Online (With 0 Others)

Small walkable moodpiece for the "dying mmo jam"

Estimated running time: 5 minutes.

Controls: 

WASD to move, use the mouse to look

Inspired by the game "Red Desert Render" (by Ian Maclarty):

Whenever you play Red Desert Render online, it shows how many other people are online with you via text. I've only ever seen the text "Online (With 0 Others)". That text (unintentionally) turned the game into a lonely and reflective experience, and made me think about mmos, nostalgia, time, fading memories - all that good stuff. 

I tried to put those feelings into a short game.

Red Desert Render is a cool game and you should play it: 

https://ianmaclarty.itch.io/red-desert-render

Tools/assets used:

fungus (scripting)

flat kit (shaders)

Keijiro Takahashi's datamosh shader

the final level uses the song "Plastisphere" by Matmos