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stare directly at the sun

by ferkung profile

2025
HyperCard

(based on 3 ratings)
Estimated play time: 16 minutes (based on 2 votes)
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About the Story

What does it mean to be a pilot, stripped of their cockpit by simply following the plan?

Maybe they can be worth something to someone.

(EP version is just short of half the length of the planned full version.)

CWs: military, disability and chronic injury, toxic relationships, professional settings, alcohol references, and hope.

Awards

14th Place, Overall Goodness; 17th Place, Best Use of Songs - ShuffleComp 2024

Ratings and Reviews

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Average Rating: based on 3 ratings
Number of Reviews Written by IFDB Members: 1
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
The beginning of a complex, graphics-filled tale, February 11, 2025
Related reviews: 15-30 minutes

This game is run on a retro mac emulator running Hypercard. I played a downloadable version, but I believe I read on the itch page after that you can play online.

It is graphics and music heavy. Like I usually do, I loaded up the game on my computer to have ready to play later while I finished chores, but I was surprised to come back to find it had been playing an opening sequence on its own, so I restarted to see what I had missed (quite a lot, it seems).

In it, you play an injured mech pilot who now (in embarrassment, I think) resupplies the other mech pilots. They come in, talk to you about small talk and also needs they have, and you need to deduce from that how many parts to order for them.

Throughout the story, you encounter a woman who always has and inspires tense emotions; this seems to provide the main thrust of feeling and plot in the game. However, the game is unfinished, so we'll find out more later on, and I'll likely revise my review then.

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