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beautiful a touching, i thought it was a work of art. it can be interpreted in a million ways, so there isnt much point in debating them. i personally thought there were no extrordinary aspects to the tale (his friend mutating into an octopus, etc), but rather more like a childs dream is created, a totally unique idea. he has an octopus for a friend, who he was playing with one day. the octopus swam ahead long ago, and the child desperately wants to reunite with him. i think the actual passage of time in the game is only several minutes, the the octupus has been there for years, awaiting his friend...
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SPOILER!!!!!!!! if this is hard, go from note to note with "N" and get to the note closest to the squid.Now swim to the squid.Even if your ten seconds are not up,the screen will go dark. the octopus is the guy's friend. Rate this up if it helped you so others can see it!!!!!!!
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simply beautiful! it is so warming, Friendship like that will last, forever, not their breath! Anyways, im starting to get old to, like from 14 to 15! :3 beautiful game, + if you agree.
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1)why were the years going by in minutes? was it actually true? Or was the friend hallucinating?
2) THOSE ARE SOME WIERD AIR POCKETS!!!
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it seems to me rather like 2 children playing at big cave exploration. the addition of detail as time goes on, the exaggeration of time. The giving of abilities to oneself while taking them from the other, realising they're going too far and imposing limitations on themselve. This is a brilliant game.
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I'm not going to present a theory. I have so many, and games like this (e.g. Majesty of Colors, Don't Look Back (though it's based on a real myth), Loved, etc...) always make me think for days. The story is quite beautiful. I love this game, and games like it. Keep making games like this. :)
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I just realized something! One of the little paper blurbs in the game said his friend was down there for a year. How long has this kid been waiting at that damn pond! My god !
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Friends... with a squid.... who can write in English.... Yeah, this barely scratches the surface of all the crazy meter that are in some of these philosophical Kongregate games. don't get me wrong, I enjoyed this game, every bit of it. Just saying that even though i was expecting to find a human at the end of the game, I am not really all that surprised.
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This game just shows that, even thoguh everyone now is talking about graphics, its only a stoyline thatmatters. This game is one of the games that proves simplicity will always trump complexity.
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I love what you did with the 10 second theme. I don't even know if it was possible to drown because you spaced everything so well that I always got to air just in time (still preserved that frantic feeling though). Slow reveal, indirect storytelling. Really splendid all around.
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Quinn's Review: The music in I Can Hold My Breath Forever is the perfect combination of moody and electric exciting to make your venture that little bit more frantic and desperate. The idea is intriguing, and the animation, while basic, suits the game well. The ending ... I think that's going to divide people. I would have preferred something happier, but I appreciate the intention and it certainly was an unexpected conclusion to the quest. Overall a very short but evocative experience.
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You know, I think the person who dove into the pond wasn't their friend, but a strange, and the 'friend' abandoned the squid. :( Good game, though.
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@Aster449 as long as i get it, it means that he missed his old pal and he was seaching for him thats what true friendship is going about
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This is a true work of art. It is very sad in a strange way and also relieving. By the way, who is Jake Elliot? Is that you or someone else?
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What a game! I myself along with the friend got lost in circles and even swimming to the begining once on accident! I do think now after long thought and finally beating the game(YES!!!) that the creator of this game replaced a human friend with an octopus friend just to stimulate thought, personal symbolic meanings and, to make one stop and think a little longer to find maybe a psychological meaning. I to did try to find an immediate idea. Mine was that the boy had the octopus was the boys old pet and they used to always swim togethor in the pond. Then one day the octopus found those caves and went there, he wrote letters to his friend/owner and continuted to journey. Once he found the end he sat and waited patiently all those years. I had thought it was just a game with an echo of Haciko (sorry if I missed the mark on spelling that). Then again that`s just my opinion...
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It was a awsome games I loved teh twists adn turns in the game, both figurativly and literally. It reminded me of Atari graphics yet the storyline was top notch. This game is a def 5/5 and is this game in memory of someone? I fuly agree with pingpongpaddle, I think you can think of this game as a life lesson of sorts. That your best friends will last forver and always be there.