#posts that are about hikeback. to me

[dragonroar64]

hey btw while y'all are here for the headcanons. how would you like to go play HIKEBACK by clowndream on itch.io. it's free, and you don't even have to download it okay. I promise it's great. pspsps join me in small fandom hell so it can be less small, pspspspsps.

if playing it yourself isn't something you want to do, there are also several playthroughs on youtube! I recommend the one by manlybadasshero; it's far back but it's high quality and under two hours and you won't regret it

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TIMELOOP GAMES REAL!??!??!!

hi i made a timeloop game called In Stars and Time and this is a whole post about other timeloop games you can also play.

some i liked. some i loved. some i didnt like. all are worth playing and like also listen the second friends and family heard i was making a timeloop game, i got bombarded with timeloop media recs. so here is a sampler in no particular order! NOTE: knowing some of those games are timeloop games is a spoiler. but. you are here. for timeloop games. so timeloop games you shall have

Outer Wilds

If you need to play one timeloop game, it's this one. Please play it blind. I swear to god you won't regret it. it's timeloops in space!!! it makes you think!!! there are so many "HOLY SHIT WAIT I GET IT NOW" moments!!! please just go play it please please please. some of the best environmental storytelling in a game. so many hints in plain sight. JUST PLAY IT

[way more timeloop games under the cut]

Oxenfree

I didn't actually like Oxenfree very much. But also it stayed in my mind for weeks after I finished playing it. that's how you know it's a good game. I really enjoyed the dialogue system in this, and how much the loop affected the characters. and it got so spooky!!!

Hikeback

i'm in the credits for this one because i was one of the inspirations heehee <3 i loved playing it… short little game about trust, self-sabotage, and never-ending cycles. highly recommend it

The Stanley Parable

Listen babes it absolutely counts. I replayed it a bunch while making ISAT, and I got immensely inspired by the dialogue, and how it catches you off guard sometimes? You get SO SO used to the narrator's "All of his coworkers were gone. What could it mean?" at the start of every game, and then for no reason instead it says "A soft wind blew outside and perhaps rain started, and if it did it stopped shortly after. Stanley hoped that he would one day see weather." like WHAT THE FUUUUCK IM GETTING CHILLS JUST THINKING ABOUT IT

12 minutes

ok i know we all made fun of this game when it came out because the story is batshit insane HOWEVER!!!!!!!! i REALLY REALLY LOVED how doing the same actions multiple times would have slightly different outcomes. If you battle someone, the first time you get knocked out in one hit and the loop restarts. the second time you try, you evade the first hit, but get knocked out. the third time, you last a little bit longer, and a little bit longer, until you can pretty much hold your own against your enemy. And it applies to so many things in this. Retrying different things to see how they would change was a delight.

this game is also so bad its almost good, and if you're interested you HAVE to play it with friends so you can yell about how bad it is together.

Zero Escape

it's just a good series ok. escape rooms, and also time loops! the 3rd game in particular goes deep into The Math of how timeloops would work, which i think is interesting. sometimes timeloop games just go "yeah you can timeloop dont worry about it" and others go "OK HERE'S THE HOW AND WHY IT WORKS" and both are interesting!

START AGAIN: a prologue

this game has almost everything i could wish for in a timeloop game. depression. lines repeating. dying brings you back. you get new levels and skills because you're aware of the loops but your party members don't. so you get overpowered next to them and they Notice. just. party members who dont know about the loops still noticing something is wrong. you are acting differently than yesterday. you look sad. you are acting weird. you know too much. how did you know where the keys were? how did you know this would happen? what's wrong? talk to us. and oh my god this game has a sequel? which will probably have Actually Everything i could wish for in a timeloop game? i can't wait. who made this? (its me i made this)

Ghost Trick

ok its not really time loops and more time travel and only for 4 minutes HOWEVER!!!! you should play it. you know you should play it because everyone says so. so go play it

Elsinore

im sure its a great game but ive never seen/read hamlet. so thats a failing on my part. because. you absolutely need to know hamlet to understand this game lol i did like the whole "make sure to find out which events are Important and which ones aren't so you can have The Perfect Loop"! very fun. or it would be. if i. knew. hamlet

The Forgotten City

a friend kept recommending it to me and i didn't like it. its good! just not for me. but if you like to think a lot you should play it. another "make sure to find out which events are Important and which ones aren't so you can have The Perfect Loop" game

