A DESKTOP LOVE STORY 1.0

Indie games is one of the most experimental mediums around, due both to not having to worry too much about mass appeal as well as needing to stand out from the crowd somehow. Indie games have been constantly experimenting with meta storytelling, and one of the most popular ways is to drop files in your game folder that you have to interact with in order to progress. One game takes this to its logical conclusion - A DESKTOP LOVE STORY.

To play A DESKTOP LOVE STORY, unzip the files and follow the instructions in the readme to get started.

The gameplay loop of this game is incredibly simple, experimental, and yet charming. It starts with you opening a file, and it pops up on your screen to tell you that it has a crush on another file. It gives you a notepad file and tells you to drag it into the other file's folder. Once that's done, you have to open that file and give the other file its response. That's pretty much the entire gameplay loop - carry out tasks for each other and help them get together.

It's not as simple as it seems, because they're still computer files in different folders. Due to various security restrictions, they can't physically meet and get together, so you have a forbidden Romeo and Juliet scenario going on. It's an interesting setup and a unique way to tell a story.

Overall, you should give A DESKTOP LOVE STORY a shot. It's cute, short, and might brighten your day up a little.