Moving On
A downloadable game for Windows
Let child-like wonder guide you as you explore the empty rooms of your new home.
Get up to childish antics and find your own fun or reflect in stillness on this big new move.
Controls:
(Using Xbox Controller)
Joystick - Move
LB/LT - Clap/Grab
RB/RT - Run
Y Button - Jump
X Button - Crawl/Slide
Credits:
Duncan Corrigan (Design/Art/Programming)
Kaveh Tabar (Music)
Georgia Symons (Voice Over)
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Genuine, lovely, and with a very strong sense of place.
I played this at a moment where it hit deeply, and left me with a sense and re-connection with some cherished childhood feelings.
Thank you for putting this out to the world <3
I just got to explore the first room because I couldn't figure out how to jump on PC keyboard hehe. But I listened to the voicelines, and the whole game was really compelling to me :)
Perfect little video game. Really captures the simple wonder and excitment of a space about to be lived in. And what will be.
It was an empty room, but I felt like a child exploring various places with excitement, and I could play innocently!
I even played with my hands after clapping, imitating the scene in My Neighbor Totoro where he catches the dust bunny... meow!
Thanks for playing and sharing!! That scene in My Neighbour Totoro was a big point of inspiration for the tone of the character!
the way this game captures the very specific feelings about moving and being in an empty house and also being a little kid being left alone for maybe 10 minutes with the knowledge that your parents are coming back soon is so well done lol, i found myself playing it twice and doing very different things each time (although it may have to do with me discovering the concept of running and how to do a knee-slide the second time around). such a grounding and relaxing experience. you made a good game duncan!
I don't know what it is about this. I mean you do so very little, except jump on the mattress, wear a pot on your head, hide in the cupboard.
Yet I never felt such a weird sense of wonder about it. Maybe it's the avatar grinning as she does these pointless things. Maybe it's the fact that the game has very little objective and let's you make your own fun. But the sense of peace I got with this was astounding.
Good job, seriously
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your feelings. Your reaction is exactly the kind of thing I had hoped to achieve with my small game so I am thrilled to hear it resonated with you. My ultimate intention is to have people realise their capcity to create meaning/joy/fun/play so I hope you see that you found that peace yourself.
Thanks for playing and sharing!