between(6)

📦 version 6, in debian bookworm, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ between(6) ✨

okay bestie, buckle UP, because this one is a whole experience and it lives in the Games section of the manual 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

between — a game about consciousness and isolation 🦋

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

between

💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

Between is a video game written by Jason Rohrer about consciousness and isolation. no cap, that's literally the whole premise and it goes hard 💅

Between is a <strong>multiplayer-only</strong> art game. and because of that? some people like it, many people do not get it, and some people flat-out hate it 😭 that's just the vibe of art games fr fr. the author says: search the internet for the author's name and the game title to find some discussion about the game before dismissing it. some sample discussions and reactions are listed below 👇

You can play Between with a friend or a stranger over the Internet 🌈 Both players will see a field, sky, clouds, a square structure and a shimmering tower. The interface reveals the initial controls (reference below 👀). The players place red-green-blue blocks on the field and pile them upwards. Placing blocks over the shimmering tower causes pleasant tones while the colours match 🎶✨ Soon enough the players will not be able to match any more blocks with the complex patterns and colour variety in the tower. To the left is a bed indicating sleep 😴 To the right is a bright room indicating wakefulness ☀️ Cycling through the dream and wakefulness states gives players <strong>three different realities</strong> in which to build the shimmering tower. Eventually in the state between dream and reality, mysterious interactions between the two players block placements and reality cycling patterns will result in blocks with new colours and patterns appearing on the field 🫧 These new blocks can then be used to match more and more of the shimmering tower over time...

the most interesting part about this game is the emotions it evokes within the player of the game. The ultra-low-res pixel art helps here, by not being too distracting and by leaving plenty room for viewer interpretation. (it's giving main character energy, honestly) 🎀

🕹️ USAGE 🕹️

Between has no command-line options. none. zero. it just is ✨

  • The <strong>left</strong> and <strong>right</strong> arrow keys move left and right.
  • The <strong>spacebar</strong> is used to place or grab blocks.
  • The <strong>b</strong>/<strong>n</strong> keys are used to change the colour of the placed blocks.
  • The <strong>s</strong>/<strong>w</strong> keys are used to sleep/wake the player.
  • The <strong>Esc</strong> key is used to quit the game.

The game resolution and use of fullscreen or a window can be set by editing the files in /etc/between 📁 (yes bestie, you're editing files by hand, it's that kind of game 🧚)

🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

The website:

and that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 this one's from December 2010, lives in the Games manual section, and you'll find it filed under between(6) 💖 go build a tower, i'm obsessed with you ⭐👑

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