Gnosia

Gonna be real. I didn't like the story very much, in part because the game lets you choose your gender but still acts like youre a straight dude. HOWEVER the gameplay was very inspiring to me. Every loop is pretty much just an among us meeting, and you have to find out who the imposters are or everyone dies and you loop again. and sometimes you ARE the imposter, so you need to make sure no one finds out. or you loop again. rules get added as time goes on too. i REALLY loved how quickly the loops stacked up. seeing "loop 100" was such a nice moment. ive been here so long! i tried to recreate that somewhat for my own game…

Loop Hero

Technically not a timeloop game, but a loop game. It still absolutely counts because it's about loops and memories, and what are loops and memories together if not a timeloop. You have your little guy going through a closed loop, battling enemies, getting cards, and making the world whole again by using those cards to make forests, towns, lakes come to life. I am famously a Story First Gameplay Second kinda player, but I did play this 45h for the gameplay alone. I learned a lot about battle balancing and randomness by playing this!

You and Me and Her: A Love Story

you know doki doki litterature club? this came before. and one might say. it's. better. in some parts (and i say that as someone who LOVED ddlc!) i won't say much except it's a dating sim but with timeloops. with a lot of what it implies. why are you dating this girl a second time? a third time? a fourth time? choose another one already! it was such a fascinating game to play, and is incredibly meta in the way it talks about dating sims and visual novels. had a lot of very impactful moments however, i played the hentai version. some of the worst, most cringy sex ive ever read and heard. however, one might say the sex is an integral part of the game and its deconstruction of hentai/dating sims…? no. just play the steam version which doesnt have the horrible sex scenes and you will have a great time i think (or play the hentai version. if you like. to watch. horrible sex scenes???)

Higurashi

knowing this is a timeloop game is a massive spoiler. however, this game is more than a decade old, so,,, honestly if you havent played higurashi what are you doing. i know i just spoiled you on it but i was also spoiled on it and i can GUARANTEE YOU that you will still have an amazing time. one more thing. you gotta play with the original sprites or you're a fake fan

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist

starts as a visual novel/management sim/dating sim kinda thing, until you realize that every replay is a new timeline. so the main character can save people, because they remembered about them dying in a previous one. i wish the timeloop would affect the game/story more (let me find a certain character quicker once ive found them in a previous playthrough!!!), but timeloop aside, it's a very fun game to play!!!

that's it! hope you will find a nice timeloop game you like

[tinygameroom]

I will try to make a more in depth post about this when I have the brains to do so but for people enjoying Slay The Princess who haven't played these before and/or are looking for more visual novels I highly highly recommend We Know The Devil and HIKEBACK.

These are both much shorter experiences than Slay The Princess but they're both also very important to me. WKTD is about three kids at an uncanny Christian summer camp where the Devil quite literally comes to mess with the attendants and someone has to sit watch with a radio to keep the Devil out. You play as all three characters, sometimes splitting off into groups of two. It's about religious trauma and queerness and self-discovery and trauma and coming of age and it can get very heavy but so very very beautiful. And weird.

HIKEBACK is the Scorpion and the Frog as a driver and a hitchhiker. With time loops.

WKTD is by worstgirlsgames and you can play it on itchio and steam, and HIKEBACK is by CLOWN and you can play it on itchio.

[vcaart]

Hey lovelies! I'm VcAAnt, and here's some general Q&A and other things about me! Not everything is here obviously, so if nothing here answers your question, just ask! :D

Emergency Comms

Dandy's Fight Club AU

Who are you?

You can call me VC or Sparky and I'm an artist and (albeit amateur) writer! You can use he/him pronouns when addressing me!

How comfortable are you with asks?

Depends on what you ask! Anything asking about my art, interests, AUs, or just wanting to say hi or send something silly are all welcome! Though I will not answer anything that is super personal, nosey, inappropriate, or hateful. As long as you're kind, basically, I'll answer! I loooove getting asks so don't be nervous about sending one!!! :D You can also send me drawing requests in my ask box! I can't guarantee I'll draw it and quality will vary, but if you want to see me draw something I'll do my very best >:3 And please, please do not send donation asks. I do not have the money to. If I had the means to donate, I would, but I do not. I wish anybody who is a dire situation and in need of donations the best, and I hope you get the money you need.

What will you do for requests?

