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I liked what I got to play, but I never got to take off in the lunar lander, it kinda stopped there, I couldn't move at all and the timer kept running. did I mess up?
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Why does everyone think it's about suicide? And there was never any "he". HER trip to the moon was an exercise in hiding, in this case, brought about by the her gender dysphoria. It's about hiding from the world, isolated from everything. The parts are obstacles that one must overcome during transition:
Fear of rejection and even violence from friends, family, and the public at large.
Lack of understanding, even within the rest of the LGBT community.
Difficulty finding treatment.
Feeling that everything is insurmountable.
The moon crumbling is coming out, and the her realization that she was her greatest enemy, and must put an end to this standing in her own way.
The return trip is transition, and finally presenting and living publicly as the woman she's always been.
When she walks to the edge again, she's not throwing herself off, she's free, and finally loving her life for the first time. It's not sad, but beautiful!
Thank you, Nicole, for such an amazing, deeply personal story.
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first i thought it was about suicide than i was like ooh he is just going too fly loool.... and than i realized it was about suicide after all, stop mindf#cking me XD
nice music btw
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Absolutely love the music, the visual style, the story, everything is simply beautiful. If this is your first "baby", can't wait to see more from you. Great job, best of luck!
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Astronaut: there is a storm coming can't you feel it? Me: You mean like the Doctor the oncoming storm? Me: Wait a minute how many shadows do you have?? *The moon starts breaking* Me: Oh my gosh! The moon is hatching! Game: I used to be on the other side of a mirror. Me: The Doctor locked someone in a mirror! Game: I used to draw fine lines in the sky. Me: You mean like cracks in time and space? Is that why the Doctor locked you in a mirror? Then at the end you regenerate! (Sorry I know all these lines are supposed to be symbolic (metaphoric?) but I watch Doctor Who so that's what it ended up for me.)
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What I posted on Facebook with this game:
"Art game. Such a good art game. If art is a means of self expression, and you don't think there are artistic video games exist, think again. Ugh, why can't this be what all video games are like. This is poetry brought to life."
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i think the story is .... maybe some guy who is trapped in a double life of sorts - two conflicting identities.
at the mirror, those identities meet and then the mirror breaks, starting from the initial shard.
the guy then proceeds to do the impossible, while fighting to show others bogged down by reality that there is a way.
the moon breaking is the destruction of the delusion the man was living in, from the life he had, through his journey, to his gender and identity - who he thought he was, he is not.
and at the final part, (s)he sets off on the same journey as before.
the delusion, imho, functioned as a mkental blueprint, or a sandbox of sorts for the phsyche to find a solution.
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I see it as the story of a person who lives a boring, depressing and meaningless life. That person finally decides that they do not want to lead this life anymore and does the impossible. They become the person they always wanted to be. They achieved their dreams.
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While I'm all for subtlety, the theme of this game is not clear at all to most people. I read the comments about how its very philosophical n vague ways, but all I saw when I played was some guy who decided not to go to work one day, and fly to the moon with the power of just believing, so he could meet depressed astronauts. Maybe if NASA didn't waste their funds on rockets and just flapped their arms instead, they could afford a psychiatrist.
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So... what exactly was going on in this game? It was kinda weird and all and made no sense, but the music was good. But the story was just weird..
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This game deserves millions of gameplays, and the ending (i mean the part when you take off from the moon being destroyed) is giving me goosebumps every time...
Tthank you alot for this :)
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I once took a personal trip to the moon...
I once roamed the shadow of a falling sun,
like a lone satellite orbiting a dead planet.
I love it. Great work.
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Tries way, way too hard too look artistic. The slow fall from the moon to the Earth after you retrieve everything was cringeworthy.
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after he said youll find me on the far side of the moon, the static scared the crap out of me me... i would suck in horror games
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I figured it out... the guy lost in space floating around is the main character's twin who has the same wish to fly to the moon. I'm guessing anyway... it would make sense.
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At the point where he was at the edge of the building, as I am now desensitized to arty games like this, I was like "lol suicide!" and then he just flew.
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The moon is a dark place he escapes. The end is the event where she died. She's stuck on the moon because she's dead. He's still living, and finds his way home again.
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I loved it. The music, yes, but also the meaning. The feeling. For those who don't understand: The man punched his mirror because he was angry at himself, perhaps, for feeling like how he truly feels- a woman. He (or really, SHE) then took their own personal "trip to the moon" to look inside herself, find the pieces that were missing, and she found herself on the moon. That is why at the end, she is the character you control. Still the same person, just finally comfortable in their body. Beautiful.