I have an awesome computer and this is so laggy I can't even play it. I can barely type this review because it's slowing down this tab so much.
Reviews for "The Cloud"
JackAstral responds:
Weird...it's running fine for me. I'll look into reducing lag!
What a great representation of depression! Although I didnt finish the game, (the repetitiveness got to be too much for me) I think you did a wonderful job with this one.
Graphics are great and nice music.
JackAstral responds:
Thank you :)
SOMETIMES its quite original and spot on with depression.
Sometimes its just going way too cliche poetic with things that dont describe depression at all and just seems like a 12 years old made them trying to look grown up
JackAstral responds:
Well it's just my opinion...not everyone will have the same experience with this kinda stuff
Well, I couldn't beat this game. It was annoying how one hit took me out. I do still genuinely enjoy this. It's nice to have a game that's easy to understand. I died on Thursday. This was certainly something different for you and I appreciated it.
The sounds and music were really nice. That isn't a "Sound Of Music" reference. I could never think of anything that happy while watching this. It still seems like a game you would make. The gameplay is similar to other stuff you've done.
As odd as it seems, this game really means a lot to me. If someone were to ask me to describe depression, I would show them this. A day with severe depression feels like this. You're doing the same thing day in and day out without it seeming like it ends. The positive in your life seems to slowly melt away and your mind tells you it's not good for you. You slowly start believing that 'bad' is 'good' and it slowly starts ruining your life. And with pressing space just to get up...that's like forcing yourself to get out of bed every day even if you know it will feel like the same slow, boring day. And by the time that day ends, you ask yourself 'what's the point anymore?' and you just shove yourself and try to distract yourself from your thoughts.
I could be wrong or just thinking too much into this game, but the smiling faces falling from the cloud seem to almost represent people and social anxiety. One person too many and you're sent spiraling into a bout of panic attacks that overwhelm you.
And as I play on and the levels get faster, the smiling faces and the rush of the cloud seem to also represent people wanting you to get happy as fast as you can without your input, leading to you avoiding help.
And as sad as it is, sometimes it's too much and there's nothing we can do to stop them from wanting to end it all.