The Mirror Lied [4mb] - Unencrypted Version Posted

[Reives]

[spoiler=Mm]I will say upfront that some people will not like this. And no, it is not in the "horror" genre, "unless you think it is".
Anyway, it is only 4mb, so it doesn't hurt much to give it a try. :smile: Thank you for your time.[/spoiler]

Only 4mb. Why not?

Download link:
http://www.quintessence-tbv.com/The_Mirror_Lied.exe
[ ~4mb, ~15 minutes of game-play. ]

Story:
A birdie flew over the roof yesterday. He said he'll fly over again today.

But he landed on water.
Hi birdy. Are you here? 

Tick, tock, tick, tock.



Characters & Setting:
A faceless girl in a faceless world.



Music:
An entire original soundtrack composed by yours truly.
With a grand total of 1 song.



Interaction:
Nearly every item on any map is interactive.

Length
~15 minutes.



Notes:

• If there are moments where you suddenly go "I think this bugged out, it must've just skipped a bunch of events"; chances are that it didn't.
• You may ask by the end of this, "Did this have a point?" or "What just happened?" or "Why did you waste 20 minutes of my life?"; I have nothing to answer to that.
  
• Pay attention to details.

Enjoy. Don't miss the birdy.

And that's that. Back to Quintessence I go.

[Karo Rushe]

Looks interesting to be a waste of my time  downloading & Trying it out.

[Dertt]

Great atmosphere. I hated watering that fucking plant, though. lol

[Redwyn]

Wow, simply wow Reives!

Seemed mostly like a Silent Hill game, but at the same time it isn't!

Great job, you have inspired me <3333

[Code Geass]

I'm replying to this again becuase simply put, this is a must try game XD

just absolutely wonderful Reives.

[666iky939]

I must try this game!

Downloading .. .

[Zylos]

I haven't had time to go through entirely, but I like what I see! I did find one mapping error though. In the downstairs section of the first stairway, Leah's able to walk on the wall up to the painting. But that's a minor thing that can be easily fixed. Other than that, I loved it! The atmosphere is perfect, and you seem to have a flair with making great title scenes. Great work, Reives!

[DeathLock~]

This game is awesome, the atmosphere was perfect for the game. The intro looked great, seriously I wondered what the plant was for. XD

[Leventhan]

Birdie flew away.

Yes it did.

Great job, Reives!
But still I don't think I 100% finished it. I still dunno what to do with the gun and the plant.

[Dertt]

I still dunno what to do with the gun

Uhm, shoot the lock. It's in one of the screenshots.

Oh, and what the hell did the liquid to be placed under the microscope have to do with anything?
Was it just me, or was something in it catalyzed by the fire?

[modern algebra]

sithlord has chosen Mirror Lied for next month's POTM. Congratulations Reives on yet another fine game and yet another well-deserved POTM nomination.

[Karo Rushe]

Congratulations on Project of the Month Again Reives ^__^

[DeathLock~]

Congrats, for a short game, it is certainly excellent.

[modern algebra]

Yeah, congratulations on another POTM. I think you remember the drill, but if you need me to send generic PM again, I can do that too.

[Reives]

Oh hey, wow, thanks! And thank you Sith. c:

And it'd probably be best if you send that generic PM just in case, modern. All I remember is that I need to pick the next up when the time comes.

I will be posting the unencrypted version of the project here soon. There are still some glitches with this version at the moment, and I still need to get off my lazy bum to fix them. c': My apologies in the mean time.

Cha, thank you, and enjoy~ 

[Reives]

Sorry for the double-post, but since it's somewhat of a "major update", I think it's passable if I remember right. As I promised, this post contains the unencrypted file.

*If you are looking to play it for the first time, do not use the unencrypted file - its graphics are censored with filter-slappers.


Note that this would probably kill the game a little, since things are often less interesting when it's gutted open. Don't expect anything revealing or whatnot - What you see is what you got; there's no conspiracy going on in its design.    

http://www.quintessence-tbv.com/TheMirrorLied_Unenc.exe

[My apologies that I had to censor the tileset with a filter, as I do not have its distribution right. You can easily find the sources that they were compiled from, mainly from Zanyzora's site - a quick google search of "Zanyzora RMXP" should do. c:

Enjoy! And sorry for the messy design; I didn't take much time for organization for such a short project, heheh. Anyhow, hope this can be fun for some; I myself enjoy poking around others' unencrypted projects for the hell of it, heheh.

[Forty]

It's really hard to read the unencrypted version, it has a lot of strange commands

But on the matter of the game... I really loved it, but Im confused about what exactly happened.

[modern algebra]

It's sort of a matter of interpretation... I think. I took it to more or less an allegory about the loss of ambition, or rather the inability for certain ambitions to flourish in the "real world". The quotations are there to reference the popular MTV series that I wish had never existed.