Just about anything! Because they'd be sketches and for fun, I don't have as many limitations because I'm not as concerned with perfection like I would be with commissions! I will not draw the following for requests though: Explicitly Sexual NSFW Fetish content Proship Heavy detail Drawings of characters I don't know (OCs are an exception! I'd love to doodle your OCs if you requested :3) My list of what I will do is a lot bigger lol! I'll draw: Gore/Blood/Violence (I draw the line at cannibalism and anything forced) Monsters Horror/Body Horror (with some limitations, remember I might say no!) Practically any ships! Just no proship Furries Ponies Original Characters!!! (Please I love drawing people's ocs :3) AU Designs (as long as you give me an idea of what the au is) Bunny suits, revealing outfits, slightly suggestive- As long as nothing is explicitly showing or is basically just cropped porn I'll consider drawing it! This one is big on the "I'll have to consider it" though. If you're unsure, don't be afraid to ask please! It's more likely than not I'll draw it lol! If I don't want to draw your request I'll tell you- No hard feelings! Also: Please be patient when waiting for me to get to your request, if I don't say no to it then that means I WILL DRAW IT EVENTUALLY but I do draw these things in the order in which I receive them, and not to mention I have to work on school and other stuff to do. Thank you in advance for your patience!!

Do you take commissions?

Yes! If you are interested just DM me! I really need the money to be able to afford therapy and other things to help improve my physical health. As well as for things I want to do/buy for fun, lol. The post for comms is right here

How can I support you if I can't afford commissions?

I also have a Ko-fi you can donate to! Any amount is appreciated <3 Edit: My Ko-fi for whatever reason isn't working, but if you wanted to donate thank you for trying!

Do you hae an anon family?

Yep! As long as you're respectful don't be afraid to ask to join! So far we have: 🎲 anon 🎃 anon 💖 anon

What are your interests?

Well I'm currently enjoying: Danganronpa (v3 specifically, yes i know it's the worst game other than summer camp no I don't wanna hear it) Dandy's World ENA (I'm still working on Dream BBQ no Spoilers pls!) My Little Pony Blocktales Undertale Deltarune Slay the Princess Stardew Valley Vocaloid/Utau Honorable mentions include: Mouthwashing, Octonauts, Project Sekai, Hikeback, Cookie Run Kingdom, Omori But you'll only really see me posting Dandy's World fanart nowadays LOL

Feel free to ask anything else if you need! Thank you for reading!

[marigoldsmultifandomaskblog]

Hello everyone as my description for this account says this blog is for an multifandom ask and dare story, this includes previous oc’s with the exception that I changed an oc for the coffin of Andy and leyley which I’ll touch on in my next post.

Fandoms that are in this blog, the coffin of Andy and leyley, undertale and its au’s, black butler, fnaf, don’t toy with me, hikeback, and the amazing digital circus.

The premise is basically all these fandoms (and subsequent ocs I’ve made for those fandoms) find themselves stuck in a large cabin, and cannot leave, even those who can teleport or use other magic. they’re all bound to the cabin. With the only means of communication from outside the cabin being the askers (you guys). Part of this will also be exploring how the interpersonal relationships between different characters from different fandoms interact and feel about each other since they’re basically stuck together until further notice (like how someone like ciel and frisk might get along or Jax and Andrew just fun stuff like that)

I’ll mainly be using gacha for this because I cannot draw well enough to make actual comics so that’s the best way I can give a proper design and expressions to the characters.

I’ll put follow up posts about my oc’s for each fandom for those who come across this blog first.

[red-talkin-graves]

I'l be talkin about horror games and stories I'm interested in here, as well as sometimes posting worldbuilding rambles about the more horror-y bits of my own worldbuilding. Sometimes I'll go off about how much I love undeath as a trope. The "analysis/rambling tag ♡" is for when I get really into something and become physically incapable of shutting up.

Profile picture and header were made by me. Pfp is the icon for my mentioned fantasy game, header is unfinished art for a flesh city. I follow from red-revival.

Pronouns: you can call me both he/him and they/them as long as you actually use and alternate between both. If you exclusively they/them me you lose your they/them privileges and only get to call me he/him.

Main interests:

Body horror in general

Undeath or defying death

Scarlet Hollow

Flesh, Blood, and Concrete

HIKEBACK

Soul Void

Slay the Princess

Ib(and similar rpgmaker style horror)

Cavernous Divine/CaDi(my fantasy setting)

[dragonroar64]

i see my singular post about hikeback is doing numbers(the number is 1) so here have why it's great in no particular order:

-Made me enjoy a time loop plotline(I kinda hate time loops usually)

-i am still thinking about it, at least a year or two after I first encountered it

-based on a fairytale I hadn't heard of up until encountering hikeback

-you don't even have to download the game to play it. It's free and easy to access

-eventual sequel still in progress as far as I know

-characters are really compelling. They're great I love them

-Space to fill in the fandom, especially if you write fanfic. This is totally not me attempting to get more people involved in this community so I can stare at art and writing about one of my favorite games of all time. Totally not

-Creator has a tumblr you can look at with occasional info about the characters involved(y'all are gonna have to find that yourself though)

Tldr play hikeback, please and thank you; we need more company in this fandom thank