Been looking to play this game for quite a while, and it was absolutely amazing!
It's hard to call this game enjoyable, because of course, despite the narrator stating that this will have a "happy ending" and there is "no twist" to it, it's a game about you being a part of a mismanaged, malicious system that actively kills our environment, depicted here by the island. Driving your truck around and seeing the ever-increasing piles of garbage and dead trees is really something. I like how Demont and you aren't portrayed as cartoonish villains. The evil you do isn't really mentioned or acknowledged. It's probably not even internalized as something evil. Killing this island is just a part of life.
really loved playing this! vibes are great and environment is beautiful, though i wish there were a little more to the story. huge kudos to the team for something like this
Why we can't have nice things (rot13 spoiler: vg'f evpu crbcyr)
Beautiful scenery, from the colors to the models, really loved it.
Physics are a bit iffy.
The story was nice, too, even though I'm skeptical of such "us vs. them" kind of argument, especially when it comes to environmental issues (though of course not entirely devoid of merit).
The big problem I had with it is the hugely repetitive gameplay, bordering on the disrespectful. You do the exact same loop 5 or 6 times with almost nothing in-between (3 or 4 lines of dialogue).
We’d like to but it requires some extra time as we need to fix some compilation issues for clang to be able to ship it to linux, so sadly I’m not sure if we’ll be able to do it as we’re busy with other projects right now :(
However, we also don’t want to fully deny the possibility as we may end up finding a time window that allows us to do so. If we release a linux version, we’ll make a devlog to notify everybody that would like to play in there.
An incredible game that tackles complex issues in the world in a smaller scale, the effects of tourism, capitalism, the sacrifice of long term planning to satiate temporary greed. I loved that in illustrating this story, they do not rob it of its fundamentally, uniquely human aspects. Demonte does not fall into the useless archetype of the evil billionaire's son, in the same way the truck driver (the player) is not some meaningless, impact less figure. They share a human connection, and have bonds, virtues and flaws that helps the player see that pollution is not some distant issue caused by just rich elitist assholes, but humans. People. Carelessness, disrespect. Naivety.
In Depth: On first looks, I did not think much of it. I thought it was a very simple and short game. Upon further examination and realization, the game is amazing. Visually stunning, great sound, and a deep and powerful meaning behind the game that I really enjoyed. I highly suggest playing this game for the experience.
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Been looking to play this game for quite a while, and it was absolutely amazing!
It's hard to call this game enjoyable, because of course, despite the narrator stating that this will have a "happy ending" and there is "no twist" to it, it's a game about you being a part of a mismanaged, malicious system that actively kills our environment, depicted here by the island. Driving your truck around and seeing the ever-increasing piles of garbage and dead trees is really something. I like how Demont and you aren't portrayed as cartoonish villains. The evil you do isn't really mentioned or acknowledged. It's probably not even internalized as something evil. Killing this island is just a part of life.
Thank you for this great game.
an existential travel, not a game
really loved playing this! vibes are great and environment is beautiful, though i wish there were a little more to the story. huge kudos to the team for something like this
my video playthrough:
Nice game
very beautyful gameplay and story, but not so long ingame time. i finished the game soon, but i 100% recommend downloading.
Why we can't have nice things (rot13 spoiler: vg'f evpu crbcyr)
Beautiful scenery, from the colors to the models, really loved it.
Physics are a bit iffy.
The story was nice, too, even though I'm skeptical of such "us vs. them" kind of argument, especially when it comes to environmental issues (though of course not entirely devoid of merit).
The big problem I had with it is the hugely repetitive gameplay, bordering on the disrespectful. You do the exact same loop 5 or 6 times with almost nothing in-between (3 or 4 lines of dialogue).
euro trash truck simulator
Enjoyed the game!
relajante!! muy bueno!
FLY TIPPING SIMULATOR - sunset shift - i really enjoyed playing this well done to the dev or dev's involved
I'd be very happy if you released it for Linux :) Release it, and I'll test it, and report back whether it worked or not
We’d like to but it requires some extra time as we need to fix some compilation issues for clang to be able to ship it to linux, so sadly I’m not sure if we’ll be able to do it as we’re busy with other projects right now :(
However, we also don’t want to fully deny the possibility as we may end up finding a time window that allows us to do so. If we release a linux version, we’ll make a devlog to notify everybody that would like to play in there.
Thanks for your interest!
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An incredible game that tackles complex issues in the world in a smaller scale, the effects of tourism, capitalism, the sacrifice of long term planning to satiate temporary greed. I loved that in illustrating this story, they do not rob it of its fundamentally, uniquely human aspects. Demonte does not fall into the useless archetype of the evil billionaire's son, in the same way the truck driver (the player) is not some meaningless, impact less figure. They share a human connection, and have bonds, virtues and flaws that helps the player see that pollution is not some distant issue caused by just rich elitist assholes, but humans. People. Carelessness, disrespect. Naivety.
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In Short: Absolutely Beautiful And Powerful
In Depth: On first looks, I did not think much of it. I thought it was a very simple and short game. Upon further examination and realization, the game is amazing. Visually stunning, great sound, and a deep and powerful meaning behind the game that I really enjoyed. I highly suggest playing this game for the experience.
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
linux version
i cant play the game ;[
pretentious
A surprisingly sad game. Really worth a play.