypt. wae. (go ahead and steal that name, dance punk band of fifteen year-olds!) scratches a couple of my recent itches, namely forays into surrealist game design and games that hook you by making you uncomfortable (in this case through scattered imagery and discordant sound.) Is it one of the greatest achievements of mankind? Certainly not. Is it an artistic success? Not really. Its real failing is that Nelson tells you to “stop trying to ‘get it’” twice on the starting screen. Have some confidence in your creation and your audience, man!

Check it out right here.

(Link: NeoGAF)

Previously on Indie Dev Moment:

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Posted Dec 02 2008, 07:00 PM
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Roto13 said:

I'm pretty sure he tells you not to try to get it because there's nothing to get. It's just insanity. Like his other games.

December 2, 2008 8:17 PM

Jason Nelson said:

ok......I agree....look for changes later tonight....

the "get it" will be gone...

oh and for those of you curious:  another game of mine in the same style www.secrettechnology.com/.../gamegame.html

December 2, 2008 8:18 PM

Roto13 said:

Oh, hi there.

I played your games yesterday. I was entertained. :P

December 2, 2008 9:41 PM

Derrick Sanskrit said:

I really enjoyed both of those, probably game, game, game and again game just a wee bit more as a proof of concept. Made me want to listen to some Secret Mommy and revel in early 1990's digital graphic design. Well done, Jason!

December 2, 2008 10:20 PM

Demaar said:

I played something like this before, I can only assume it was that game game thingie. Was pretty cool. Art style reminds me of stuff the Blood Brothers would have as cover artwork or stuff on their website. Must be an indie thing.

Just checked, yeah, it was that game game game and again game that I played in the past.

December 3, 2008 6:08 AM

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