Maybe due to my over-exposure to the trolley problem, the game for me was *never* about the culpability of taking action versus not, and in fact I only remembered that was the point on day 6.
Instead the point became almost ranking how worth saving each category of people is. With the emotional detachment of the plain text presentation, I made nearly every decision immediately and easily.
If there was a CEO or politician or celebrity involved, I would always pull the lever to their side no matter how many there were. If it was just between the other types of people, I would usually opt to save the 5.
The lineage looked something like this: CEOs < politicians < celebrities < scientists = old people < pregnant women = children = workers = immigrants.
I'm not totally sure what to make of it, nor the way I chose to play it, but it's an interesting experience.
Thanks for the interesting game! I went with not pulling the lever at all, all the way until I got to the circular track, where I kept pulling the lever, but it kept looping. Eventually I didn't pull the lever, and the loop ended. I was curious if there's an ending if you keep pulling the lever in that situation?
That's the Sisyphus dilemma. There is no ending if you keep pulling the lever. The loop is intentionally endless. The only way to break the loop is to stop pulling it.
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Maybe due to my over-exposure to the trolley problem, the game for me was *never* about the culpability of taking action versus not, and in fact I only remembered that was the point on day 6.
Instead the point became almost ranking how worth saving each category of people is. With the emotional detachment of the plain text presentation, I made nearly every decision immediately and easily.
If there was a CEO or politician or celebrity involved, I would always pull the lever to their side no matter how many there were. If it was just between the other types of people, I would usually opt to save the 5.
The lineage looked something like this: CEOs < politicians < celebrities < scientists = old people < pregnant women = children = workers = immigrants.
I'm not totally sure what to make of it, nor the way I chose to play it, but it's an interesting experience.
I think you got it. I was not trying to say this is natural, but how easy capitalism makes it look natural just by paying you.
Thanks for the interesting game! I went with not pulling the lever at all, all the way until I got to the circular track, where I kept pulling the lever, but it kept looping. Eventually I didn't pull the lever, and the loop ended. I was curious if there's an ending if you keep pulling the lever in that situation?
That's the Sisyphus dilemma. There is no ending if you keep pulling the lever. The loop is intentionally endless. The only way to break the loop is to stop pulling it.
Understandable! I thought I might die of sickness or hunger, but that makes the point much better.
I really like it, the gameplay loop is simple but slowly unveils a more complex story.
I do think it would greatly benefit from having a save system, expecting people to play through the whole thing at once is quite optimistic.
Having keybindings for the choices (1 : divert, 2 : do nothing) would also be convenient.
Thanks. That may be done.
Let me know if you need any technical assistance, I will gladly help!
Fixed a bug and added a save link. Keybindings will have to wait. Thanks. Also, your macros are very useful, I think I used them in one of my games.