Aisle

Aisle
by Sam Barlow profile

Slice of life
1999

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One choice..., June 27, 2022

by jfred

An interesting idea and some great endings. Some more disturbing than others, but maybe more disturbing that I tried then it was implemented.

After a few plays, you start really thinking of edge cases and find out the author thought of some interesting responses. It gave me the feeling of playing the older games when the parser wasn't rich and you could get stuck in a game and start trying some "off the wall" responses and getting surprised it was implemented.

I have a few more plays in me before I explore the internals to see all the endings.

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Short story about shopping for pasta, February 1, 2022

by Cody Gaisser (Florence, Alabama, United States of America, North America, Earth, Solar System, Milky Way, Known Universe, ???)

The premise of Aisle is simple:

You're standing in the pasta aisle of a grocery store. You've got one turn. What will you do with your one chance, and what will it reveal about you?

The parser understands numerous commands, and recognizes each with a distinct ending. Some endings are happy, some are sad, some are funny, some are disturbing.

Aisle is a very short story that can be played through repeatedly in rapid succession, with all sorts of contradictory conclusions reached. It's very well done, amusing, and probably worth the small time investment if this sort of game seems interesting to you.