I Earned My Life
A downloadable project
A marker on a grave, marker on a grave
Marker on a grave and I know I'm the one who died
And underneath the name, underneath the name
Underneath my name it says, "He Earned His Life"
A solo pen and paper game for #Neilvember.
You are a mortician, preparing a body for burial. Of course, not everyone gets a burial. Only those who Earned Their Life.
It’s your job to decide if they did.
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This short game explores capitalism, death, money and value.
Prepare a body and reflect on their life - who were they? How were they perceived? What did they do with their life? Did they spend their time well? Did they earn their life?
This game is a submission for #NeilvemberJam 2019 and is inspired by I Earned My Life by Lemon Demon from the album Spirit Phone.
I wish my life was on a graph
So I knew how much left I have to earn tonight
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This is a one page I added to to The Hermit Club collection (singleplayer analog games)
This game requires writing materials. In shot: draw the body, describe them, and see if they have earned their life (and so their burial)
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GAME REPORT:
Say hello to Waltero:
I draw their head and then I just kept going without thinking (I continued to draw and I added strokes), and I couldn't really write about them.
I guess their value is 430$. Enough to pay people to plant trees instead of paying for a burial
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Your game reminds me of this crappy but "funny" website where you could see how much you were worth, and it was better to be a white man etc. than a black woman for example... Creepy. I don't remember the name of this website
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Last but not least:
Under what license do you release your game? Currently I don't have time but I want to translate it into French in the future
Had the inspiration to draw the silhouette of the french artist Boris Vian (from 1940s-50s)
and I understand it's impossible to get 2000 $ in your game. You got me!