Everything is Going to be OK has obtained its remaining replace and it completes the story of certainly one of 2017’s finest video games. If you’ve by no means performed Nathalie Lawhead’s interactive zine, now’s the very best time to leap in. The recreation is out there at a pay what you need pricepoint, so you would be able to play by the point you’re carried out studying this sentence.

Everything is Going to be OK’s remaining replace is in contrast to something I’ve seen in gaming earlier than. This replace takes Nathalie Lawhead’s interactive zine and peels again the curtain. Instead of exploring the developer’s ideas and experiences by means of vignettes and metaphor, the brand new “lost pages” peel again the curtain and primarily options direct essays and musings with none of the pretense of constructing a capital-G Game.

Nathalie Lawhead has spoken pretty brazenly in regards to the occasions that impressed her work– on her implausible devlog, in interviews (like this one), and on her Twitter— and with out spoiling an excessive amount of, the “lost pages” take the themes from the core recreation, pulls their masks off, and stares you straight within the face. Is suicide a shameful act? What behaviors do the victims of sexual violence owe the world? Lawhead could not have all of the solutions to those questions, however within the “lost pages” she’s forcing us to return to grips with the truth that these questions exist and are necessary.

Playing by means of this final chunk of the sport has made me take into account its place within the general video games neighborhood. Yes it’s one of the sincere and private video games I’ve come throughout, and certain it pushes the boundaries of what video games will be, however on a meta-level I’m additionally all in favour of seeing extra builders drop the pretext from their video games after they’ve launched. As a neighborhood we’re horrible at appreciating nuance and many of the most notable and best-selling video games’ messages quantity to “they’re bad, I’m good, and guns are rad as hell.” But with Everything goes to be OK it felt like this express epilogue was extra of a dialog between the participant and the creator, as if Lawhead was saying “here, I’ve brought you to where I am with these questions now let’s consider them as equals.” It’s quiet, mature, and considerate in a means that we see sometimes in video games or another medium.

I don’t know if I may give any increased reward than this. If you have got any curiosity in private video games, or artwork the place you possibly can see the creator Everything is Going to be OK is nearly the very best you’ll get.