I will not lie, I wanted to quit and call this a stupid game when got stuck at one part, but then I thought about someone living like this, they can't quit and be someone else. I've met with and worked with people with all of these disabilities, and more, and honestly think this should be a part of training if one is going to work with people with Special Needs.
Brilliant, thank you, something like this has been a long time coming.
Reviews for "You Are Disabled"
Oh my GOD spastic is soooo hard. This is a really cool game, and I will beat it.
"I must succeed!"
-Heroboy
why is it sexual servitude? although it go's to show that how people can be assholes to people who want to live a normal life but have gotten use to live like this.
Nothing less. Abso-fucking-lutely nothing less than five stars from me, and that's not something I give lightly. You want a reason?
Because this game really does make you FEEL a simulation of the scenario. For someone who isn't disabled, it provides just a TASTE of the frustration those who are would face every day.
The illiterate, who sadly walks through life blind to a world of information, feeling far more alone than anything else, and mocked if anyone finds out.
The cripple, who is forced to rely on others for a lot, and suffers abuse of all kinds for it, able to be tossed away like garbage or toyed with, no matter how strong their will.
The nearly blind, who sees just a fraction of the world around, yet has to struggle with the exact same problems with sometimes no idea what he's stepping into.
The spastic, who is possibly left with one of the cruelest even more so than cripple, because the body can and will betray the mind, at the worst possible times.
Call it unfair. Call it unpolished. Call spastic impossible because you can't control it. I really don't care.
Because all of that contributes to exactly what this game gives us. The same challenge faced by four different people with varying conditions of birth. And it is cinematic as hell.
I started in on Blind. I had absolutely no idea what I was getting myself into, and though I took gentle first steps through the tutorial, I quickly learned just how many times I would die. But I soldiered on, remembering my mistakes, looking for clues (like the pipes in the background, or edging closer to catch wisps of fireballs in my vision) that would help me move forward. More than once I had to take a blind leap. More than once I had to retry over and over and over. But in the end... It was an experience like no other.
The other ones delivered similar experiences. And Spastic in particular, being the second disability I got, was even more humbling. Because it made me think of just what it meant. "Hold still... For TWO SECONDS, okay?!" Couldn't force that. Couldn't even force that. It was a struggle even bigger than Nearly Blind, and took me even longer. But it made me think even harder on how hard even simple things would be in these situations for people who deal with this every day. Yes, it's random! Yes, it screws you up in the worst times with barely any warning if any!
And that's the point!
I've hated on "unfair" games in the past, but those were of the kind that existed on getting killed by unseen traps. A cruel world with a broken system.
This is a game displaying a cruel truth. A broken body.
That deserves a round of fucking applause for 72 hours' work.
Very good game!
You had a really good idea to create the game when our character is disabled. In this game there are four
disabilities and four ways to play:
ILLITERATE: This part is hard, but in comparison to other parts it's actually easy. Our character cannot read signs. First I was disappointed because I thought that is something important written on this signs. But when I discovered what is written on them I thought that it was better when I did not know that!
CRIPPLED: First I thought it's gonna be the hardest part of the game but actually this part is the easiest. Our character cannot walk and jump and must crawl on the ground. The mages help him to get in to places that hard to reach, but their comments of that mages is a horrible experience! This comments are mocking, harsh and filled with hate and scorn!
SPASTIC: This part is unfair! Playing with the character who makes unwanted moves is really difficult and frustrating, especially in platform game! It was so annoying when your character stop when you taking jump over pit with lava. Interesting is that only part when you can escape from undeground on freedom.
NEARLY BLIND: Spastic part was hard and unfair, but that part is just cruel! Your character almost cannot see the environment! It's so frustrating especially when you trying to avoid fireballs or quickly jump on disappearing block! I think it's the hardest part of the game!
This underground I can depict whith only one word: HELL! This undeground is grim and dark place filled whith skulls, lava, fireballs (I hate them), disappearing blocks (I hate them more), blocks of dead and signs with creepy commentaries. This disturbing music perfectly captures the atmosphere of that place.
The sad thing is that for disabled peoples all life is JOURNEY THROUGH THE HELL!