About This Game Now with full Vive VR support!An isolated town.Dozens of ensnared citizens.Each with their own thoughts, each with their own reasons for ending up here.But only one will listen.Find her.Katie, at it's core, is a game about understanding. About talking, dwelling, thinking. Walk around, speak to people, explore the town, uncover secrets (if that's your thing), and listen to Katie. Written during a time of immense personal transition, Katie is a casual yet vulnerable reflection on friendship, dealing with loss, and the pursuit of meaning in the midst of chaos. It's an expression of mind laid bare in a vicarious manner, and a narrative of a life on the verge of sanity.FeaturesA fully realized, living, 3D pixel-art town, cut off from the rest of society and ready for exploration.Dozens of handmade citizens, each with their own look and Idea that they're willing to express. Talk to them, ignore them, or let them be.A vulnerable narrative that unfolds over a week as you interact with the individual that gave this game it's namesake, and seek to understand what drives the heart of the town.Walk around, look around, be around.Secret, post-game content.Fully movable swings (to relive your elementary days)."What are you running from?" 1075eedd30 Title: KatieGenre: IndieDeveloper:Lonely Frontier StudioPublisher:Lonely Frontier StudioRelease Date: 7 May, 2018 Katie Crack Activation Code Katie is a narrative based game created by Lonely Frontier Studio centered around the eponymous \u2018Katie\u2019, a resident of a tiny secluded town gated off from the rest of the world. It\u2019s a \u2018walking simulator\u2019 in the most positive use of the term, using the interactive medium to really drive home the personal feeling that the game has.The gameplay consists of talking to Katie and the other residents to learn more about their stories and the nature of the town itself. While many other games in the genre \u2013 Everybody\u2019s Gone to the Rapture comes to mind \u2013 have you piece together a mystery by investigating inanimate objects, Katie focuses on face-to-face interaction. This, alongside the nature of the game\u2019s subject matter, gives it a very intimate feeling.Katie has it\u2019s issues, too. My first thoughts were that the walking felt a bit too \u2018floaty\u2019, and it\u2019s a little unpolished (There were a few times where I would accidentally talk to someone through a wall, or even through another person). I didn\u2019t experience any major issues though, and I can forgive a lack of polish for a game made by a single person.What it lacks, Katie makes up for in narrative and aesthetic. From the first conversation I was interested in learning Katie\u2019s story, and despite the lo-fi art style, it\u2019s able to create some beautiful scenery. I think it\u2019s worth picking up for any fan of the genre, and I\u2019m looking forward to Lonely Frontier\u2018s next project.Full review: https:\/\/indierave.wordpress.com\/2018\/05\/11\/review-katie-a-friendship-built-on-loss\/. My Review For This Game:Pros:- I enjoyed the pixel style graphics.- The idea behind the game was good.- I was interested in the story.Cons:- There is no menu to change sound options or keybindings or anything.- The "record store" is WAY too loud.- If I pressed ESC, I couldn't find a way to keep playing and had to start over from the beginning.- Used a Swing and when I tried to leave it, it pulled me back into it and started rapidly moving everywhere and when the game faded to black and spawned me on the next day, I spawned like 100ft in the air and had no way of interacting with the game.Overall, I was excited to play a new pixel style game with a story that interested me but due to the glitches in the gameplay, I wasn't able to progress in the story at all. TL;DR - Good premise but too glitchy.. I really enjoyed this game, even though there isn't much 'game', but that's okay for an experience like this. This game is a story driven introspective experience where you accompany the character 'Katie' throughout the week and end up being someone that she trusts with her problems.The story is compelling enough for what it is and the characters are unique and interesting. I ended up really caring a lot for Katie for a multitude of personal reasons and that's always enjoyable to experience in a game.I'm glad that I randomly came across this game in the store and I'd gladly recommend it, despite the lack of polish and occasional bug.. Great Game! Great story! Wish it was a little more longer though. I got really into the story.. "It's time to move onI shall miss it allBut we shall go forthAnd we shall go forth brave."Wanna weep through the credits of a video game? You've come to the right place. An inspiring adventure to take with you on your journey in the real world. 10\/10 have played twice so far and cried both times. I stopped playing Katie after a couple of in-game days. I wasn't impressed or intrigued; it looked like a dodgy 3D game from the early 90's and I couldn't figure out what to do.What I did end up doing, is coming back to it a few days later, mainly to find Katie, who had arranged to meet me by some swings but hadn't. This time she did and it all rolled from there.The maturity of the writing carried me through the rest. This is essentially a monologue about grief and loss framed within conversations with a somewhat lost soul milling around in some kind of limbo. While the audio and visuals might seem overly basic, they do end up serving their purpose quite well, the closing credits song is worth the price of admission alone, in my opinion.All in all a funny little game, but one I think I'll remember for a while.. This game was great. I like the pixely graphics, and teh story is great.It is obvious that the story has some personal story behind it, and that really makes it feel real.. Great Game! Great story! Wish it was a little more longer though. I got really into the story.. Katie is a very simple, short, dialogue based story game. It's not be the most interesting or well written game but I feel that it's a unique storytelling experience unlike any other game I have played. While yeah, most of the game is just looking for Katie and then talking to her, Katie has some AI of her own and sometimes will find you on her own accord which took me by surprise, and the few moments where Katie leads you to a new place really feels like you are participating in an experience. Not your character. These interactions and the first person perspective and the few simple stuff you have to do to move the story along help a lot to put *you* into the game and making it feel like you're sharing a personal moment with Katie. It's pretty nifty.. This is one of those games that feels like it had a strong concept at the beginning and just kind of watered down over time.Pros -- Art is surprisingly well done considering it's fidelity- If you allow yourself to fall into the game and understand the concept, it will be enjoyable.- Music was very good.- Strong concept for a first timer.Cons -- Short, almost to the point of rushed- Very little actual music during the game- Story felt watered down- Obvious amateur effortMy biggest issue with Katie is that the majority of what needed to be said was said in the post-game credits. Katie, the character, is moderately compelling in how she is written but it ends there. This is very clearly a personal story to the writer and after reading the credits I felt like I was an intruder here. Which might be okay for film but when I'm supposed to be the person ushering Katie through that gate and the credits roll, I shouldn't feel like an outsider.Katie does a lot with such a small amount of actual things. There aren't that many assets, there isn't that much music, the art is fairly simple and bare bones. Nobody even has a face in the game. I can say with confidence the developer did this out of necessity to get their message out but it's almost like it was done intentionally for effect. It works really well.I would have liked more music, original or otherwise. I would have liked a slightly longer experience. I wanted there to be more to this game than I got. I'm not upset about that, I want the developer to keep making games because I think once they spend more time practicing their craft they can create something truly astounding.Katie is not that. But for the price and the time it takes, I recommend this game. This game that clocked in at 54 minutes and 15 seconds total.I recommend playing it in a single sitting.
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