Nicole Brauer's The Guardian is a dreamlike adventure about a boy with a girl's name who feels compelled to leave the village where he is shunned. I love both the Shadow of The Colossus-inspired design and the fact that your sprite is a single pixel seen from afar—like my own TinyHack, but backed by beautiful artwork and effective storytelling. Kevin McLeod's ominous music ties the mood together.
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Apr 11, 2013
The Guardian, a spooky free flash game
Nicole Brauer's The Guardian is a dreamlike adventure about a boy with a girl's name who feels compelled to leave the village where he is shunned. I love both the Shadow of The Colossus-inspired design and the fact that your sprite is a single pixel seen from afar—like my own TinyHack, but backed by beautiful artwork and effective storytelling. Kevin McLeod's ominous music ties the mood together.
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You mean, the Daily Mail ?
Forces me to sign up, and I already get to much junk mail.
No need to sign up for anything. Just click anywhere on the game window that isn’t the ad.
Just played it through … SPOILERS BELOW
I decided not to do the thing it wants you to do (amorality and all that). I ended up wandering out into an endless plain and you can’t go back if you change your mind…
If you smash all the tiny villagers and destroy their houses you get a gold star.
I didn’t get a gold star when I T-boned that midget in his caravan.
I did the same thing, and then decided to turn back to the village…. but it was too late, and I was condemned to walk the plains for all eternity.
I wasn’t about to play the whole thing again just to see what would happen if I smashed the village.
I hear that. Not going back.
while the look of the game was nice, it had so many flaws as a game; the long silent breaks in the soundtrack, the predictable story line, the unbearably slow pace. To be honest i just kept walking at the end BECAUSE I HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO DO.
Yes, it could have done with an editor!
If you even like that a little you gotta play Limbo.
It’s a work of art, to hell with all the super-graphic bloodfests, take a look: http://limbogame.org/
Hmmm… interesting, but is it more than just a platformer with atmospherics? I like those too, but not necessarily enough to buy.
It’s not much of a platformer, more of a puzzle game. Very simple on the surface but then you start to really think it through. It’s worth downloading the demo.
After having destroyed what I thought to be all of the village, I wandered along for endless minutes until I got frustrated. That’s where I remembered that Limbo was today’s deal on Steam an woh… on for just 4 further minutes :)
I like how a single design choice (limited resolution) can yield an interesting result. (despite… other factors)