I'm speechless really. This game holds so much meaning and so many emotions. The loneliness, the failing at your dream, the not being good enough to do something because of something you can't control, the feeling like you have to go along with everything others say and tell you to do, then assumptions people always make up about you, the finding yourself in a place you never thought you'd be, a place your not sure you want to be, a place that's hurting you in the kindest way possible, where everyone does care about you, but at the same time, are killing you and will never understand you; maybe they don't care too.
The visuals showed the experience of depersonalization, derealization and psychosis so well. The bright colours, loud noises, odd visuals, dreary and somewhat scary/dangerous looking places. It's like a fever dream, and yet terrifying at the same time. And you know you're losing yourself. If you can get back, you don't know; all you can do is drift now.
This game brought out an incredibly immense amount of pain out of me. I don't know exactly why, but it'd not bad. I don't often get to feel my emotions without drowning in them. Thank you, your story telling is wonderful. And the ending music might be my new favorite song.
This was incredible. The first time (when I recorded it and all the dialogues were glitchy) and the second time when I re-recorded it (and the letters didn't move away or flew from the box). This feel like home. Growing up in a place where there are few jobs, and most jobs are like that, it felt real. It is how it happens. The mono syllables. The Sport. The humor. The weirdness and never-safe-ness. Impressive.
Thanks for the recommendations! I played ziptie choker a few weeks away and it was phenomenal! I'm excited to try the other ones on this list! Thanks again!
"Didn't expect handling a machine that could explode and kill me any second to be so mind numbing."
Interesting game, looks awesome though I did have the bug with the text boxes. (Might be browser thing? Was using Firefox.) Fish factory is an unusual setting, but I like it. Reminds me of the fish market episode of I Am In Eskew.
Factory aesthetic is lit, also love the dithering and image edits in general:
Part of me wants a longer story or more choice points so we got a better sense of the characters (and what is up with the mutant fish thing?), but as it is it's an interesting glimpse of a larger world.
I thought I'd give it a quick glance but read all the way through the end. The writer has a solid grasp on dynamics between characters, and portrays them electrically with minimal dialogue.
I love the dockworkers + union social setting. The glimpses to the other job were welcome
boy does this game take mileage of the interview format
||| I thought that Jelly was going to betray us, based on the psycho comment and him being setup as kind of unreliable. He ended up being a kind nuisance, which is a bit jarring but also sweet. |||
very cool!!! i want to know more about the universe... i got a bug at the end where all of jellys text was cut off by the left side of the screen, but it was still mostly readable
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I'm speechless really. This game holds so much meaning and so many emotions. The loneliness, the failing at your dream, the not being good enough to do something because of something you can't control, the feeling like you have to go along with everything others say and tell you to do, then assumptions people always make up about you, the finding yourself in a place you never thought you'd be, a place your not sure you want to be, a place that's hurting you in the kindest way possible, where everyone does care about you, but at the same time, are killing you and will never understand you; maybe they don't care too.
The visuals showed the experience of depersonalization, derealization and psychosis so well. The bright colours, loud noises, odd visuals, dreary and somewhat scary/dangerous looking places. It's like a fever dream, and yet terrifying at the same time. And you know you're losing yourself. If you can get back, you don't know; all you can do is drift now.
This game brought out an incredibly immense amount of pain out of me. I don't know exactly why, but it'd not bad. I don't often get to feel my emotions without drowning in them. Thank you, your story telling is wonderful. And the ending music might be my new favorite song.
<3 thanks so much for sharing your thoughts, friend
This was incredible. The first time (when I recorded it and all the dialogues were glitchy) and the second time when I re-recorded it (and the letters didn't move away or flew from the box). This feel like home. Growing up in a place where there are few jobs, and most jobs are like that, it felt real. It is how it happens. The mono syllables. The Sport. The humor. The weirdness and never-safe-ness. Impressive.
Thanks for the words. May I rec some other domino club games in this vein like like ziptie choker, traumakt, victim doll, gutless, partition and the domino club game
Thanks for the recommendations! I played ziptie choker a few weeks away and it was phenomenal! I'm excited to try the other ones on this list! Thanks again!
What an incredible story thanks for the fish
am i stuck at the football part or is it supposed to end there
it was my pc.waug
IM DONEAND FOREVER THINKING ABT FISHMEAL AND TUNA NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Glad you got to the end!
really interesting little slice. dialogue felt natural and believable, i wish i could see more!
10/10 use of your cat
"Didn't expect handling a machine that could explode and kill me any second to be so mind numbing."
Interesting game, looks awesome though I did have the bug with the text boxes. (Might be browser thing? Was using Firefox.) Fish factory is an unusual setting, but I like it. Reminds me of the fish market episode of I Am In Eskew.
Factory aesthetic is lit, also love the dithering and image edits in general:
Part of me wants a longer story or more choice points so we got a better sense of the characters (and what is up with the mutant fish thing?), but as it is it's an interesting glimpse of a larger world.
Was just working on a little update with a few more scenes (and scene selector).
Still working on the text bug, though. Disabling some browser extensions may help.
loved this!! the images are so carefully chosen, and the storyline was intriguing the whole way through. even enjoyed the minigame tbh
Text fortmatting was fucked but 5/5 changed my world
scratched an itch in my brain in a way i can't describe
I thought I'd give it a quick glance but read all the way through the end. The writer has a solid grasp on dynamics between characters, and portrays them electrically with minimal dialogue.
I love the dockworkers + union social setting. The glimpses to the other job were welcome
boy does this game take mileage of the interview format
||| I thought that Jelly was going to betray us, based on the psycho comment and him being setup as kind of unreliable. He ended up being a kind nuisance, which is a bit jarring but also sweet. |||
oh im feeling things (positive).................
very cool!!! i want to know more about the universe... i got a bug at the end where all of jellys text was cut off by the left side of the screen, but it was still mostly readable
this was so beautiful...
Really cool... indescribably fishy/grimy yet sweet vibes... the shared universe(?) getting really alive
When playing on mobile, the text comes out of the boxes for some reason and it's hard to read.
I've come across this in some other RenJS games as well, I've found luck in trying to play the game in a different browser.
Oh, as in, it might be a problem due to RenJS itself. Got it. Thank you for your reply. <3
Also the text kept getting cut off
This was great but im ngl I didn't fully get it
loved this