About This Game “I know what you’re thinking: Why keep getting up, day in and day out, even though your life is going nowhere?”Notorious: Widely considered to be one of the bleakest and best-written experiences in indie gaming, Actual Sunlight challenges you to confront the life of Evan Winter: An overweight, lonely and severely depressed young professional.Fear the words, not the reading: Presented almost entirely in text, a mixture of sharp observation and pitch black humor captures your interest from provocative beginning to shattering conclusion.Prepare yourself: Actual Sunlight is a uniquely unforgettable adventure that will etch itself into you as one of the most difficult, haunting and beautiful experiences you have ever had as a gamer.Key FeaturesAn intense, heartbreaking story with themes of video game addiction, unsatisfying work and miserable solitude.Beautiful, original pixel and CG artwork invokes the streets, offices and sanctuaries of Toronto, Canada.Dark and moody original music sets a proper tone for the brutal indifference of real life.Important NoticeDue to explicit language, Actual Sunlight is not appropriate for players under the age of 18.It also deals with extremely mature themes, including depression and thoughts of suicide. Similar to other forms of art that tackle these issues, Actual Sunlight can be an extremely powerful emotional experience – before downloading it, please first consider what your reaction to a book, film or piece of music in a similar vein might be.For immediate updates on the game, please follow Will O'Neill on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/willoneill 7aa9394dea Title: Actual SunlightGenre: Adventure, IndieDeveloper:WZOGIPublisher:WZOGIRelease Date: 3 Apr, 2014 Free Download Actual Sunlight .zip Portrait of a broken man. Expressive insight into the psyche of a depressed corporate worker that is relatable ,yet carries enough character to allow your own interpretation of this poor man's fall into demise. Would recommend, 7\/10.. This game messed me up. On many occasions throughout the 1-2 playthrough I felt deeply connected to the experience of the creator. God, this game messed me up bad. It tore though to my soul and ripped it out. The writing alone is worth the price of admission, Despite never knowing the writer personally, I felt very close to his experience. The writing at first is sardonic, darkly humorous, cynical and somewhat light-hearted. As it progresses, you see the dark humor for what it really is--a fake and thin veneer to salvage some level of self respect, before it gets torn away to expose the deep-seeded depression and self-hatred.This will only appeal to specific people who care about writing more than production values or deep gameplay mechanics. It's clearly using the vehicle of simple-input SNES era JRPGS to tell a deeply personal story. This hits home for me for quite a few reasons, but it is completely understandable why this would not be for everyone. Then again, unlike games like Dear-Esther, this has a beginning, middle, and end, it isn't bogged down by avant garde "ambiguity." The creator of this game was hurting like a son of a b itch, and I commend him for finding a way to touch others through this medium. 5$ for a well-written tragedy was more than reasonable for the way it made me feel. recommended. I'm not sure whether I liked this game because of how painfully real it is and how it just bashes you in the gut over and over again. In fact, I'd caution folks sensitive about suicide and depression against playing it because it will trigger you.
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