A fly ascends to the skies, pondering the pointlessness of its brief existence.
The Plan is a little experimental videogame, that you can download for free for PC, Mac, and Linux. Enjoy!
Price: Free!
Platforms: PC, Mac, Linux
Developer & Publisher: Krillbite Studio
Website: www.krillbite.com/the-plan
Release date: February 10th, 2013
The Plan was developed as a side project for a few months during winter 2012/2013, and released for free to PC, Mac, Linux on the 10th of February 2013. It has since been nominated for the Nordic Indie Sensation Award 2013 at the Nordic Game Conference, and been exhibited at the NotgamesFest during Gamescon 2013.
In addition it was named the 10th most important game of 2013 by Heise magazine. It's currently counting over 900.000 downloads. The score, Grieg’s Åses Død, was recorded by Naxos International and performed by Oslo Camerata.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWEZ2cbdacc
Not really interested in playing the game yourself? Watch a let's play video instead!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cvPP2Zb57Q
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The Plan is pretty darned beautiful
"Krillbite Studio, the developers behind Among The Sleep, have gone on and released a most polished, visually stunning and freeware new game"
"In order, here are the emotions I experienced during the three minutes it took me to play The Plan, the new free morsel from the Norwegian indie developer Krillbite: confusion, frustration, boredom, fear, amusement, delight, joy, enchantment, and regret. One of the things independent games ask us to do is accept that a three-minute game can be as valid as a thirty-hour one. Games like these make it hard to disagree."
"Hey, You Should Play This"
"It’s that space in the mechanics for thought and interpretation that I appreciate most here. The Plan won’t break your brain, but it’s a nicely contemplative journey."
"Some may argue that The Plan isn't really a game and it definitely occupies the same terrain as Journey, Passage, and Dear Esther, but it's shorter than Journey, prettier than Passage, and less overwrought than Dear Esther, making it well worth taking a punt on for the low price of free."
"Krillbite's The Plan is a short, sharp experimental deliberation on the meaning of life."
Nominated for Nordic Indie Sensation Award, NGA 2013
Exhibited at the NotgamesFest, during Gamescon 2013