today introduces a miniature horror game called "The Well". There are many similar adventure games on Yames, free or paid (usually no more than 2 US dollars). Yames will make these small games on a regular basis, first subscribe to Patreon and then transfer to itch.io for a small fee. The game basically only has black, white, yellow, and red monotones, and the picture quality is more "rough" than those pixel games, but it also attracts some audiences with its unique temperament.
The normal process of "Water Well" is only 20-30 minutes, of course, if you choose to run in full screen, the time may be slightly longer. From December 27, 1929 to January 4, 1930, the famous ghost writer and paranoid H.P. Lovecraft published a series of sonnets called "Fungi from Yuggoth" (Fungi from Yuggoth). Based on the sonnet of the same name, the game "Water Well" adapts the blurred story into a playable interactive experience with only one button operation. Both are equally scary and beautiful, but the game gives people a deeper and darker impression, which is difficult to clear after playing it once.
The game "Water Well" is very simple, simpler than those interactive novels, and the rhythm is very slow. You just need to use the Z key to put the rope into a hole in the ground, pull it back, check what you find, or just feel free to touch your cat.
The story tells of a farmer named Seth Atwood, who, as in Lovecraft’s poem, digs a well on his land frantically. His nephew helped him, but eventually killed him and engraved the word "Atheism" on his naked body. Then, the well was blocked until you and your companions came over to check the direction of the well.
You will find a lot of strange things one after another, including twitching and deformed totems, pulsating fleshy unknowns, and eventually the corpses of cats.
There seems to be a mysterious creature hidden at the bottom of the cave. Going to the back, investigating the well and repeatedly pulling the rope becomes a ritual.It is your job to help the liberation of the creatures at the bottom of the cave. You pull the rope, to be precise, something like a baby's umbilical cord until it is free.
"She is beautiful" This is the last sentence you hear when you scroll through the game's credits.
"The act of creating something, whether it is writing a poem, digging a well, or giving birth, guides every fiber of yours into a realistic structure, from the ethereal world of eternal torment to our shorter world." Game It is full of all kinds of philosophical discourses that are unknown.
Black and white game, I would like to call it that, it seems to have some kind of stress relief function. I myself have played a simpler black-and-white game: controlling an old grandma to the grave, which is quite contagious, and feels indescribable.
The game "Water Well" is interpreted by fans: On the surface, the well is a terrible cult story, which is actually related to the cost of creation. Artists of various styles etched their works on their skin for everyone to see. They give up part of themselves and provide something new to the world, even if it can't achieve the perfect image in their minds, they do their best to shape reality into at least one passer-by...
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