May 17, 2008 - 7:44am — Kumiko
(I wasn't sure where exactly to post this. I looked on the forums a bit trying to find the right category for it but in the end, I thought it would be better to just post this topic here since my opinion is based on my experiences with The Endless Forest.)
I want to take a moment to step out of my pelt and drop the role as 'Kumiko', a playful deer, and take a second to give a pat on the back to Auriea and Michaël- as well as the whole Endless Forest community. Why? Because based on the bit I've played the game, I feel that they're achieving their goal of creating "elegant and emotionally rich interactive entertainment" but I feel that they couldn't do it alone. At least not with Endless Forest.
Don't get me wrong, guys, I'm not saying that your other games aren't good or anything like that, but I feel that part of the reason why Endless Forest has such an emotional appeal to it is because of how the community has reacted to it.
When I first started playing Endless Forest over a month ago, I didn't really care too much about other deer. Sure, I didn't want to come off being a jerk, but at the same time, I really wasn't too concerned with trying to make people remember me. Then this community site went public and I was able to read the biographies that people were writing and people's thoughts, I started to care. People were beginning to define themselves as individuals other than has deer #whatever with 'this symbol'. They had names...They had families and relationships...They had personalities that I didn't notice before.
