EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OK
"Everything is going to be OK" is a desktop labyrinth of vignettes, poetry, strange fever dream games, and broken digital spaces. It is a collection of life experiences that are largely a commentary on struggle, survival, and coping with the aftermath of surviving bad things.
On the surface it comes off as dark comedy, and humor is a prevalent theme, but as you interact the themes start to unravel and facilitate, what I hope to be, a deeper discussion about these topics.
I call it an interactive zine because it's broken, painful, beautifully terrible, and profound on a very personal level. Nothing about this is fiction, although the themes are abstract enough so that anyone can approach it and find it relatable.
It is a very personal "game", and I view it as something other than a game. Through-ought development I had been struggling with the "game" label, and toxicity that calling something like this "game" brings in, which I documented extensively here (or on my blog). There is also a good interview here about these issues... As a result, I feel like calling work like this a game might do it more harm than good.
"Everything is going to be OK" is something to experience without game expectations. Its spaces, pages, and environments, are built to be explored.
It most certainly doesn't exist for the sole purpose of entertainment, and if you are looking for something small, lighthearted and fun, this might not be it. It is a very different type of experience.
You can read the full Artist's Statement here.
"Everything is going to be OK" has appeared in a number of festivals, and publications... such as Indiegames.com, PC Gamer, Wired, Mashable... and winning IndieCade's Interaction Award, and AMAZE's Digital Moments... For more or less current information on that stuff visit the website here.
(Special thanks to Mixtvision for all their help)
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Development log
- Missing Pages added to "Everything is going to be OK" (personal writing & fever...May 04, 2018
- After GDC and "keeping it up" (how people view/treat work made by women and what...Mar 25, 2018
- Development update for "Everything is going to be OK"Jan 19, 2018
- "Everything is going to be OK" development update: personal essays about hope, n...Dec 07, 2017
- observations about my "Day of the Devs" article & thoughts after harassment over...Nov 25, 2017
- being brave, framing trauma, personal experiences in games, and announcing the n...Nov 21, 2017
- my post "Day of the Devs" observations about how people view/treat art games and...Nov 14, 2017
- "Everything is going to be OK" officially released! (final thoughts)Oct 18, 2017
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jeje una argentina estuvo aqui (this page is beautiful omg)
very interesting experience but I liked it. i like the messages, thank you for making this
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my eyes hurt. 10/10
its going to be okay
hi guys
i feel like OCKWAX
IM MELTING!!!!!!
just wanted to let you know i'm having trouble findin the download button on this page. could you post a screenshot ty
ITS AT THE TOP OF THE PAJE. NEAR THE BIG TEXT
ty 🙏
Chuches
you're probably aware, but, a lot of queer games even ones that were not erotic just mature have been hit by the payment processor thing. Knowing you've stood up for the community after the gamejolt thing, its probably something worth saying, that this is gamejolt 2.0.
Also love this game, and this page is still like eye vomit, I don't know how you did this but it is wonderful
It's actually pretty warm around here :)
aaaaaah! Im on fire
MY ITCHIO IS BURNING HELP
This is rlly fantastic thank you for making this !!!! Came at a good time for me too.
this was amazingly powerful. at first it just seemed like some juxtaposed mixed media nihilistic random bits, but the more you play the more it makes sense, what these images and writings are trying to convey. thank you for your art.
cooool.excl
Just turned 5 today, this game changed my life
The page of the game is well done, the gif and moving texts. They are well done.
my pc is on fire :)
i think my itch.io is burning
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same
everything did turn out okay <3
YEARS AHEAD OF ITS TIME, ONE OF MY FAVORITE PIECES OF ART OF ALL TIME
can you make the friend exe its own thing cause i love it so much lol or creepy desktop buddies
I remember playing this when I was younger, i remember in one of the minigames i chose the dialogue "My kink can be..." and the little dude I was playing as answered "Microwaves!" and my avatar got married.
my head hurts
this css is soo good bruv
im so confused and i love it
This game literally has everything from the beginning of evolution to the creation of ai. Overly stimulating, exaggeratedly entertaining, and utterly chaos! Everything is on fire YAYYY
But seriously, I personally love the style, So fun to play, and totally worth 600 mb of my data. There are so much content packed into the game!! So many different modes of interaction! Totally make sense to call it on interactive Zine! <3333
A very unexpected and surprising game, a very special experience. Recommended!
(Religion. It's religion. Surprised you didn't already know that considering how CAKED with misogyny the major U.S. ones are.)THIS IS VIRUS?
is it???
what the hell
I have no idea what is going on...
Yet I understand.
真的好喜欢这种怪诞风格游戏…
can someone confirm me this has no virus? a friend of mine used totalvirus and detected a threat, but this looks so interesting and didn't read any comment about this having any virus :(
I haven't play so I can't be sure- but i guess it detects it like a virus because the "game" maybe gets into your computer files? A little like that one digital horror, axolotl game that was popular a while back?
Avast detected a virus after I started playing it, and I couldn't play anymore because the .exe literally dissapeared (I am sure it was thanks to Avast).
So yeah, maybe it's a bit risky?
truly one of the games of all time
definetely one of my favorite games, it is arthow do i download. i cant tell what im looking at. it looks good i cant tell though beacuse i cant see anything this is hell. my eyes are in hell.