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The Uncle Who Works for Nintendo
- quotient 12y agoThis was quite immersive. I think a little more content would've gone a long way to produce a more interesting story.
- smasuch 12y agoThere are several endings and side branches. If you've only played it once, try it again. Also, hit up the kitchen right after dinner.
- thedudemabry 12y agoI really enjoyed the game, but (possible minor spoilers) the game crashed in Chrome Canary right when I think I was about to see an ending. On purpose?
- TheHypnotist 12y agoIt moves into full screen. That might do it. Worked on my chrome.
- L8D 12y agoYep if you're on Canary then that should happen. Otherwise it goes to full-screen and you see the ending dialogue.
- tP5n 12y ago"Sorry to interrupt, but this page's code has got itself in a mess (Script error.)." hm :) might want to somehow [tag] this.
- testhater 12y agomaybe they should learn to write better code.
- Igglyboo 12y agoI got the first 3 endings, not sure how to get the last 2.
- aidenn0 12y agoClick on the LOCKED text to get hints. Once you get one of them the other is really easy to figure out.
- scoofy 12y agoNot really, you need to know when to play games to get to play alone and find the smiling man, and THEN guess what answers are right in response to the following conversation.
- aidenn0 12y agoThat's not the only way to get there (in fact I never saw the scene you are referring to). I would guess that any anomaly involving the uncle is sufficient to get into the conversation.
- danielweber 12y agoIt took quite a while to load, I thought the page was broken. Your patience will be rewarded.
- _nickwhite 12y agoDoor opens, kids screaming, "Undefined Error". Hmmmm
- bicknergseng 12y agoTHIS IS MY NIGHTMARE
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- bobcostas55 12y agoSo, uh...how many endings are there?
- aidenn0 12y ago6 that i found
- pettazz 12y agoHow do you get any of the last 3?
- dogecoinbase 12y agoRot13 encoded to avoid spoilers, all six endings: 1: Zrrg gur hapyr ng gur qbbe 2: Jnvg sbe gur hapyr, uvqr va gur onguebbz 3: Pnyy lbhe zbz rneyl rabhtu gb tb ubzr 4: Ernq nobhg Zrj, nfx nobhg hapyr ohg qba'g svtug onpx, nfx nobhg gur fgbez naq yrnea nobhg gur hapyr, gura tb ubzr. Qba'g cvpx hc gur Tnzrobl 5: Fnzr ohg cvpx hc gur Tnzrobl 6: Jnvg sbe gur hapyr, gura tb gb gur xvgpura (guvf bcgvba vf haninvynoyr orsber raqvat 5 vf haybpxrq) If you already got the first three I'd say go for the spoilers, but if not definitely get a couple of them before you spoil it for yourself. Also the author's essays after everything is unlocked are very much worth reading.
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- boyaka 12y agoSo basically this game is creepypasta where you are supposed to get horrified about how violent and uncaring gamers are, have a meaningful conversation with your friend where you just try to understand his problems (video games?) without getting frustrated, then call your mom to save you in order to win. Then it lets you go back to save your friend from video games because you understand. THEN you find out it's all just feminist propaganda to talk about how horrible the gaming industry is. I thought it was pretty interesting in the end but it has not convinced me there is any issue with video games. I grew up on Nintendo since I was 3 years old and would certainly consider myself a gamer. I believe it has had very positive influences on my life, and I also believe that a lot of the power I have supposedly lost is superficial anyways. There are plenty of good influences that can be gained from video games, and it's especially disheartening that the author blames Nintendo, which is not even responsible for the violent/repetitive gaming culture. I honestly don't have much of a say in this recent argument because most of my gaming was done from 1988~2011, and from 2002 and beyond it has been majority MMO and rhythm games (I have continued to play MMOs - FF14! - when I can, but I'm currently taking a break so I can progress in the game of life)...I did play through GTA4 with a friend and would like to play GTA5 when I have free time again. I suppose that people that are choosing to play these mainstream violent games a la Call of Duty and the ones the feminists are talking about may be negatively influenced by them, but I'm more in the camp that the video games let us immerse ourselves into worlds where we can just enjoy and challenge ourselves, and take part in amazing creative stories. They are sort of virtual reality books, and books have the same spectrum of playing with our human and animal mind, appeasing to us however we are instinctively prone to being appeased. They are a good way to relax and stimulate our brains. Meh, like I say, I'm not really part of the demographic that is playing these games that feminists have such a huge problem with anyways.
- Animats 12y agoWeb design FAIL: Sorry to interrupt, but this story's code has got itself in a mess. macros.remember.init@http://correlatedcontents.com/misc/UWWFN/UWWFN.html:73:1507 http://correlatedcontents.com/misc/UWWFN/UWWFN.html:73:1507 main@http://correlatedcontents.com/misc/UWWFN/UWWFN.html:93:1733 http://correlatedcontents.com/misc/UWWFN/UWWFN.html:93:1733 Interface.init@http://correlatedcontents.com/misc/UWWFN/UWWFN.html:100:2464 http://correlatedcontents.com/misc/UWWFN/UWWFN.html:100:2464
- roghummal 12y agoWhy wasn't there a trigger warning for bad code? I doubt I'll be able to function the rest of the day.
- michaelochurch 12y agoThe last ending is reminiscent of Giygas.
- adambard 12y agoDefinitely my impression as well. I was downright expecting a reference to someone's Mr. Baseball cap in there.
- Meekro 12y agoCoolest thing I've seen in a while!
