‘Pleonexia’ Tries to Keep a Disturbed Town Fed

Pleonexia sees you reeling in fish to be certain that everybody on the town will get one each day. However, consuming these fish is having some discomforting results.

CONTENT WARNING: Self-harm, violence, dependancy.

The folks of this city simply can’t get sufficient of the fish you’re catching. They’re downright addictive. This has made them pretty insistent that they every get a fish each day. They’re fairly alarming in that insistence, with the sport’s 1-bit visible model making every individual really feel inhuman and intense. Every interplay, regardless of how cordial, feels loaded with this unstated promise of hazard. Their smiles really feel extra like sneers. It’s like they’re all gritting their tooth to maintain from leaping over-the-counter and biting your throat. So, what I’m saying is you’re going to need to catch sufficient fish for these folks.

You’re a good fisherman, however catching one thing isn’t a given if you put your hook within the water. You’ll want to search for darkish spots after which strive to pull one thing up from them. Sometimes you get a fish, generally you pull up rubbish or completely nothing. All the whereas the in-game clock ticks away. As time passes, prospects will present up at your hut and occasions will happen. You want to attend to your prospects (hopefully by giving them a fish), however you’ll rapidly discover it laborious to sustain with the demand. You can flip folks away at occasions, however how lengthy do you suppose these of us will tolerate your lack of ability to feed their wants? How lengthy can they maintain from performing on that violence that lies behind their each smile.

Pleonexia exudes menace in its each interplay, and each second that ticks away with out touchdown a fish is an agonizing form of terror. Which one in all these folks will lastly snap and are available for you? And in the event that they don’t, what alarming issues will you discover about these addictive fish and the rationale you’re trapped right here?

Pleonexia is obtainable now (for no matter you want to pay for it) on itch.io.

Joel Couture

Joel has been masking indie video games for numerous websites together with IndieGames.com, Siliconera, Gamasutra, Warp Door, CG Magazine, and extra over the previous seven years, and has written book-length research on Undertale and P.T.. Joel is consistently looking out for digital experiences that push the boundaries of what video games could be, and seeks to delve into the artistic course of, meanings, and emotion labor that goes into the work of artists worldwide.