Comments on: Islands

By: AusinP

AusinP — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:28:08 +0000

I know this is quite an old topic, but Dean’s post inspired me. If felt as if he captured the actual meaning you may or may not have put behind this game. The feeling of trying to get somewhere and being in a hurry to get there and finding out that in the end, the voyage itself was more interesting than the destination. Thank you for this, Stephen. Hopefully others will understand this as well.

By: Dean

Dean — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 03:41:31 +0000

This is, yet again, another beautiful piece of art. When I finished this, I found my own meaning: that life consist of getting somewhere, wherever that may be and yet we spend so much longer trying to get there, or rather we should try to enjoy the voyage as much as the reward. For the greatest goals are only reached by traveling down the long, winding path, and maybe you won’t even make it to your goal in the end; best to stay optimistic either way.

By: ButtercupSaiyan

ButtercupSaiyan — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:36:50 +0000

Nonda: the preview pictures typically have absofuckinglutely nothing to do with the game itself, except on a rare occasion…

But increpare really does do some good games. Try out Rara Racer and Mirror Stage!

By: nonda

nonda — Sun, 16 May 2010 13:11:10 +0000

also the preview pic shows something that doesnt present itself in the “game”. thats what kept me rowing.

By: stephen lavelle

stephen lavelle — Wed, 05 May 2010 17:40:35 +0000

Oh yeah, those graphics I forgot to remove from the source directory (ditto for the music). They’re not used in game at all.

By: nathanel

nathanel — Wed, 05 May 2010 13:03:51 +0000

Hi,

erm, is this rerally it? I mean, I’ve played a couple of your games, and they always are somewhere on the border between ingenious, crazy, absurd and insulting, so rowing for 2 minutes or so and black screen afterwards is not a big surprise, but in the sourcecode there are some more sprites. Am I so dumb that I don’t know how to get further in this game or am I so dumb that I just don’t get the joke of a game that is no-game but still has a typical game sprite graphics in the source, just for fun/joke/teasing? :]

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 05:40:44 +0000

Well put, Stephen.

By: Zaratustra

Zaratustra — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:50:00 +0000

Increpare is just so much better at trolling the player than I ever was.

By: stephen lavelle

stephen lavelle — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:25:25 +0000

Thanks for taking time out to try articulate your feelings. I appreciate it.

By: StephenM3

StephenM3 — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 04:35:31 +0000

Oh no, glancing back at the first paragraph of that wall of text, I look like a dumbass. I was having even more trouble communicating than I thought. I’m sorry.