I downloaded your game after stumbling on a tweet by the creator of this gem, and I'd like to say that it was a very pleasant and thought-provoking experience that few games have been able to pull off.
The game gets really hard once you get the motor and sails, because if you jump off to grab a box or whatever, the boat just speeds off. Can someone tell me how to stop the motor and how to end the game?
its interesting how you can't go backwards in the game. like it's all about letting go of these feelings, by writing the notes for those bottles, and then moving forward. seeing everything that everyone else has written feels less lonely. i hold this game very dearly to me.
I'm pretty glad that I played this game before it went "dead." It seems like I'm receiving less bottles now. Unlike 2 years ago (I think) when I received more bottles. It was such a cool concept of a game - and I loved the messages. Definitely has a place in my heart.
I'm Mat, curator of the PLAY21 - Creative Gaming Festival and I'd love to exhibit your work. Can you get back to me via matthias.loewe@creative-gaming.eu or twitter /sp4c31nv4d3r?
Great looking game, only problem is that I can't play it, since it's not 64-bit and I'm running it on Mac OSX Catalina, which has no support for 32-bit apps. Any chance of that being fixed anytime soon?
Interesting concept, held back by superficial restrictions. It would be better not to suggest a topic to write about, and just let the player write about whatever without making him feel guilty by not doing what the dev wants from them. The water also kills to fast, and there shouldn't be a restrictions on when and where you can write something.
I'm pretty sure you can write wherever and whenever you want, if you mind the cooldown. And the suggested topic is just there if you don't know what to write about, I don't know what exactly you mean with 'making the player feel guilty by not doing what the dev wants from them'? You can just ignore it if you have something better in mind.
I wrote a bunch of stuff while i played under the name of "Cactus" if you dev(s?) are interested in reading that since it was basically just me giving thoughts on my adventure
This is something I've always loved as a concept. The idea that you feel alone, but yet there so many people around you. And how you get to slowly uncover a story from many perspectives. Love it.
Subscribing for when someone hits 100. This is a game of transcendence and broken goshdarn radios that don't do nuth'n and doublesails that ruin your life forever.
The game keeps freezing on me with no way to unfreeze. I've had to restart the game 5 times within an hour, making it almost impossible to make any progress.
I'm using a UK QWERTY keyboard, and when I write a message on Linux I get foreign characters when I press non-alphanumeric keys. (SHIFT gives an upside down !). But this doesn't happen on Windows. Is anybody else experiencing this?
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Incredible game, wish it had more players.
Wonderful concept, shame there aren't more people playing...
I find the game very good.
Its really good.
I downloaded your game after stumbling on a tweet by the creator of this gem, and I'd like to say that it was a very pleasant and thought-provoking experience that few games have been able to pull off.
Amazing!!
does anybody else still plays this?
Kind of. A few messages still come in every couple of days.
god dam
if anyone, that's me! I always sign my messages as CRB (caprain red beard) and write funny pirate messages to cheer everyone up ^^
this was a year ago btw q_q idk if u noticed
yes :3
Great game!
The game gets really hard once you get the motor and sails, because if you jump off to grab a box or whatever, the boat just speeds off. Can someone tell me how to stop the motor and how to end the game?
im confused, so do other actual players playing the game see my bottles, and i see their bottles?
pretty much
its interesting how you can't go backwards in the game. like it's all about letting go of these feelings, by writing the notes for those bottles, and then moving forward. seeing everything that everyone else has written feels less lonely. i hold this game very dearly to me.
you can row backwards though-
rowing backwards doesn’t mean GOING back. once you reach a new “scene” or whatever you want to call it you can’t go back to the previous one.
ohh yeah i see, but you eventually loop back to the start, just with your new boat
I love this graphic style!!
I'm pretty glad that I played this game before it went "dead." It seems like I'm receiving less bottles now. Unlike 2 years ago (I think) when I received more bottles. It was such a cool concept of a game - and I loved the messages. Definitely has a place in my heart.
Hi,
I'm Mat, curator of the PLAY21 - Creative Gaming Festival and I'd love to exhibit your work. Can you get back to me via matthias.loewe@creative-gaming.eu or twitter /sp4c31nv4d3r?
Thanks!
https://playfestival.de/index_en.html
This has to be an ARG! why isn't anyone talking about it! and if they are I can't find it
everything dont need to be an "ARG"
How's this been goin'?
love the visual style of this game, good job!
It's a sad day when a brother has to hang his magnum dong alone and in silence...
Great looking game, only problem is that I can't play it, since it's not 64-bit and I'm running it on Mac OSX Catalina, which has no support for 32-bit apps. Any chance of that being fixed anytime soon?
Please add a save button or somethin
Update: no clue what i did but i tried to run it today and it opened just fine. excited to play again
Interesting concept, held back by superficial restrictions. It would be better not to suggest a topic to write about, and just let the player write about whatever without making him feel guilty by not doing what the dev wants from them. The water also kills to fast, and there shouldn't be a restrictions on when and where you can write something.
I'm pretty sure you can write wherever and whenever you want, if you mind the cooldown. And the suggested topic is just there if you don't know what to write about, I don't know what exactly you mean with 'making the player feel guilty by not doing what the dev wants from them'? You can just ignore it if you have something better in mind.
well this hit way too fucking hard for me
#75. I really enjoyed this, as lonely as it was. I'm glad I got to play it before midnight.
This game is kinda sad, but it's beautiful, you're never truly alone.
Edit: I finished the game and was kinda surprised, I was kinda underwhelmed, but still pretty shocked.
Didnt understand and the game is very weird
I wrote a bunch of stuff while i played under the name of "Cactus" if you dev(s?) are interested in reading that since it was basically just me giving thoughts on my adventure
how can i see all the messages in one archive?
the game is amazing with beautiful graphics. however it would be nice to be able to write back on a note to respond.
it's such a touching game
navis
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Sadly not working on Mac OS Catalina:
happens to me too when playing on a Macbook Air. Sad because it used to be able to work but in these past few months it's stopped working.
actually it does work on catalina, in fact im playing it as we speak. How I got mine to work is:
1. Open terminal
2. Right click the app "The things we lost in the flood" and click on "Show package contents"
3. You'll see a folder called Contents. Double click on "Contents" and then "MacOS".
4. into terminal type "chmod +x " and drag and drop the file in the MacOS folder into terminal.
5. Press enter in Terminal and you should be good.
If you have any questions please let me know, I'd be glad to help.
This is something I've always loved as a concept. The idea that you feel alone, but yet there so many people around you. And how you get to slowly uncover a story from many perspectives. Love it.
Subscribing for when someone hits 100. This is a game of transcendence and broken goshdarn radios that don't do nuth'n and doublesails that ruin your life forever.
The game keeps freezing on me with no way to unfreeze. I've had to restart the game 5 times within an hour, making it almost impossible to make any progress.
same as me
Weird! The game just stops dead?
What OS are you running?
I'm using a UK QWERTY keyboard, and when I write a message on Linux I get foreign characters when I press non-alphanumeric keys. (SHIFT gives an upside down !). But this doesn't happen on Windows. Is anybody else experiencing this?
yes, i also have this problem
I got the the red door but was unable to enter it, is there a certain set of steps i have to do in order to enter or is it closed off on purpose?