Why are we talking about the Russo-Ukrainian war? - Overflow! Cohabitation! (WillPending 04/15/2022)
0In today's record of Overflow I almost can't believe what I'm seeing. Cohabitation was an interesting ride... I find it in poor taste to include such sensitive current events in a game like this AS THEY'RE STILL CURRENTLY UNFOLDING, especially when you're forging your own narrative and intertwining it with said current events, and extra especially when the game seems to tonally disagree with their alternate reality's world assisting Ukraine against the disgusting unlawful invasion by the hands of Russia. I didn't stress it enough when I was playing live, because truth be told, when the game mentioned Byron sending over troops to assist I honestly wasn't sure if that was fabricated or not. I had a hunch that it was since I hadn't heard as such, but I am fairly slow on the intake of this kind of thing, so I took it at face value to not come across as too ignorant haha. It is really REALLY questionable writing in an alternate history to a live ongoing war. Attack on Titan fans are something else man...
Overflow is a regular segment I run on my stream where I play a large sampling of various indie games all at once! I try to remain respectful, but my first priority is making sure I'm being entertaining which can sometimes potentially come across as demeaning towards the games I'm playing. To make it clear - Games are hard to make. I have also publicly released multiple games of my own. I never want to discourage or demoralize upcoming developers in any way. I enjoy playing rough, unpolished, amateurish games! If I'm ever giving real negative criticism of something, it's because I enjoy it enough or see enough potential in it to want the developer to flourish in the future. Everything else is played for laughs, so try not to take anything too personally!
200 light years away, the planet Alkia drifts in space. It is home to not one, but two sentient species - the peaceful, technological Alkians, and the terrifying Holl, who live off hunting the former as prey.
Tasked with reclaiming a radio tower to help find a planet capable of harboring life, will you help your species make their escape? Or is there a somehow a way to cohabitate?
You can find the game here!
https://algebrafalcon.itch.io/cohabitation
This video was streamed live on my Twitch channel. I play a variety of mostly indie games, but in general don't like sitting in the same spot for too long, so things get mixed up pretty frequently. I try to put a focus on the conversation and banter of the stream, so hopefully that's something you find entertaining regardless of what I'm using as a backdrop!
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https://www.twitch.tv/willpending