- iamthepieman 12y agoHad to play this in IE11. Wouldn't work on any other browser i have installed. Found a fun existential secret ending though.
- bentcorner 12y agoThat was fun! Spoiler-ish talk below. I'm not entirely sure what to make out of the last ending - I personally got a feeling that this was a demonstration of trying to escape addiction. Stereotypically gamers enjoy games because they are empowered in the gaming world, which could be something that they lack in the physical world. Understanding that addiction and getting to the root of a friend's problems can help them break that. I don't think that's exactly what the author intended, but that's what I got out of it. shrug
- TheHypnotist 12y agoThis is more or less what I got out of it. Perhaps moreso is the effect that portable devices (phones, gameboys, whatever new gameboys are called) have on people. You have the addiction but there isn't a place you can safely escape to. For instance, the bathroom ;)
- joshschreuder 12y agoMore philosophically, and judging by the author's notes, they mention that video games "would keep [us] playing with them until it killed us". I think the interesting thought here is that a video game character's world and life only exists as long as someone is playing the game. As soon as the off button is pressed, they cease to exist, so it makes sense for them to need the player to continue indefinitely to prolong their own existence. Very thought-provoking piece of fiction.
- hitgeek 12y agowas the "bad expression" and "Undefined Error" part of the story?
- klodolph 12y agoYes, keep playing.
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- mikeleeorg 12y agoIf you liked this game, check out the links listed as inspiration for the author: http://correlatedcontents.com/?p=1868 http://correlatedcontents.com/?p=1868 There are several other similar games there.
- ForHackernews 12y agoInteresting. I got a lot of things that said "BAD EXPRESSION" and looked glitchy. I'm not sure if that was intentional, or if my browser was incompatible.
- klodolph 12y agoIt was intentional.
- sitesy 12y agoWilly Beamish?
- inzax 12y agoAs shown on https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hacker-News/1558365107716690 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hacker-News/1558365107716690
- Meekro 12y agoThere's a fairly hard-to-find scene where you go to the bathroom and it's all different. Does anyone know how to get back there reliably? We should make a list of the interesting bits people might not have found, even after getting all 6 endings!
- dogecoinbase 12y agoSpoilers follow. I think you get there by going back after successfully conversing about the storm and learning about the uncle. EDIT: Nope, just tried it and it's not that simple, at least. My favorite is if you go straight back into the kitchen. Your friend's parents (or, their false avatars) are frozen in time.
- scoofy 12y agoI got there too, sadly, i found the same fate.
- rthomas6 12y agoIf the uncle arrives and you hide in the bathroom, it was different for me.
- roryokane 12y agoI got that scene after visiting the bathroom when it’s normal, then going to the kitchen and having a drink. When I returned to the den, my character needed to go to the bathroom, and I when I went again, the bathroom was different. This was around 10 PM I think, though that might not matter.
- gbachik 12y agoIs there a sixth ending? I unlocked all 5 and I can click the ˄ſ̳Ɏ on the bottom... Is that a hint at a 6th ending or are there only 5?
- sebular 12y agoDo everything you did for the last ending, except wait until it's too late for your mom to pick you up. When uncle shows up, run to the kitchen even though you're not allowed to go there.
- personjerry 12y agoI got all the endings and I still don't really get it... SPOILER So she had a gaming addiction and we had to help her out?
- carlisle_ 12y agoI don't normally like horror games but that was great!
- gyom 12y agoPlayed one time. I liked the experience so far, but I got the "undefined error" ending and that was a complete disappointment. I don't care about alternative endings if the first playthrough wasn't worth it. Give me one good ending, one good playthrough, and then I'll consider playing again to get to the alternative branches ...
- foxhop 12y agoYou found an intentional glitch, the alternative endings are not alternative but rather continuations, keep playing.
- waterlesscloud 12y agoI think his point is that the first ending isn't that interesting, so he didn't continue. I was pretty much the same way.
- eru 12y agoOnly, the first ending isn't and `ending' but more like the first chapter.
- gyom 12y agoIt would have been good for the game to tell me that. I played another time and got a slightly different ending. It doesn't make much more sense. The game is great the first time around, but it's absolutely boring the second time around. I'm just skipping through the text because it's stuff that I've read the first time around.
- donnfelker 12y agoTook too long to load. Left.
- kirab 12y agoBtw: The discussion with your friend (about games) is different (i.e. much more interesting) if your friend is female!
- Paul_S 12y agoI don't think these errors are part of the game: Error executing macro stopsound: [Exception... "An attempt was made to use an object that is not, or is no longer, usable" code: "11" nsresult: "0x8053000b (InvalidStateError)" location: "<unknown>"]Error executing macro stopsound: [Exception... "An attempt was made to use an object that is not, or is no longer, usable" code: "11" nsresult: "0x8053000b (InvalidStateError)" location: "<unknown>"]
- feld 12y agoI loved the audio. I started air playing to my stereo for more immersion. It was well done! I also enjoyed how the site went fullscreen as soon as things started to happen. Well done!
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- clorex 12y agoAt the beginning during the dinner, you have the option to make an observation about the drink your friend's father is having. It says beer at first, but if you click it, you will realise its actually lemonade. But what impact does this have on the story? I presume it does have an effect, because after reaching an ending, whenever you restart at the 7pm checkpoint, the game first asks if you thought the father was really drinking lemonade or beer. But I didn't notice any difference in the process of getting all 6 endings.