This minimalistic indie art game delves into one core emotion through a brief top-down exploration experience. Players navigate a flat landscape using only movement controls, observing other squares that form metaphorical social patterns via their motions. It wraps up in just minutes, staying faithful to its 2010 Flash origins in this 10th anniversary PC release.
The casual RPG simulation blends adventure elements with pure observation, drawing from simple mechanics to evoke isolation. Ideal for players seeking quick, experimental sessions that provoke thought without complex inputs. Credits go to game creator Jordan Magnuson and composer Kevin MacLeod.
An experimental, minimalistic art game that explores a single emotion and takes only a few minutes to play through. Loneliness is a simple top-down exploration game where the only available input is movement. Explore a flat landscape populated by other squares that engage in various social behaviors represented metaphorically through patterns of their own simple movement.
Loneliness was originally released as a Flash game in 2010. It was featured prominently by Extra Credits (Season 4, Episode 3: Mechanics as Metaphor) and others, and received a variety of accolades, including being nominated for the Extra Credits Innovation Awards. Other people said the game was the worst thing they'd ever played--but at least it wasn't on Steam.
This is a 10th anniversary release that is true to the original game, except that the end screen has been notably removed, as described at the game's home page. The original version of the game is available on Steam as part of The Gametrekking Omnibus.
Credits:
Game by Jordan Magnuson
Music by Kevin MacLeod
