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Posted November 16, 2016
The fate of your city hangs in the balance.

<span class="bold">Even the Ocean</span>, a thought-provoking action/platformer about an ordinary woman who must defend her futuristic city from a mysterious calamity, is available now for Windows and Mac, DRM-free on GOG.com with a 15% launch discount.

Aliph was mostly content with her technician job at the power plant of Whiteforge City. But one day, while doing the rounds, her story takes a violent yet interesting turn: a mysterious incident grants her powers she never asked for and she must now balance her Dark and Light energies to face the danger that got unleashed upon her city.
Explore Whiteforge and its surrounding locations, meet with friends, allies, or the occasional stranger that will offer you cryptic advice, and try to figure out a way to stabilize the city. The game's difficulty is fully customizable, letting you choose whether you want to be challenged by the action/platforming scenarios or just focus on the environmental issues and Aliph's struggle to cope with her diverging identities.

Help Aliph keep her Dark and Light energies in check and save <span class="bold">Even the Ocean</span>, DRM-free on GOG.com. If you've fallen in love with the atmospheric <span class="bold">Soundtrack</span>, make sure to also add it to your collection.

GOG-exclusive offer: Even the Ocean is the kind of game that can inspire interesting discussions. So grab the <span class="bold">Friend Pack</span>, which contains a second copy at a fraction of the price, gift it to a friend and get ready for some fun debates.

The Friend Pack offer and the 15% launch discount will last until November 30, 4:59 PM UTC.


https://www.youtube.com/embed/zzqkFcOoixY
Post edited November 16, 2016 by maladr0Id
Posted November 16, 2016
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The game's difficulty is fully customizable, letting you choose whether you want to be challenged by the action/platforming scenarios or just focus on the environmental issues and Aliph's struggle to cope with her diverging identities
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HypersomniacLive: That's nice, given the storyline.

The friend's pack edition is also appreciated, but it'd be nice if the soundtrack didn't come only in lossy format.
Hi, dev here! The OST is available in .wav/.flac/etc at https://htch.bandcamp.com/album/even-the-ocean .
Posted November 16, 2016
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seagaia: Hi, dev here! The OST is available in .wav/.flac/etc at https://htch.bandcamp.com/album/even-the-ocean .
Found it myself just a while ago, and was about to post about it here, but thanks for the heads up nonetheless!


Sorry GOG. Oh, and give seagaia their orange dev status.
Posted November 16, 2016
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seagaia: Hi, dev here! The OST is available in .wav/.flac/etc at https://htch.bandcamp.com/album/even-the-ocean .
Welcome! That's a crazy lot of tracks. Thanks for making it available in multiple formats!
Posted November 16, 2016
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HypersomniacLive: The friend's pack edition is also appreciated, but it'd be nice if the soundtrack didn't come only in lossy format.
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seagaia: Hi, dev here! The OST is available in .wav/.flac/etc at https://htch.bandcamp.com/album/even-the-ocean .
But why do you get only the lossy mp3 version here while you get the mp3 plus the flac version on bandcamp at the same price?
Post edited November 16, 2016 by eiii
Posted November 17, 2016
Watching a related video about the development of this game, I learned that the main dev didn't include any attacking or levelling up mechanics because he considers levelling up and combat to be capitalistic tropes. I got the impression the devs might haven't crafted the gameplay mechanics as a result of finding them to be more entertaining, but instead because fuck Wall Street and we are the 99% and wake up sheeple.

If we add the tumblerite appearance of the main character, I can sense a gigantic "social awareness" vibe emanating from this game, which raises a red flag for me. Past bad experiences have made me wary. After paying for a game, I don't want to get lectured mid-game about some political views, nor discover that the white cis male authority figure turns out to be the evil imperialistic antagonist to beat.

Still, the game looks good, is definitively not a walking simulator, belongs to a genre I like, and I enjoyed their previous game Anodyne. I don't mind the background of the devs as long as they don't shove any political bullshit into the story. That's why I liked Undertale but I loathed Gone Home. So, I would like to ask if anyone knows which is the extent of political propaganda (if any) that permeates into the story of Even the Ocean.
Post edited November 17, 2016 by Hollyhock
Posted November 17, 2016
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Hollyhock: Watching a related video about the development of this game, I learned that the main dev didn't include any attacking or levelling up mechanics because he considers levelling up and combat to be capitalistic tropes. I got the impression the devs might haven't crafted the gameplay mechanics as a result of finding them to be more entertaining, but instead because fuck Wall Street and we are the 99% and wake up sheeple.

If we add the tumblerite appearance of the main character, I can sense a gigantic "social awareness" vibe emanating from this game, which raises a red flag for me. Past bad experiences have made me wary. After paying for a game, I don't want to get lectured mid-game about some political views, nor discover that the white cis male authority figure turns out to be the evil imperialistic antagonist to beat.

