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Cold Equations
by Deammer
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Cold Equations
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Description
Cold Equations is a game adaptation of the short story "The Cold Equations" written in 1954 by Tom Godwin. The game is intended to capture the emotional resonance of the short story.
Game by Jainan Sankalia.
How to Play
Use your mouse. Can you save her?
Comments
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EPR89
Feb. 12, 2014
THIS IS THE FIRST PART OF MY COMMENT ____ I'm really sorry, but if your goal was to make this an emotional experience by making me feel sorry for not being able to help her you failed. I have no choice, not even the illusion of one. All I do is collect stuff jettison it, realise that I am going to run out of time no matter what I do. This doesn't help me to connect to her, though.
____ I HATE THE CHARACTER LIMIT!!!
EPR89
Feb. 12, 2014
The first time I actually tried to cut the conversation short because it was using up time. But even with the conversation this game doesn't move me emotionally. What it does is make me very aware of the fact that it is a game. I try to find the trick to beat it. I test out stuff and end up being frustrated. What I don't do is connect to the characters. And at the very end I do not fully understand the ultimate consequence. Why do I jettison her? More specifically, why do I have to jettison her? I have no choice. I just press buttons. without really getting to know anything. It's just all too quick and too... Game-y... Without offering anything as far as a reward or morale goes. This game would need some real storytelling to sell the characters and the conflict.
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irikawa
Aug. 26, 2012
It's ment to be unwinnable
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barrybadeend
Aug. 25, 2012
I can't seem to complete this within time, WHY NOT!!! am I not fast enough???
rpresser
Nov. 15, 2016
The original story can be read here: http://www.spacewesterns.com/articles/105/
This game expresses some of the externals of the story, but not too much of the mood. If you have a complete conversation with the girl, it comes closest. But if you spend your whole time trying to "win", you won't get any of the emotion. It'll just be a frustrating game.
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