A downloadable game


In PLAYING WITH OUR LIVES you can operate a lignite excavator in a surface coal mine. There is a huge amount of money to be made and everything that gets between you and those potential profits has to be destroyed.

It is a constant end boss fight, where you play as the boss. With this mindset you can make your own decisions. There are no instructions or tutorials, just your own objections and actions. Good luck in figuring out how to win.


Additional 30-pages booklet containing background information

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playingWithOurLives.pdx.zip 858 kB
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pwolBooklet.pdf 1 MB

Install instructions

You can sideload this game to your playdate. Instructions can be found here: https://help.play.date/games/sideloading/

Alternatively you can play the game in the playdate simulator https://help.play.date/manual/simulator/ wich you can get by downloading the sdk here: https://play.date/dev/

Development log

Comments

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do you win when you dont launch the game cause you dont want to participate in the excavation?

Just finished this and got the badge! Love the idea, and the booklet that goes with it. Really nice job!

happy to hear you liked it, and 'congratulations' I guess? - hehe

i love the booklet and am excited to dig deeper into the game!

thank you