Still, the game looks good, is definitively not a walking simulator, belongs to a genre I like, and I enjoyed their previous game Anodyne. I don't mind the background of the devs as long as they don't shove any political bullshit into the story. That's why I liked Undertale but I loathed Gone Home. So, I would like to ask if anyone knows which is the extent of political propaganda (if any) that permeates into the story of Even the Ocean.
Aye, Tumblr: The Game. It looks like the devs went over a meticulously crafted checklist of everything the SJW-cult demands to see in a game. Complete with the Sarkeesian Seal of Ideologue Approval.

Still, horses for courses, as they say.
Post edited November 17, 2016 by -cerberus-
Posted November 17, 2016
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Posted November 17, 2016
Yes! I've been waiting for this one.
Posted November 17, 2016
will likely pick this up tomorrow
Posted November 17, 2016
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No.
Posted November 17, 2016
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seagaia: Hi, dev here! The OST is available in .wav/.flac/etc at https://htch.bandcamp.com/album/even-the-ocean .
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eiii: But why do you get only the lossy mp3 version here while you get the mp3 plus the flac version on bandcamp at the same price?
Easier to manage for me, multiple prices gets confusing - I figured a notice here would be enough and people who want the .wav/.flac would know to look at bandcamp.
Posted November 17, 2016
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Hollyhock: Watching a related video about the development of this game, I learned that the main dev didn't include any attacking or levelling up mechanics because he considers levelling up and combat to be capitalistic tropes. I got the impression the devs might haven't crafted the gameplay mechanics as a result of finding them to be more entertaining, but instead because fuck Wall Street and we are the 99% and wake up sheeple.

If we add the tumblerite appearance of the main character, I can sense a gigantic "social awareness" vibe emanating from this game, which raises a red flag for me. Past bad experiences have made me wary. After paying for a game, I don't want to get lectured mid-game about some political views, nor discover that the white cis male authority figure turns out to be the evil imperialistic antagonist to beat.

Still, the game looks good, is definitively not a walking simulator, belongs to a genre I like, and I enjoyed their previous game Anodyne. I don't mind the background of the devs as long as they don't shove any political bullshit into the story. That's why I liked Undertale but I loathed Gone Home. So, I would like to ask if anyone knows which is the extent of political propaganda (if any) that permeates into the story of Even the Ocean.
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-cerberus-: Aye, Tumblr: The Game. It looks like the devs went over a meticulously crafted checklist of everything the SJW-cult demands to see in a game. Complete with the Sarkeesian Seal of Ideologue Approval.

Still, horses for courses, as they say.
Yeah, just saw the look of the main character and was thinking it was one of "those" games and guess I was correct. For sure going to take a big pass on this tripe.
Posted November 17, 2016
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eiii: But why do you get only the lossy mp3 version here while you get the mp3 plus the flac version on bandcamp at the same price?
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seagaia: Easier to manage for me, multiple prices gets confusing - I figured a notice here would be enough and people who want the .wav/.flac would know to look at bandcamp.
Probably nobody will read through this thread anymore in a week or two. So this information will be lost. And at least I would feel fooled when I buy the game and the soundtrack here and later on discover that I could have gotten the flac version at the same price elsewhere. The easiest solution would be to add the flac version here too, same price, same content. ;)
Posted November 17, 2016
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Hollyhock: Watching a related video about the development of this game, I learned that the main dev didn't include any attacking or levelling up mechanics because he considers levelling up and combat to be capitalistic tropes. I got the impression the devs might haven't crafted the gameplay mechanics as a result of finding them to be more entertaining, but instead because fuck Wall Street and we are the 99% and wake up sheeple.

If we add the tumblerite appearance of the main character, I can sense a gigantic "social awareness" vibe emanating from this game, which raises a red flag for me. Past bad experiences have made me wary. After paying for a game, I don't want to get lectured mid-game about some political views, nor discover that the white cis male authority figure turns out to be the evil imperialistic antagonist to beat.

Still, the game looks good, is definitively not a walking simulator, belongs to a genre I like, and I enjoyed their previous game Anodyne. I don't mind the background of the devs as long as they don't shove any political bullshit into the story. That's why I liked Undertale but I loathed Gone Home. So, I would like to ask if anyone knows which is the extent of political propaganda (if any) that permeates into the story of Even the Ocean.
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-cerberus-: Aye, Tumblr: The Game. It looks like the devs went over a meticulously crafted checklist of everything the SJW-cult demands to see in a game. Complete with the Sarkeesian Seal of Ideologue Approval.

Still, horses for courses, as they say.
Hey, I rarely watch stuff by Sarkeesian, one reason there's a lot of non-white people in this game is because the two creators (myself included) are Asian, and also we grew up in/live in mixed-race neighborhoods.

Also, I don't read anything on Tumblr either.
Posted November 17, 2016
Haha. Was that Mode 7 in the overworld?? Bad game looks bad.
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Hollyhock: Watching a related video about the development of this game, I learned that the main dev didn't include any attacking or levelling up mechanics because he considers levelling up and combat to be capitalistic tropes.
Like making a game and getting paid to sell it? hypocrites. :P
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