Creatures Such As We by Lynnea Glasser

A dating sim about how humanity connects through art, even out in the vastness of space.

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Review spoonλess

19 May 2024

i have this on mobile and i was excited to find out it's on here as well! such a well-crafted and beautiful story.

Review Lapbell001

24 Oct 2019

What a fantastic story, art everything. marvelous concept.

Review Sunflower Queen

28 Sep 2019

Absolutely beautiful. I felt like I was really out there in space

Review Batialite

06 Jul 2019

Beautiful and compelling story. I love the use of the in-game videogame as a metaphor for the endings in the actual text based game. I got very invested in my chosen character path, and I love the options you're given. Nearly made me cry.

Review Scartell

19 Jul 2018

This was one of the most beautiful stories and text adventure I had ever played and read. Character development was incredible and it was extremely realistic. I look forward to more games like this.

Review Upwon

01 Jul 2018

This is incredible! It's art! The characters, the story, how meta it is... It's fantastic. A review doesn't do it justice. An amazing piece. Love it

Review ARCtype

11 Feb 2018

I don't understand all the comments raving over this. I wasn't that engaged in the actual story, though the video game within the game was pretty interesting. I liked that, as well as the psychological aspects of the ending of the game within the game. But in the actual game, my motivations for wanting to help certain characters didn't mean I wanted the character to be romantically interested in them, and suddenly the game thinks I'm wanting to make a love connection with a character I find pretty annoying.

Comment An Anonymous Skakoan

01 Jan 2018

Amazing!

Review pi-rightponderer

27 Nov 2017

What an engaging adventure! It's fantastic to have so many opportunities to flesh out your character while exploring such an immersive environment. I definitely had the feeling of playing a game within a game, and I honestly felt like the themes the character was grappling with would come into play in your own choices - I was not disappointed! Overall, a wonderfully thoughtful and moving story, and I look forward to playing it all over again.

Comment Yocops

13 Nov 2017

I played the app version of this and it was amazing. I LOVED IT!!!!! Keep it up!

Comment 2273nate

13 Jul 2017

Go read my new game I am working on and tell me what you think:) http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/-_mdhxudvucmj8ouircvba/origin-of-the-eyes

Review Jacob Eden

14 Jun 2017

This is freaking beautiful. <3

Creatures Such as We is an artistic masterpiece - thought-provoking, engaging and spectacularly written...

Thank you so much for this, Lynnea.

Review Baffer

10 Feb 2017

Ok I have something to get off my chest. I have never felt more attached in a game. Your ending pissed me off at first. Now I couldn't have loved it more. You are much more then a developer or writer. Your an artist. Trully someone special. A creator. And I hate you for making me love ren then only letting me be with her at the end. The kind of imagination it takes to do what you did. I don't understand how you could be so talented its really not even fair... Anyway ranting through hurry up with the next game. Before I die of boredom. Nothing I have played lives up to this standard now.

Comment ChamberQuester

08 Feb 2017

Alright, I recently finished the game. I have to say, it exceeded my expectations by far! My review was a little early, but I recently got through it and the ending was great! I was truly moved (a lot!). Anyway, my only thing wrong was the waiting.

Review ChamberQuester

08 Feb 2017

This game is definitely one of the best text-based games I've ever played. I've just gotten to lunch time and have to wait a little bit longer, so I'm writing my review. So far, I really like the story and the humanity of the characters - this is what I would imagine it to be like in the moon-base in the future!
I also like how you have the option to buy - although constricting, it gives the whole thing a professional air.
Anyway, I am loving this and can't wait to finish it!
Great job!

Review Jules91

16 Nov 2016

The best interactive novel I ever played. Amazing!

Review swifter9748

23 Jul 2016

It's time you were honest with yourself.

I can't handle this.
I'm not a real professional.
I haven't prepared for this.
I don't know what to do.

Are these really my options, I have made my character out to be as calm and emoitionless as possible and shes on the verge of a breakdown, really?

Review Rogue-Shinigami

21 Jun 2016

Beautifully written and super easy to get lost in. I didn't get the ending I was hoping for, and probably missed a lot of stuff. But I still thoroughly enjoyed this game. Seriously considering buying... Absolutely wonderful <3

Review StarryDawn

02 Jun 2016

Loved this story, it was super moving and I really couldn't put my phone down till I finished it.

Comment mikeweasel

01 Jun 2016

Playing now and really enjoying it so far. Quite unique! My only quibble is the whole "dark side of the moon" thing. There is a "far" side of the moon, which is always pointed away from Earth, but it does get sunlight.

Comment papertigersflying

23 Mar 2016

if only life could be a multiple choice game.......sigh....

Review JoQsh

07 Mar 2016

Extremely emotional. I felt a little detached in the beginning, but as soon as you choose a guest to stick close to, the game grabs you, pulls you in, and doesn't let go. The story within a story of the video game works wonderfully. It really helps immersion and makes you think. The "and again. and again. and again" part was powerful. I won't say any more, lest I ruin it for someone else. Great job, Lynnea!

Review Alienari

03 Mar 2016

This is beautifully done, immersive, engaging, and thoughtful. The framed video game portions of this story remind me of the Catherynne M. Valente story "Killswitch," also about a video game featuring a person with a beloved ghost companion, and addressing many similar themes. And despite the dating aspect of the main narrative, I find this to be a better version. Truly a shame more haven't been exposed.

