EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OK
A downloadable zine for Windows and macOS
"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)
Download
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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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how is it 600mb of storage?
THIS IS VIRUS?
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.
its... GOOD
THIS IS SO DAMN COOL the page is giving cocaine accidentally mixed with sugar
Honestly this reminds me of old weird/creepy animations I'd find on Newgrounds or Youtube back in like the 2000s
chat, what the fuck is this
LOVE THIS ALL CHAOS REIgn
this is chaos.....
why is there a blue fire
Great work. I would suggest an exit button. Couldent exit without alt f4. Other than that its wonderful insanity. Reminds me a bit of midnight gospel in how it hits with wierd and profound. Love it.
Yeahhhhh I wish there was an exit buttoon
This really spoke to me and gave me a different outlook on life. Thank you.
this shit is incredible
This game gave me a lot of consolation. You put every struggle I've faced into words.
I just wanna thank the creator. This game is wonderful.
good for when we are spiralling
Thank you for this. I went through it in one night and it really.. made me feel alive and loved. You're a good person. Thank you for everything.
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better then sex
i really just want to say thank you to the creator for the comfort this game has given me for the past 4 years :) i always play it when i get down, it feels like someones there with me even when im alone. i hope in the future we can all continue to heal,
i cant believe it wasnt THAT ok :( i think my friend is sad :::::::((((((((((
I love this game!
Shared it with all my friends (2) and boyfriend (1). One of the best videogames experiences since I learned you can download games on your computer. Wonderful Wonderful
the basil headspace experience
Made a video on EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OK
this is amazing that's like 6 whole minutes no joke :O
This was surprisingly overwhelming in a good way. Thanks for making it.
WOW, a wonderful game
"Click to Interface"
my eyes!!
this home page is a mess i feckin love i
This is Very Interesting, I played this and I think I found all the secret bones
WHAT IS THIS
your have open ok
just... HOW?!?!
WOAH. im only like 12 but a lot of this is so creepily relatable. idontthinkthisissupposedtobenormal. But i tell myself every day. "My struggles are what evreyone deals with" And it doesnt really do anything. The amount of stuff i think is wrong with me is crazy, but i dont say anything bc i know pepole dont want to hear it. so i act like a normal person. No one suspects anything, and it really is rotting me on the inside. I hope its not just me. ( oof ive never said anything this deep before asdfghjkl sorry)
i'm 12 too lol
Hello! I just wanted to pop in and say this game has been my favorite game for about 5 years now. I played it when it first came out and it was the only thing that comforted me when I was struggling with schizoaffective and other disorders. I just saw you added my game to a collection and I've been over the moon that my favorite creator, one that got me through extremely trauma ridden times, saw my game and liked it. I chose to comment here as this is where it all started. I just wanted to say thank you for getting me through some of the hardest times in my life with this art piece. I cannot believe that my all time favorite creator found my game. You inspired me so heavily when I was learning to make games. So once again, thank you. Thank you for everything. <3
So, I first played this game like years ago, I can't give and exact date but I was definitely quite young, like 12 or 13 or something (I'm 17, almost 18 now). and as I leave my childhood, I look back and I cannot tell you how much this game changed my life. I'm not going to dump my personal life but I had been dealing with traumatic things for years, and I never had that kind of movie-like sadness and melancholy, rather jumbled loud thoughts and feelings I could only describe through abstract ideas I couldn't say out loud. and wow this game hit the nail on the god damn head. I had felt so much, different, it felt like exploring my own head and really saved little child me. This game has influenced my own art butt-tons as well. What I'm getting at, is that this game is so fucking amazing and beautiful and a perfect depiction of a feeling I could never ever describe on my own. I really think if I hadn't have found this game I probably would've still looked in my mentally ill brain and thought I was just an otherworldy unfixable weirdo, and this game is so beautiful and I hope you keep pursuing art like this forever.