‘Pleonexia’ Tries to Preserve a Disturbed City Fed

Pleonexia sees you reeling in fish to make sure that everybody on the town will get one on daily basis. Nonetheless, consuming these fish is having some discomforting results.

CONTENT WARNING: Self-harm, violence, habit.

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 on daily basis. They’re fairly alarming in that insistence, with the sport’s 1-bit visible model making every particular person really feel inhuman and intense. Each 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 enamel 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 superb fisherman, however catching one thing isn’t a given whenever you put your hook within the water. You’ll have to search for darkish spots after which attempt to pull one thing up from them. Generally you get a fish, typically you pull up rubbish or completely nothing. All of the whereas the in-game clock ticks away. As time passes, clients will present up at your hut and occasions will happen. You want to attend to your clients (hopefully by giving them a fish), however you’ll shortly discover it arduous to maintain up with the demand. You may flip folks away at instances, however how lengthy do you assume these people will tolerate your incapacity to feed their wants? How lengthy can they preserve from appearing 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 type 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 out there now (for no matter you want to pay for it) on itch.io.

Joel Couture

Joel has been overlaying indie video games for varied websites together with IndieGames.com, Siliconera, Gamasutra, Warp Door, CG Journal, 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 will be, and seeks to delve into the artistic course of, meanings, and emotion labor that goes into the work of artists worldwide.