Land of Screens

boring

Phones suck, drain your attention and make you miserable. What was once seen as a technophobic take held by a minority group is transforming into a more mainstream opinion each passing day, as everyone feels that every aspect of a phone has been carefully engineered to keep us in a nearly perpetual estate of boredom and irritation. While I thankfully have always managed to stay very private, not following any friends on any social media (besides basic communication via WhatsApp) and therefore avoiding the feel of living in a digital panopticon, my distaste for the concept of the smartphone (and in some degree of basically any modern digital technology besides e-readers and the steam deck) has increased exponentially reagardless in the last two years as I have noticed that its when I’m the most stressed and in my worst moments that I heavily increase my phone usage. It’s the realization that the promise of life-changing technology was corrupted by the ghouls in charge of phone and social media companies feeding of the negative impulses in the human psyche to marginally increase their quarterly profits. Because of this I have started to yearn for (a bit contradictory as I like to play videogames) a more disconnected existence. And it’s in this desire that I admire what this game does. It would have been easy to go for the “humans are hopelessly addicted to their screens” feel that so many icky illustrations made by most likely divorced cartoonists do (the Pokémon go ones are a classic if you want to have a laugh), but Land of Screens realizes that basically everyone wants to actually talk and connect with others, its just that the fear of bothering others makes us follow along in using phones as a default. Technology isn’t intrinsically bad; it’s just the use we’ve been maliciously conditioned to use it all the time. Honestly, this game has made me want to strike up a conversation with strangers the next time I’m waiting in the bus stop or something similar. The moment I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ finish college and have a stable income I will buy one of those e-ink phones and start living again.

Cute game with cute story!

Simplesmente amei esse jogo, uma experiência breve, gostosa e linda Uma baita crítica que te faz repensar sobre sua vida e sobre como a internet é só uma parte pequena, que existe um mundo todo cheio de pessoas ao seu redor Visuais lindos, ótimos diálogos Essa história me veio em um momento que eu precisava, e com certeza me colocou pra pensar

LAND OF SCREENS: UNA EXPERIENCIA ENTRAÑABLE PERO REPETITIVA "Land of Screens" es bastante sencillo y simple, pero no por eso es malo, tiene puntos negativos pero también puntos positivos que son de resaltar. El estilo visual del juego es simple pero funcional, con unos detalles de fondo que me gustan mucho y que le dan inmersión al juego, un diseño de personajes igual de sencillo pero funcional y bastante distinguible. Los personajes no son super profundos pero me gusta como están hechos, puedes llevarte bien con ellos y algunos de ellos me parecieron demasiados tiernos para su propio bien jaja, además de tener unos diálogos bastante entrañables, diálogos que pueden no ser la gran cosa pero que ayudan mucho a la inmersión de la historia, son los pequeños detalles que hacen resaltar algo. Habiendo dicho esto, el gameplay puede llegar a ser repetitivo, el juego se divide por capítulos, y en todos los capítulos tienes que hacer lo mismo, ir de punto A hacia punto B y viceversa por 30 minutos, claro que las interacciones cambian, pero en general es hacer lo mismo y llega a cansar bastante rápido. El mensaje que te quiere dar el juego no es malo, es uno que en nuestros tiempos es necesario debido a nuestra GRAN dependencia al teléfono, pero si puedo mencionar que no son nada sutiles a la hora de dar el mensaje, a tal punto que en algún momento del juego te lo dicen sin mas a la cara, entiendo lo que querían transmitir con el juego, pero definitivamente había mejores maneras en vez de simplemente decírtelo palabra por palabra. Además de que puede llegar a ser muy cansado escuchar la misma musica por 2 horas, no es como que el juego tenga mala musica, pero si tiene poca variedad además de que son bastantes simples para mi gusto o para el momento que las pusieron. En conclusión, es una experiencia agradable, con sus errores y en cierto modo repetitivo, pero no me arrepiento de haberlo comprado, no se si lo recomendaría por lo anteriormente dicho, pero me lleve una experiencia entrañable. POSDATA: Nora es el mejor personaje del juego y nadie me bajara de ese barco.

(i didn't play the game for 16 hours, i accidentally left my laptop on) BUT this is such a nice n short game! it was nice to see the main character go around and talk to people, reconnecting with everyone after her breakup. very wholesome and positive outcomes.

I really enjoyed this game with its beautiful artstyle and storytelling but the story is way too short. I have 3.4 hours of playtime and i think thats too short to warrant the price ( it is worth it when it is on sale though )

this game is cute and a sweet little story to play in an evening <3

Lovely and short point and click game with a wholesome story about disconnecting from screens and social media. I loved the art style and music as well! If you wanna relax and play something, this could be your choice :)

Short game but very easy to play and nice to look at. Interesting story about disconnecting from social media and screens, I think teachers could use this game to teach kids that social media is no substitute for human interactions.