Synopsis
Zach and Irene decided to play a little game tonight. Will they break the rules?
Warnings: this game includes mentions of alcohol, self-deprecation, sexual elements (not super NSFW but it has a make-out scene)
About...
(not so) strangers in the night is a short slice-of-life interactive game made for the ShuffleComp, SeedComp! and the Zach Jam. The premise was based on the assigned song Lola + Joseph by July Talk, uses a POV shift at each passage, and has a character named Zach, to satisfy each jam's constraint.
While the ShuffleComp assigned half-a-dozen songs to each participants, I knew Lola + Joseph was going to be central to my entry. From the first listen, I could see the different scenes clearly in my head. Then it was just a matter of writing everything.
What I liked most about this project was working with this POV shift to tell the story. The flipping back and forth between POV after each passage allowed me to convey more about the characters than I would have otherwise - without feeling like an info dump.
Awards
ShuffleComp
- Use of Song: 1st place
- Game Goodness: 9th place
Finally Finish Something
- Visual: 4th place
- Atmosphere: 11th place
- Idea: 17th place
Reviews
The ending cracked me up. It felt like a realistic portrayal of a couple in this type of situation, with the not-so-romantic interruptions.
- officecyborg
The story is great, the alternation of points of view is fluid, in short I love it.
- BenyDanette
Very cool and fun way to interpret the song! I love the characterization of "Lola" and "Joseph" and the way their personas contrast with their real personalities. The POV switching works well in this story, and the font changes make it easy to read without getting confused.
- Dry Cappuccino