I've been working on this game for a little bit now, and it's getting close to the finish line! It's called NULL AND, and it's about trauma. And grief. And throwing things in a pit.
It's a 3D walkaround game and there's a handful of puzzles to solve, as well as a handful of strange environments to walk around. I'm trying not to get too bogged down on little details now that I've got the scope under control. I actually started work on this in like August and got stuck for like six months and then started on it again. The funny thing is that this was supposed to be a little project that I could work on while stuck on I Will Redirect!
For now, it might be nice to have a thread that I could post little updates in, to help motivate me to work on it. And then at some point maybe we could do some beta testing, if anyone was interested!
If it cannot break out of its shell, the chick will die without being born.
We are the chick; the world is our egg.
If we don't crack the world's shell we will die without truly being born.
Smash the world's shell for the Revolution of the World!
yes yes yes that's so exciting star!! I love this! (and I love beating the hallway :3)
You humor me greatly with your arrogance and contempt, a flood of accusations born from the poison of envy and smite of disrespect. I feel both disappointment and flattery these thoughts would originate from another player who has demonstrated one of a kind talent and has accomplished the impossible, yet is immune from judgment owing to their reputation, do not think your words hold more credibility just because of who you are, being more well known and what you have accomplished in breaking world records and setting ones never previously accomplished. With that being said I will divulge my thoughts on the serious accusations you have set forth.
I won't address the individual gameplay scenarios you've highlighted, as the foundation of your argument arises from jealously, this is clear when you contrast my success with your failure, being deluded into thinking you should have surpassed these trials yet cannot comprehend how someone else can claim victory consistently,
Tooth destroyed my Hell Hallway, it's not fair...........
I figured out a way to make it less susceptible to British shenanigans! But I'm still not 100% satisfied with it. I want to make it longer but it's so tedious to move stuff around in Godot's gridmaps. Gridmaps really suck for level design. Lingo uses them and that's why I have some familiarity with them, and also there's no other built-in tool for rapid 3D level design, but like. Ugh.
If it cannot break out of its shell, the chick will die without being born.
We are the chick; the world is our egg.
If we don't crack the world's shell we will die without truly being born.
Smash the world's shell for the Revolution of the World!
You humor me greatly with your arrogance and contempt, a flood of accusations born from the poison of envy and smite of disrespect. I feel both disappointment and flattery these thoughts would originate from another player who has demonstrated one of a kind talent and has accomplished the impossible, yet is immune from judgment owing to their reputation, do not think your words hold more credibility just because of who you are, being more well known and what you have accomplished in breaking world records and setting ones never previously accomplished. With that being said I will divulge my thoughts on the serious accusations you have set forth.
I won't address the individual gameplay scenarios you've highlighted, as the foundation of your argument arises from jealously, this is clear when you contrast my success with your failure, being deluded into thinking you should have surpassed these trials yet cannot comprehend how someone else can claim victory consistently,
Soooooo it's been a while but I've made a lot of progress on this game! In fact, it can be played to completion now! I'm sure there are bugs and optimizations and design tweaks that need to be made, and also I'm still missing music for an area. But the main puzzles and areas are done. And I was kind of wondering whether anyone would be interested in playtesting a sadboy game about grief.
Content warnings: darkness, isolation, themes of trauma and grief, mentioned self harm, mentioned medication, one brief instance of camera shaking. I'm curious as to whether the game is just a game or whether it does an adequate job of speaking to my feelings.
If it cannot break out of its shell, the chick will die without being born.
We are the chick; the world is our egg.
If we don't crack the world's shell we will die without truly being born.
Smash the world's shell for the Revolution of the World!
hatkirby wrote: Mon Dec 29, 2025 5:38 pm
And I was kind of wondering whether anyone would be interested in playtesting a sadboy game about grief.
Content warnings: darkness, isolation, themes of trauma and grief, mentioned self harm, mentioned medication, one brief instance of camera shaking. I'm curious as to whether the game is just a game or whether it does an adequate job of speaking to my feelings.
I'd be interested in playing! It's pretty short, right? I am not good at playing games for long periods of time, but I would love to see what you've made
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It's fairly short! Technically beatable in 20 minutes, although that's if you already know every puzzle solution and know where to go haha. There's 10 "levels", some of which are easy and some of which are a little more confusing and which might need additional hints. I can DM you!
If it cannot break out of its shell, the chick will die without being born.
We are the chick; the world is our egg.
If we don't crack the world's shell we will die without truly being born.
Smash the world's shell for the Revolution of the World!
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