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When Jack talks about the short stubby refrigerator he is alluding to the green "boxes" or doors in Company of Myself. It's green because it's "Eco-friendly too." This is the box that Kathyrn is buried in (as revealed in CoM). There are so many subtle connections. Great game - not because of the puzzles (which are fun and challenging) but because of the message. This games actually has something to say and it says it. Much appreciation
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I really like how you make games with deep meanings like this. To those that think it's advocating smoking, it's NOT. 5/5
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I think I can make a good case for the type of "medication" jack uses. Amphetamines. His "levelheadedness" (emotional equilibrium/numbness), the way his words appear + a comment about him being "twitchy" (higher doses/addiction leads to Parkinsons-like twitches), It causes sleep deprivation, which leads to memory loss. And it's often the "self-medication" of choice among Schizophrenics (And with that I'm referencing his memory loss/guilt surrounding the "murder" of Kathryn). (Partial) Memory loss is a way for the mind to cope with extreme forms of guilt, basically "creating" an alter ego that is responsible rather than the self.
Personal theories aside, this game has been an awesome experience for me. 5/5
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Fantastic...
Only thing that was kind of annoying is because characters keep moving while I'm trying to read the dialog...
however, 5/5
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The ending teared me up in both shock, sadness and awe for these games and their author. Well done. I can easily say these games are my favourite series to exist on the internet.
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The gameplay (is fun) + dialog + puzzles (not hard, but fun) make an astounding combination of what we call "a game".
The story is really touching and feels real.
Thank you, this is the best game I've ever played.
Unbelievable
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Oh... my.. God... I realize halfway through her fall that this is where her story ends in "The Company of Myself." And that's where my heart skipped a beat and my stomach tightened. My God what a heart-wrenching story.
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After playing this a long time ago, coming back to it for the BotD and being flooded by memories of this sad game. Goddamn. Thanks so much for building off of company of myself, this is an awesome game. 5/5
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Say what you will about "platfomers with meaning," but I always appreciate one that can deliver it's message in a way that comes across genuine. This is certainly one of those games, and I can relate in a lot of respects to Kathryn's issues, as well as the psychologist's insights. I appreciated this games message a great deal, and the game it was framed around wasn't too shabby, either, however difficult it may have been in some levels. Overall, an enjoyable, and personal, experience.
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This is why I love flash games...every once in a while, you hit one of these, a game that's actually very fun, but also tells a story that's worth going through, and in bonus many deep psychological and philosophical ideas that can certainly be of some use to most of us.
I know it's pretty old, but still, this game is really brillant :)
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My right hand is my agile hand... but I need to use the mouse with my right hand. Cannot... complete... level... ffffff.
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Therapists go into that field to help people, they ARE psychologists, but not all psychologists are therapists. Despite common misconception . . .
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After a few tries at the EHUP to no avail, I decided that the pont of the puzzle was that it was impossible, and you just need to let some things go. Feeling satisfied, I went downstairs with the doctor and completed the story. Only after I looked at the badge list did I realize I'm just bad at puzzle games.
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Very clever and thought-provoking game. You might think that it's promoting smoking, but if you play for a little while you'll realise that it's really not. Don't play this if you just want action, though...
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Would be nice to have the smoke ring 'bars' (like the one at the start of chapter 2 when learning to do them) available throughout the game, for the people like me who can't time the smoke rings for nuts >.<
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I really wish the meter for blowing circles stayed through out the game, I found the start of level 4 insanely hard because blowing three in a row is hard.
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This platform game is awesome. I love the story, the characters, the graphics of her smoke was quite beautiful. And the levels were challenging. Love this game, favourited! 5/5
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Spoilers ahead. I dont believe that jack murdered kathryne. First of all, he forgot about the day immediatly after getting back to real world from dream world. Secondly, he was mentally ill, but he was not a mad blood seeking psycho, more of it, he never hurted anyone. Lastly, quote from 2DArray response to shout: "The implication from the first game’s flashback is that Kathryn dies in her last room (or, in game-world terms, she falls into a bottomless pit). Now remember that Fixation introduces “safe” pits in chapter 3, and some levels have both safe and bottomless pits next to each other. Both types of pits look the same to us, and we learn from Kathryn that the differences between them aren’t necessarily clear to the characters, either. What if Jack just didn’t piece together what happened until later, after the game ended?".
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In almost 10 years of Kongregate, this was one of rare times where I read every single word of dialogue. Deep, emotional, touching. After what I passed on the last few weeks, it looked like it was made for me, really made a lot of sense to what I'm living. I remember that I disliked Company of Myself for some reason, but this one... is art. Definitely a form of art. Huge props to the artist and the music composer. The whole environment is great, gives true feels... and feelings.
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More than five years after first playing this game, I realized - the obstacles, puzzles and challenges represent the way depression and other mental illnesses make simple tasks insanely difficult and reduce one's perceptions to caricatures of reality. The clue is right there in Chapter 1 where she's trying to do household chores, but the player sees only obstacles and pitfalls...