Sojourn through the Decade

Reviewing this game is tough. In this short RPGmaker game, the developer talks about his own experiences working on previous game projects. Gameplay consists of visiting different houses within a small map, talking to some characters who briefly describe their experiences, and by doing so, recounting the developer's own experiences with developing those projects.

Is this interactive fiction? Given that it mostly involves talking to characters who deliver text-based content, I suppose the answer could be yes. However, being an autobiographical game, it is probably somewhere between fiction and non-fiction.

The bigger problem is that something like this might have worked better as a series of blog or forum posts rather than an actual game. As a game, it's just hard to make this fun. I enjoy reading about the experiences of others, just that I'm not sure that an exposition-delivering game is the best platform for this.

(Spoiler - click to show)There is a final boss in the game which completely destroyed me, while delivering some commentary about the current state of the game industry. I'm not sure if there's a way to beat it, but after 2-3 unsuccessful reloads, it wasn't something I cared to do any longer.