Review greatbo12

25 Feb 2016

Whoever wrote this isn't human. It makes me cry every time I play it (I played it through like twenty times). I thought I was really dating this person you made up, and it effected my mood for the whole day when James fell in the crevasse and I couldn't save him till 4 pm because I had to go to school.

Review Lvl1 Villager

18 Dec 2015

Damn. That was fantastic, had me thinking the whole way through. 10/10

Review coolalexia123

06 Dec 2015

My first text based game and it's super amazing!

Review kittykatmcc

15 Nov 2015

I also played the app version but loved it either way. would certainly recommend it.

Review interactiveguy501

28 Oct 2015

I played the app version. The writing is nice, and yet I still do not know how to get the "good ending".

Review Stryker

27 Oct 2015

I Liked it
*sniff*

Review zzahlatrop

26 Oct 2015

I literally cried at the last part. I didn't expect that to happen, to be honest.

Review kingsfools

22 Oct 2015

i legit almost cried. i loved grant.

Comment RoadKillRevenge

21 Aug 2015

I just wanted to say this game was wonderful and I played it the whole way through in one go. This landed me in the early hours of morning because I started it pretty late to begin with. I guess I just couldn't put it down.

Anyway, I recommended Creatures to a friend of mine who has now finally gotten on this site/app solely to play this!
Thank you so much for making this game.

Review You Are Beautiful

02 Aug 2015

The fact that you could choose to be neither female nor male made it easier for me
cause that way whoever I ended with wouldn't be affected by the gender issue and I could go for someone I truly belonged with

Review the_ringmaster

29 Jul 2015

Wow... This was the best interactive fiction/choose-your-own-adventure that I've ever played. The story was well-written and thought-provoking. The philosophical aspects of the game allowed me to think of video games, humanity, and love in a completely different perspective. While I normally avoid the sci-fi genre, the writing created a world where the characters were still human, even in a futuristic setting. Finally, the dual plot line provided a small diversion for the times when the story became heavy.

All in all, a very worthwhile play.

Comment Awesomeperson374

23 Jul 2015

i like it the game was very suspenseful

Review Mr Noggin

16 Jul 2015

I just... wow.
I like how you're allowed to approach the game like a normal person. In most of these text based/ choose your own your character is dynamic in some way. Here, you're just Average Joe or Normal Jane.

Oh, sure you work on a tourist moon base, but you're still a regular person. I like the options to keep things professional, even when [stuff] hits the fan. But you're also guided into building a relationship in a rather normal way as well.

Sure you could just be a total jerk to everyone and avoid them while they're there, but you can also just let things happen as if it were really you in the game. The immersion level is fantastic.

I agree somewhat with MisterPibb316: the game has a very specific style. But for me I enjoy EVERY style, so this is a great refresher from both heavier-choiced games and lighter, silly ones. No, nothing overly crazy is going to happen. The pace is rather sedated compared to an action or adventure story. This is definitely, solidly a romance/human experience game. And it's that human experience that a lot of games actually lack, and what makes this game so stellar, even if replays have a general similarity to them.

Review Ywasi

22 Jun 2015

This game has made me ponder on many things. At first I thought the themes of the game were strange. Video game design in space tied in as a dating simulator? I sounds strange enough, but it all ties in together as you progress through the story, as you and he characters wax philosophical on the natures of isolation, death, human expectations and endeavors.

A fantastic story that is making kind of making me think of what kind of life I'm supposed to be leading..

Review j04c0

25 May 2015

Incredible game, it felt almost like a real experience, its a very inmersive story, i spent 3 hours to finish it and would waste a 100 more to see all the other options. I dont really know how to describe the game althought that saying it makes you think about the meaning of life, enhanced with the vastness of space and the deepness of the characters, althougth i havent fully interacted with all of them yet.

6/5 Must play more than once.

Review MisterPibb316

24 May 2015

It many ways this feels like a playable hipster movie. For fans of such, this will be the ultimate text adventure experience: nearly two hours of exploring themes of existential love and other such philosophy seem to float many critics' and players' boats. It truly is interesting, that a story that asks us if real IS real often feels the *most* real to many. (Which is fine, if it does: this is just an observation.)

Then the issue of 'as a game' pops up, and a constant question in the world of TA criticism is asked to oneself: does a good novel per se make for a good game? Furthermore: am I really willing to spend another couple hours testing if the decisions I could've made would have led me to game overs (there don't seem to be any), or any other sort of substantial change in the outcome--am I willing to play through all the less important decisions again to try to make those big ones? Such questions may be up to the individual. The game itself even asks these things in a curiously meta way.

I think CSaW is solid enough as an interactive game. Plenty of choices respond to changes in other characters' responses to yours, and if that's what you're looking for, you'll find it in large doses here. That's the crux of what this game's experience aims to be. It is very specific in what it tries to do: is that specific style of interest to you?

Review Space and Time

24 May 2015

Wow. I'm impressed. Its fantastic.

Review jrichca

11 May 2015

Played it once so far and was probably one of my favorite games ever. Game feels very humble. I didn't really understand some of the game, almost all of the confusion revolving around the game you play, however I am going to replay this game soon and look for a larger significance and look take different paths. This is a must play game.