Meanwhile: An Interactive Comic Book

Meanwhile: An Interactive Comic Book

80% Very Positive
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An experimental mind-reading helmet, a time machine, and a doomsday device that can annihilate the human race. Which one would you like to test out first? The classic choose-your-path comic book by Jason Shiga.

$9.99
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Release Date: (7 years ago)

Game Details

Estimated Owners
0 - 20000
DLC Count
2 DLCs
🌐 Official Website: zarfhome.com
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About This Game

On the way home from the ice cream store, little Jimmy discovers a mad scientist’s wonderland: an experimental mind-reading helmet , a time machine , and a doomsday device that can annihilate the human race . Which one would you like to test out first? Meanwhile is a comic, but not an ordinary comic. Follow the paths from panel to panel. Where the path divides, you decide where to go next! A thrilling tale of quantum mechanics and self-discovery with 3,856 story possibilities. This is a faithful adaptation of Jason Shiga’s classic choose-your-path comic book (originally published in hardcover in 2010). Our goal is not to make the comic “more interactive”, but to present the interactivity inherent in the story. We have not attempted to turn the book into an adventure game. There are no puzzles – except for your understanding of the story, which is entirely up to you. Just as in a physical book, you are free to browse around, or even jump straight to the end if you want. The electronic medium allows us to improve on the book in one way: we can take advantage of Scott McCloud’s “infinite canvas” principle. Jason has reformatted the book’s pages and tabs into a single enormous spread, in which the story flows in every direction at once. But what did happen to little Jimmy?
2 min read

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Categories

Family Sharing Full controller support Single-player

User Tags

Choose Your Own Adventure (89) Interactive Fiction (83) Comic Book (79) 2D (76) Story Rich (73) Choices Matter (67) Hand-drawn (64) Time Travel (62) Adventure (60) Cartoon (58) Singleplayer (51) Indie (49)

Supported Languages

English