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They Breathe
The Working Parts | Released Dec 5, 2011
CAN YOU SEE IT? In the first game of The Working Parts, a lone frog descends into the depths of a flooded forest, not yet knowing the full extent of its tragedy. To survive in a brutal, oxygen-obsessed ecosystem, you must help it see the patterns and hidden truths that make up the system - horrible as they may be. Kotaku says: "They Breathe is proof that you don't need realistic graphics or complicated gameplay to tell a horrifying story." Currently on STEAM GREENLIGHT Please vote for They Breathe if you like it!
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0 comments by TheWorkingParts on Dec 5th, 2012
Just a short heads-up that we've finally set up They Breathe's very own Greenlight page.
If you like the game, is curious about it, or just generally want to give us a helping hand for no cost, please head over there and vote!
We've also got our magnum opus, Residue, up on Greenlight. It's a more ambitious title that you may want to check out: Steamcommunity.com
PS. If you got here via the Winter Bundle: Hello and thanks for helping us indies out!
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Godddddddd. Why'd I pay money for this?
You move a fucking dumb looking frog around the water, confined to the screen space, while dodging retard cows.
Not so fun. The graphics are otherwise excellent and I like the style just not the game.
Nov 6 2012, 7:23pm by t1gerdog
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@TomGrochowiak Don't think that genre can handle multiple areas very well. Compare Metroid Prime 3 vs 1 & 2, for instance.
Jun 10 2013, 9:21am
@TomGrochowiak Yeah, but it also had small, linear areas you had to revisit a lot; making the backtracking apparent & dull.
Jun 10 2013, 9:20am
@TomGrochowiak Well, to be fair we're all pretty fond of them as well. Even though they've grown rather standardized.
Jun 10 2013, 8:44am
@TomGrochowiak Cause you've already played one or more Castlevania: Sequel of SOTN?
Jun 10 2013, 8:34am
@konjak @Slaktus Ouch, bad! So what they're saying is they'd have circumvented GL if they hadn't submitted to it in the first place? >.>
May 31 2013, 10:39am
@Dobuch1 Happy you like it! It's not available just yet, but hopefully quite soon! We're working out the details right now.
May 30 2013, 7:36am
@Hanneswall">.@Hanneswall Oh, it absolutely is! We're actually planning on bundling Residue and They Breathe together, just for @GOGcom!
May 29 2013, 12:46pm
Does anyone have any other portals/stores they prefer (aside from Desura, GamersGate and Steam)?
May 29 2013, 9:58am
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For some reason the size of the game window doesn't fit my screen.
The whole bottom of the game is missing after I started to play.
There are also no options to change that.
Some advice?
Found a way by myself, I changed the game to wondowed mode.
This game is actually a lot of fun, so I created a Youtube Video about it.
This game have plentiful narrative without single text line. I like it.
I thought this was really creepy, I mean at first I didn't expect it to be, and when the creatures came I was like *shrug* isn't that bad.. but.. when I found out what makes the creature I was a bit horrified for a bit. Yes the game is a bit confusing at first, but it's not a lot to take in and confuse you. The creatures don't like air, so if they hit too many air bubbles facing you they will die. The "cow form" as people seem to call it will be made stronger by the air bubble (If you think about it, that makes sense) and so will charge at you. But since those rely on the head section it eventually will run out of air. My one complaint is figuring what to do at the end, you really should have some notification, or an example that happens because I just kept killing the creatures until I thought "I need to do something else don't I?"
Like this game, but just a few questions and suggestions. Are we supposed to save the other frogs or let them die? And what makes the weird moose die? So far I've only been dodging them while trying to get bubbles and waiting for them to die, but I just want to know if it's a matter of evading them long enough or is there something else I should do when I meet the moose. Also it's kind of annoying that I have to start again if I close the game, but on the okay side it adds to the atmophere (still would rather there be a checkpoint system or save though)
Glad you like it!
About the other frogs: It's really up to you. The other frogs interact with the other creatures, which could be good or bad for you, so there's a tactical choice for you from fight to fight. As for whether you feel morally compelled to do one or the other, we can't say.
The weird moose do die when they run out of oxygen. Like the frogs and you (though you get a second wind, of sorts).
The game is short enough that we figured most people will go through with it in one playthrough, and if they don't it shouldn't take them more than a couple of minutes to reach were they where. We apologize for anyone feeling too negatively about this, though. We hate wasting people's time.
It looks like the baby on Nirvana's Nevermind cover ! ;)
That makes me want to buy this game.
I don't get it, what genre would you put this game into?
For what it's worth, the full game is essentially the same gameplay, but with different creatures throughout, and I think I'd almost rather classify it as a puzzle game since the way to proceed is by figuring out how each creature lives and how to manipulate it into dying so you can progress. I actually like that approach to the gameplay, but I think it's a very polarizing premise.