Freshman Year

What's the point?

Je suis un peu mitigé. Le jeu est court, un peu glauque, sans morale particulière, choix non impactants mais je peux trouver à chaque fois une justification. Pas besoin de s'étendre sur un fait "banalisé", la vie en elle-même est glauque, c'est un fait et pas une "leçon" ou "punition" d'être v****, aucun choix (vestimentaire par exemple) ne change le déroulé de l'histoire parce que rien ne déclenche ou n'évite ça... Mais je ne sais pas si le développeur du jeu lui même l'a fait volontairement ou non. Je ne sais pas si c'est un jeu "baclé" qui compte un peu sur le bad buzz ou un truc réfléchi mais peut-être trop pour un jeu gratuit sur lequel les gens ne s'attarderont pas. Dans le doute, je recommande. A vous de vous faire votre propre idée. Personnellement, je ne m'estime pas lésé par ces quelques minutes de jeu en tout cas.

[h1] I mean this with respect for both the concept and the execution: if you're looking for a game, look elsewhere. [/h1] I was assigned this game as homework in my Game Studies class as part of a series of games that weren't meant as entertainment. While I feel that I got something out of my experience of playing Freshman Year because of the conversation we'll have in class talking about it, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone outside of that context. Freshman Year is a short story about a young woman who is sexually assaulted and how her best friend acts like this is just a normal thing to happen. This is an important narrative that everyone needs to engage with somehow in order to solve this issue, but I feel that this game is not the way to accomplish that. It just doesn't go anywhere enough to have an impact. However, with all that said, I don't wish to diminish the value of the game's existence. I acknowledge that creating it and releasing it to the world may have helped the creator, and I appreciate the contribution to the representation of the topic.

very short (but on the point) game with a well written story and beautiful artwork - and an important message about sexual assault and rape culture.

Bad. Don't play. Just what the ♥♥♥♥? The only moral is if you turn into a girl; don't go outside walkin in shirt or you'll get raped ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????