THE LONGING - Released

The idle-game adventure THE LONGING has been released:

THE LONGING

Unusual mix of an adventure and an idle-game.
Play as a lonely Shade, the last servant of a king who once ruled an underground kingdom. The king's powers have faded and he falls asleep for 400 days to regain his might. It is your duty to stay in the earthen palace until he awakens.

As soon as you start, the game inevitably counts down the 400 days - even when you stop playing and exit the game.

It is now up to you to decide what to do with your solitary existence beneath the soil. Don't stress yourself, you have plenty of time.

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Choose your playing style
Start the game and simply come back after 400 days to see how it ends. You actually don't have to play the game at all. But the Shade will be even more lonely without you.

Or explore the caves and collect items for your comfortable underground living room. Just send the Shade to take a stroll - the walking speed is slow, but luckily there is no need to hurry.

Read tons of classic literature from Nietzsche to Moby Dick right in the game - or at least have the shade read them. After all, time goes by faster if you learn to keep your mind occupied. (The little Shade in the game finds ONLY English books for now.)

Ignore the king's commands and advance to the outer regions the cave. It will be a long and dangerous journey into darkness…

Features

• Slow exploration of a vast, hand-drawn cave.
• Atmospheric Dungeon Synth soundtrack.
• Various endings.
• Lots of well hidden secrets.
• Time-based puzzles.
• A lonely but cute protagonist.
• NOTE: The game time keeps counting down even if you quit the game or shut down your computer.

More information.

This game seems ideal for twitch streamers.

Start the game and simply come back after 400 days to see how it ends. You actually don't have to play the game at all. But the Shade will be even more lonely without you.

Wow, that's the kind of emotional blackmail that I need in my games!

The concept isn't that new. There once was (about 10 years ago or even longer) an island simulation game which would also run even when the PC was turne off, so to say. That function could be stopped via a menu entry, however.

But anyway : This is one of the weirdest game concepts i have ever seen. It's to me even more strange than Death Stranding.

Originally Posted by mat9813004
This game seems ideal for twitch streamers.

Pretty unsure.

Nevertheless, streamers are in a position to determine what happens when this product is played 10 hours per day for 400 days.

Content wise, quite a lot of deviation between players who spend 400 hours over a simple run and players who spend 4000 hours.

I just stared at the amazing character art design of the protagonist or whatever in this game. As a result of the energy radiating from this image, I took a hard look at my life today and had to admit bitterly, that achievement-wise and visually I totally look like this! A Gollumancer Darkling Gnome of the Deep or something. Jesus.. Who came up with this design?