Thread by @zephyrraine

hey twitter, today i received a package which traveled 19064km; get on board for a thread about one of the greatest videoludic work of the year, if not the decade

excuse my french and my mspaint skills

a year ago or smth we met @OldLoths, it basically went like that:

"- thank you for liking our 🐬, we love your 🐬, would you do 🐬with us?
- yeah sure why not"

and then we made our most successful game so far thanks to him, with an airport lmao

@OldLoths if there's something i like more than ranting about Unity with Marc, it's Marc's ideas and gamedev takes:

a few months ago he pitched a crazy project call This, too, shall pass

you might have seen this account, @afleetingworld posting crazy looking screenshots:

@OldLoths @afleetingworld the game he released a few weeks ago is This , Too, Has Passed. not only most of the money made goes towarsd planting trees, but the game price is set to the previous month's global temperature

this alone is fucking awesome, but it does not end here

https://twitter.com/OldLoths/status/1167926495437713408

@OldLoths @afleetingworld there are 5 USB keys with """the real game""", (the one featured on @afleetingworld), 4 of which are currently travelling the world, the last one you can get if you're the best tree planter

you know exactly where this is going and i'm so fucking excited

https://twitter.com/OldLoths/status/1167927970436042753

@OldLoths @afleetingworld uwu what's this? months of work, endless headbashing, infinite amount of tears and blood.

our weak gamedev asses would have kickstarted this shit, marketed this shit, steam wishlist newsletter come to my discord buy my 25$ game help me; because the screens alone are bankable AF

@OldLoths @afleetingworld but no, this game's fate has been handled to the post services of this world; and i'm beyond humbled to have received a copy

i won't copy the book's inside but basically it says: "we all gonna die, enjoy this before we do, and spread the love once you're done"

@OldLoths @afleetingworld let's plug this in shall we???

i'm gonna plug the most valuable piece of hardware ever in the most cursed and disgusting piece of hardware ever, how fun

also, of course, never plug USB keys you receive through the mail in your computer lol

@OldLoths @afleetingworld nothing unusual here, just your everyday Unity build;

(hate to break it to my non-Windows friends but there's only a PC version in here)

@OldLoths @afleetingworld ofc, the README.txt is both very informative and cryptic as fuck

you know what's funny? i thought i had sneak peeks and spoilers and insights during the whole dev time, but I STILL HAVE NO IDEA what this game is about

"It's a slow game without saving" <= is my jam tho

@OldLoths @afleetingworld ok let's start the game and check that I at least don't need to move out before playing this lol

had to copy it to my desktop for it to start but i swear i'll delete it lool

@OldLoths @afleetingworld it's working great, it's beautiful, very slow; there's a lot of orbs and when I touched one some grass started growing around...

absolutely love it. sound was delicious too. this is my official review lol i'm a games journalist now

@OldLoths @afleetingworld OK so... I'm gonna stream and record my playthrough in one go, then i'll send the package and the game to someone, as requested by the gods.

Stream will probably happen later this week once i figured how Twitch works. Will update this thread with notes and thoughts as well...

@OldLoths @afleetingworld In the meantime, you can:

- follow @OldLoths
- buy This, Too, Has Passed : loths.itch.io/this-too-has-p…
- bid for the 5th key and help plant trees here : grow.treesthatcount.co.nz/registry/thist…

https://twitter.com/OldLoths/status/1171904897689608192