I played it together with my friend and we expected a fun little game to pass some time but we found a great and memorable experience - a true gem! Thank you for making this game. :)
(btw. is there a reference to "Dust an elysian tail"?)
legit the greatest game I've played all year, i found out the story, and was sad when he was, and was happy when he was. I can't believe it's only been 20 minutes since I started it! Great game, please continue to make more games!
This was a great game, and the secret was pretty cool too. I love puzzles, and this one was just the right difficulty to crack without having to set aside too much time while also being incredibly satisfying.
This might be a bit late, but on the Itch.io desktop application, you download the Windows version and run the game on Linux. After downloading the Windows version, run the game and select "DUST.exe".
It will either:
Run after a couple seconds.
Stay stuck at launching.
If it's stuck at launching, force close it by clicking on the game and clicking "Force Close" and try again. It will usually work the second time around for some reason.
Nice little game, but it got a bit repetitive once i was just looking for a few letters, then just the gravestone. And i didn't see any hints to the number 2, so if somebody's not heard the phrase "ashes to ashes" before, they might not get it.
If i were to recommend how to fix those few problems, you could:
1: weight the randomness so that it tries to show them all the same number of times (like how most music apps don't give you the same song until all the others play, maybe something like that, excluding the gravestone scene) 2: Add a scene that gives you the number 2 (unless there already is one and i got really unlucky) 3: Once you see both the password hint and the gravestone, add a small gravestone button in a corner that takes you to the gravestone scene 4: Not really solving a previously stated problem, but having the option to view all the scenes in order once you enter the password could be nice
the hint for the 6th character is in the frame where Dust is thinking and there's a bunch of images flashing by. You can see a 6 above most of a 2.
At first I thought it was a question mark (? and 2 can look very similar when the bottom is cut off), but I realized what it was when I found most of the other letters.
A short yet really interesting experience. It was nice trying to rebuild what he went through his life and I admit that that final message and "parting gift" warmed my heart a little. Plus the pixel animations were really cool, even how you managed to create a 3D feeling of the virtual world in contrast with the "flatter" reality.
Also I feel like some photos spoke to me personally (for better or for worse) and even if I can't tell I had similar experiences to Dust, I could feel his emotions through the visual storytelling and understand his story.
This little shit convinced himself crypto-art was harmless and then pretended the world wasn't literally on fire within his lifetime because of his actions. If his soul can rest easy then the rest of us don't need to worry about going to hell because that's pretty scummy.
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What about a native Linux build?
The game is kinda cool and nice its pretty interesting too.
Honestly just a nice game. Glad I found it and was able to play it.
This was adorable! I loved it!
cool
so cute
cool
...
Beautiful!
such a cool game i wish i could play it for the first time again
i love this game :)
I played it together with my friend and we expected a fun little game to pass some time but we found a great and memorable experience - a true gem! Thank you for making this game. :)
(btw. is there a reference to "Dust an elysian tail"?)
Awesome
ashes to ashes dust to dust... This game is super inspirational, its not often u see something so creative
Great game with great character :D
legit the greatest game I've played all year, i found out the story, and was sad when he was, and was happy when he was. I can't believe it's only been 20 minutes since I started it! Great game, please continue to make more games!
god what an experience. amazing game. i love your work man, keep it up!
Such a cool little indie game, I liked the secrets and the ending.
this was a nice experience. for a second I thought I would be jump scared, but no, just a sweet ending. also, love your animations on youtube
lol i was breaking my brain trying to find the secret and when i found the answer it clicked in my brain what it was a code i remenbered
This was a great game, and the secret was pretty cool too. I love puzzles, and this one was just the right difficulty to crack without having to set aside too much time while also being incredibly satisfying.
I Love this game its so fun! I like everthing in this game!
Dust is like: Seems Joke but is anegdote
Really like it <3
If you want to listen it in spanish, i translate it in my channel / Si quieren escucharlo en español, lo traduje en mi canal.
Saludos a los que hablen español xd
thank you for the amazing game
Q. will the picture dust gives us in the thank you area be available later
Amazing game. I really liked the soundtrack at the end, can i find it anywhere :)
best game ever!! UwU
Any plans for a mobile or Linux edition?
This might be a bit late, but on the Itch.io desktop application, you download the Windows version and run the game on Linux. After downloading the Windows version, run the game and select "DUST.exe".
It will either:
If it's stuck at launching, force close it by clicking on the game and clicking "Force Close" and try again. It will usually work the second time around for some reason.
Hope this helps.
Fuck this game, it made me cry.
I wish I could play, but using a school mac air prevents playing downloaded games, but I think it's amazing either way!
wonderful little thing
I thought the end was gonna be creepy but I was pleasantly surprised! super nice experience :)
It was a pleasant experience :)
Nice little game, but it got a bit repetitive once i was just looking for a few letters, then just the gravestone. And i didn't see any hints to the number 2, so if somebody's not heard the phrase "ashes to ashes" before, they might not get it.
If i were to recommend how to fix those few problems, you could:
1: weight the randomness so that it tries to show them all the same number of times (like how most music apps don't give you the same song until all the others play, maybe something like that, excluding the gravestone scene)
2: Add a scene that gives you the number 2 (unless there already is one and i got really unlucky)
3: Once you see both the password hint and the gravestone, add a small gravestone button in a corner that takes you to the gravestone scene
4: Not really solving a previously stated problem, but having the option to view all the scenes in order once you enter the password could be nice
Overall, good little game, solid 7.5/10
the hint for the 6th character is in the frame where Dust is thinking and there's a bunch of images flashing by. You can see a 6 above most of a 2.
At first I thought it was a question mark (? and 2 can look very similar when the bottom is cut off), but I realized what it was when I found most of the other letters.
A short yet really interesting experience. It was nice trying to rebuild what he went through his life and I admit that that final message and "parting gift" warmed my heart a little. Plus the pixel animations were really cool, even how you managed to create a 3D feeling of the virtual world in contrast with the "flatter" reality.
Also I feel like some photos spoke to me personally (for better or for worse) and even if I can't tell I had similar experiences to Dust, I could feel his emotions through the visual storytelling and understand his story.
So pretty good job on this little piece of art!
Hi! I'm writing a summary on this game, do you mind if I can post it here? :) I will label it with spoilers of course.
Go ahead!
Thank you <3
For those who are interested I put it down here \/\/\/
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KV6zZz3mrV-8VI669cfjFN0Mm7yieX1cFk3vbZhbu8k/...
omg you're here i love your games
This little shit convinced himself crypto-art was harmless and then pretended the world wasn't literally on fire within his lifetime because of his actions. If his soul can rest easy then the rest of us don't need to worry about going to hell because that's pretty scummy.