I was going to ask, “How the ever-loving hell did you make this in Twine?” but then I made it to the end and found that you had consulted the wise Twine wizards such as GreyElf. Even still, I can’t believe I was able to fully play this on my iPad (even the tapping section, though I did have to refresh + retry once) complete with the sounds and music.
I went in completely blind, and I was immediately shocked by the striking visual style, the nice dialogue blips, and most of all the MUSIC!!! I didn’t realize there was such insanely good CC0 or 3.0/4.0 music out there. I’m always happy to see other creators who consider music a vital part of their process!
I laughed at every exeunt, seeing Frey slowly disappear from their portrait was AMAZING. You nailed the dingy, horrific industrial-ness of the setting but also the humor in the characters’ dialogues!
Here are some of the screenshots I took:
THESE were my favorite sections:
“Respectfully, Lord Petrei, I wasn’t asking you.”
GET FUCKING OWNED
I was so in the mood for a story about revenge, fueled by the emotions of the dystopian nightmare you talked about in the Extras, and this turned out to be exactly what I was looking for.
Normally when I write a review for a new game, there’s a couple typos/errors that I notice, but I didn’t see anything that stood out to me during my playthrough! The only “inconsistency” was that I didn’t tell ES my name, but then they called me Frey later on. It’s possible I just missed the line where they find that out, maybe during the boss battle. I was preoccupied with on button-pressing. LOL
Insanely well made and super interesting lore!! Thank you for uploading such a masterpiece for free; I felt extremely lucky to play it!
This is just to say I’m deeply grateful that you took a chance on Threadbare and enjoyed it, and double grateful that you shared your thoughts and impressions here. It means the world to me that it could give you a little bit of catharsis, and it’s incredibly rewarding to experience it through fresh eyes after having it live silently in my head for so long. And kudos for taking the road less traveled, e.g. the route that I forgot to resolve Frey’s name on! You didn’t miss anything, that’s a loose end from my notes that evidently didn’t get tied up. Great catch.
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I was going to ask, “How the ever-loving hell did you make this in Twine?” but then I made it to the end and found that you had consulted the wise Twine wizards such as GreyElf. Even still, I can’t believe I was able to fully play this on my iPad (even the tapping section, though I did have to refresh + retry once) complete with the sounds and music.
I went in completely blind, and I was immediately shocked by the striking visual style, the nice dialogue blips, and most of all the MUSIC!!! I didn’t realize there was such insanely good CC0 or 3.0/4.0 music out there. I’m always happy to see other creators who consider music a vital part of their process!
I laughed at every exeunt, seeing Frey slowly disappear from their portrait was AMAZING. You nailed the dingy, horrific industrial-ness of the setting but also the humor in the characters’ dialogues!
Here are some of the screenshots I took:
THESE were my favorite sections:
“Respectfully, Lord Petrei, I wasn’t asking you.”
GET FUCKING OWNED
I was so in the mood for a story about revenge, fueled by the emotions of the dystopian nightmare you talked about in the Extras, and this turned out to be exactly what I was looking for.
Normally when I write a review for a new game, there’s a couple typos/errors that I notice, but I didn’t see anything that stood out to me during my playthrough! The only “inconsistency” was that I didn’t tell ES my name, but then they called me Frey later on. It’s possible I just missed the line where they find that out, maybe during the boss battle. I was preoccupied with on button-pressing. LOL
Insanely well made and super interesting lore!! Thank you for uploading such a masterpiece for free; I felt extremely lucky to play it!
This is just to say I’m deeply grateful that you took a chance on Threadbare and enjoyed it, and double grateful that you shared your thoughts and impressions here. It means the world to me that it could give you a little bit of catharsis, and it’s incredibly rewarding to experience it through fresh eyes after having it live silently in my head for so long. And kudos for taking the road less traveled, e.g. the route that I forgot to resolve Frey’s name on! You didn’t miss anything, that’s a loose end from my notes that evidently didn’t get tied up. Great catch.
Thank you!!