Journey of the Broken Circle

Don't be fooled by its short length--this game has stayed with me, and I've thought about it for much longer than its run time. Its commentary on relationships and personal growth is dead on, and has helped me with some breakups and falling-outs recently. The gameplay is directly related to the narrative, and evolves as the story does, enriching the message and themes with interactivity. It's a brilliant example of narrative dictating form!

10 dakika oynadım, öldüğümde siyah ekran geliyor ve sadece öyle kalıyor. her şeyi denedim ama bir türlü kurtulamadım, oyuna dönemedim. bu yüzden gerçekten bıktım ve bıraktım. 1/10

开始是看中这个可爱的画风入手的，事实上确实很简约npc也都很可爱（音效也），一些游戏画面挺清新的可以拿来当壁纸！游戏带一点剧情和对话，全英文的有部分字幕闪的略快，我也就草草看了大概（挺有意思的，有一些心灵鸡汤和带点哲理的文案在里面）中间有一关的跳跃配合bgm踩点了我蛮惊喜的！ 中间有几关对我来说真的有丶难过……收集蘑菇解锁的第一个额外关卡好像是致敬了《和班尼特福迪一起攻克难关》（掘地求升）这原版游戏没玩过，但是云过感觉就是受罪游戏，换到这里面也是一样，我试着玩了下，卡山腰实在上不去了（绷不住了，这里还有个爬山成就 总体还是比较推荐的，可以等打折入手，正常流程的难易程度还好（就是有几关过去了就再也不想重来……）如果不追求全成就还是值得一玩的，全成就大概有点难（看了看社区老外的留言，好像收集蘑菇的成就是不能全收集的样子（？）

This game feels like it draws very heavily from The Missing Piece by Shel Silverstein, and it uses the same central metaphor - a circle with a segment missing - to explore some of the same ideas about relationships. It was very engaging to see what we normally think of as complex relationship dynamics boiled down to their essence, and I think it does a good job of reflecting some of the different reasons why relationships can start and end. I will say however, that this game is not without its jank. Jumping often felt unnatural and difficult to control, and there are some sections where you're really fighting hard against a physics system that doesn't make sense, with some extra annoyances sprinkled on top e.g. (mild spoilers) [spoiler]the water that you have to go into to then get a higher jump when you resurface. There's no predictability to vertical movement in the water, and the anemones/corals/etc at the bottom grabbing you from quite a distance and resetting you[/spoiler] feels incredibly unfair and brutally challenging in a game that is otherwise mechanically fairly simple and narrative-focused.

Me encantó, quién diría que me sentiría identificada con un circulo incompleto? Tremendo lore

Красивая игра, но один из разработчиков захотел "передать боль утраты" и специально сделал одно достижение неполучаемым

This game was great. An actually journey that felt like what it was like to date and find the right person. very deep. Some sections were randomly too challenging or long, but otherwise almost a perfect game.