Wolfbiter reviews IFComp 2024 - latest: Eikas; wrap-up

Turn Right by Dee Cooke
Playtime: 9 minutes

The one that’s: a driving simulator

Short but good.

The driving instructions at the start and the detailed schematic at the top really added to the experience (as others have noted, they’re completely unnecessary, but that makes it funny. Also the diagram did help me really inhabit my role).

I found it fairly relaxing and fun, actually. Perhaps:

  1. a sign that really anything is more fun to experience in a game than in real life, or
  2. I happen to be an extremely zen driver, to the point that I wondered if I was getting a Bad Grade in playing this game. I was just enjoying the narration! I had an unshakeable confidence that I was going to make the turn eventually! In hindsight, my approach could really have backfired if the game did require a lateral solution . . . but hey.

The little moments are all well sketched and true to life. When another driver tries to wave you out–seemingly unaware that the other traffic is not stopping–it reminded me of this xkcd:

Front matter
Could better set the table for the game Successfully sets the table for the game Successfully sets the table for the game PLUS

Overall, a fun, well observed slice of life

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