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game artist for LOVE ETERNAL by @brlka.com https://store.steampowered.com/app/3010610/LOVE_ETERNAL/

Thinking about Taika Waititi and how Obama 2 and Trump 1 created this legion of vaguely political celebrities frozen at the moment of their cultural relevancy. Like old hippies, but each unique, each assignable to, like, a specific month on Twitter.

as much as Spielberg is synonymous with like, Normal Movies, he doesn’t really mess around with character arcs, acts, etc. His films are more like long strings of schmaltzy, expertly choreographed spectacles which abruptly end. They have a weird energy to them!

LOVE ETERNAL was selected for the BFI London International Filmfest— it’s available to play during the fest from this beautiful chair, which also faces the wall of a massive weird underground basin hung with dripping ivy. a real honor!!

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I interviewed @brlka.com about bringing psychological horror to a punishing platformer w/ Love Eternal, in addition to being uncompromising in art, how difficulty factors into their games, difficulty discourse, and more! Full interview on YT, but here's a nice excerpt: exalclaw.com/love-eternal...

How Love Eternal Dev Toby Alden Approaches The Infinite Spectrum Of Difficulty

"I'm going to make the game I want to make in an uncompromised form because it's what I'm into, which did end up alienating a lot of players. But I also would say, I think that for anyone trying to g...

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It's a low probability that you, the person reading this, are one of the 23 people on Bsky who played LOVE ETERNAL. If you watch this trailer and haven't played it, don't read the thread; please just go play the game now. You'll hardly find a work so profound for $8 and 3 to 5 hours of your weekend.

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Another long process thread about making this animated launch trailer for LOVE ETERNAL.. vimeo.com/user72249609...

if youve known me for any length of time you have heard me bemoan the death of flash and with it the flash game ethos. i’m currently playing love eternal and this game is exactly the sort of thing i was talking about. long live the action puzzle platformer

I picked up Love Eternal and completed it in about 4 hours. It's a cool 2d platformer/horror, with some with gorgeous art and haunting music. The story is abstract and subversive, the gameplay is extremely difficult, but I really enjoyed it overall.

Screenshot from Love Eternal, showing a maze of spikes and jumps Screenshot from Love Eternal showing a red statue as a character says "weep you will, hearing of her troubles!"Screenshot from Love Eternal, Mom says "Looks like it's just you and me for dinner tonight, Maya"Screenshot from Love Eternal, showing a maze of lasers and red statues and spikes