it's extremely well-regarded. if you wanna read about it, this is very nerdy: https://quartersnacks.com/2010/11/alien-workshops-photosynthesis-video-ten-years...
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this is super inspiring! love the variety and humour here. i took a screenshot of every soup. only downsides are not being able to kiss the cutie to let them i know i love them back also that it wasn't released during the ps3 era when i didn't know indie games existed and i was cynical about video game's
i love this - i think it's important to distinguish "play" from "defeat" - like i'm sure i could find some joy in an OVER-LONG aaa game?
also i appreciate this method, which is counter to this wonderful writing: https://pumpkinclowning.itch.io/games-i-wont-play
absolutely fascinating to experience something so thoughtful in such a short amount of time - both the limits of the jam and the reading of this. i was truly engulfed in this tiny slice of this universe, and reached all three endings within an hour's time. i'm far from knowledgeable about any of the accuracy here, but it feels well-researched; and even if it's not accurate, it's put together really d*ng well. absolute banger.
wild, wild ride. fantastic polish in every single way. that being said, i'm not much of a fan of purple prose, but i think it served this project well. fascinating story, went to places i could never predict, and absolutely swallowed me whole. it feels weird finishing this and coming back to reality.
i looooooove speedrunning (as a spectator), so this grabbed my attention immediately. the choices/coin part was really cool, what a nice technical achievement. i enjoyed the dialogue/story a bit too, i love dates !! of course i was yelling at saul to just be up front with everything, so i'm happy i got to have those choices... and the ones i wouldn't have picked, i was cringing at (at the content, not the writing itself). loved the casual conversational tone of this. need a coin to play this again for the first time.
i saw a screenshot of looming ages ago, and it looked like nothing i'd ever seen before. for years, i built it up in my head, wanting to play it during the winter, but circumstances made me regrettably pass it up. this happened for maybe ten years. in 2026, i realised at this point, it could not hold the magic i thought it might. i'm not sure it was possible to accomplish that impossible dream, but this existed on a parallel plane; it was much weirder and mysterious than my low-expectation prediction was. definitely needed help finding the location of 7 and 9, but was otherwise pleased that this was (mechanically at least) transparent.









































