“My heart was broken and my head just barely inhabitable.”
–Anne Lamott
I love the style of the game. The drawings over irl backgrounds.
Just, Bearly is a collection of playable vignettes that
revolve around feelings of awkwardness. Created by Daniel J Roberts, Just,
Bearly encapsulates the feelings of unease and the challenge of stumbling your
way through social situations. I’m not sure I ever related to something to
closely.
The vignettes give a variety of short interactive parts—sort
of like a Warioware game. You mash, drag, push, and pull your way through a
variety of situations while trying to appear like a normal being. You come
across another character who seems to help put your character at ease a little
bit, which is nice.
I relate so much.
The only issue I had was that sometime when the vignettes
were loading, I ended up with lag that interfered with me performing the
requested tasks. While it was a bit frustrating, it didn’t ruin my overall
experience. Other than the lag on a few select vignettes, the rest of the game
ran smoothly.
I appreciate the almost sketch book quality of the character
art. The backgrounds often seem to be images of real life places, which is
interesting to me. Having the drawn characters on the still images helps to
make a connection to real life (in my eyes anyway).
In any case, I highly recommend giving this game a try,
particularly if you’re a wreck like me and like to play games you can relate
to. It’s free to download from Itch.io *here*. The game is also available for download on Steam *here*. Did you succeed in pretending to
be normal?
Thank you, as always. Until next time!
Bellannmae
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